...a plethora of creative nonsense...
A lot of my photography and some of my art practice is very much informed by a study of place and space. Gathering posts on places to go and see.
Reading Time: 3 minutes As those who have viewed my photography at length may well know, I’ve spent quite a lot of time in Howarth, mostly because of it’s location on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway. Sometimes this has been with the smaller and younger generation, others we …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Very excitingly, it appears that some spoonbills have returned to nest at Fairburn Ings, so we went for a walk to try and see them. Sadly the promised viewing area close by the main visitor centre had not materialised, but a kind gentleman allowed us …
Reading Time: 3 minutes I have visited Knaresborough quite a few times to walk, and shoot and entertain small children, but I had not visited it’s so called main attraction – Mother Shiptons Caves. As a bit of a summer treat we took the younger two out for the …
Reading Time: 2 minutes We’ve not managed a holiday this year, for various reasons, but we have managed a rather good day out in Scarborough, courtesy of Unison. This is one of the perks being a member offers; a free day trip to the sea-side each year, and with …
Reading Time: 2 minutes As I probably complain quite a bit about, having a young child and trying to get anything done can be quite a challenge at times. Often, Photography and entertaining the kids need to be combined – I’ve not done much recently, but to give a …
Reading Time: 4 minutes One of the main inspirations for my photography is mans interaction with the environment – landscapes, but landscapes showing the fight between permanence and ephemerality of man’s impact on the earth. I love the way in which structures both scar the landscape, yet also decay, …
Reading Time: 3 minutes So after taking the train loving children to see Flying Scotsman earlier in the week we have been back to the Worth Valley to have a walk along the trand and (for me) to try and get some decent Scotsman photos. The route took us …
Reading Time: 2 minutes I still have a little train freak, and I am sometimes worse. We’d been planning this as a suprise for a while. After initially saying that Loading Guage issues pevented them from getting the nation’s favourite locomotive to the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, somehow …
Reading Time: 4 minutes This is one of those posts with no real reason, other than as a reminder to see fun and enjoyment and photgraphic opportunites in every circumstance. We decided the other day to take a walk down through woodhouse ridge, to Meanwood Valley Urban Farm on …
Reading Time: 2 minutes I have completed various photoshoots round Kirkstall, around the river and canal. It’s an interesting place, with a lot of industrial remnants. There is also this large space, semi-derelict with a rather random homeware store. For me this epitomises the idea of parafunctional spaces – …
