Aire and Calder Navigation Revisited

Aire and Calder Navigation Revisited

Reading Time: 8 minutesAround 12 years ago, I started to develop, partly due to my photography, an interest in the industrial architecture of Leeds, and especially the canals of West Yorkshire, and after a couple of smaller walks round Holbeck and the upper parts of the Aire and …

Hebden, Todmorden and Wallace Seymour

Hebden, Todmorden and Wallace Seymour

Reading Time: 6 minutesFor something to do, this last week, we decided to go over the Hebden Bridge – the archetypal day out in West Yorkshire. Of course the climate-changed English Weather being what it is after a lovely hot Monday (which was actually quite beneficial to get …

Kendal Lane c.2008

Kendal Lane c.2008

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile I tend to wait until I am at least part way through a set or project, I thought I would put this up now. This is an idea I want to explore further, based on my Backstreets and Rooftops photographic project from some years …

Eclipse

Eclipse

Reading Time: < 1 minuteWe’ve had a partial eclipse in Leeds. I took these long lens with the solar filter this time. There’s not a lot else to really say.

Kings Cross, Industrial Redux

Kings Cross, Industrial Redux

Reading Time: 3 minutesI have been so busy this last few weeks, it’s taken a while to get the last of these up. Our last morning in London, we went to have a proper look around some of the new development of the Kings Cross area. After exploring …

When film goes Fubar – QB35 and Kodak Gold 100

When film goes Fubar – QB35 and Kodak Gold 100

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have been flicking through some very old archives while backfilling some gaps in this site which got lost when transferring the structure at some point and came across these. These, from my notes, were taken using Kodak Gold 100 in a QB35 – this …

Bloody Towers, Foodies and Camden, Again

Bloody Towers, Foodies and Camden, Again

Reading Time: 4 minutesDay three of our London adventure, and up bright and early to visit the Tower of London. It is my other half who is the history freak, but I am always up for somewhere like this to explore photographic ideas. I am glad we got …

Agfamatic 200 and Truprint XG 200

Agfamatic 200 and Truprint XG 200

Reading Time: 3 minutesI am going back a bit through some of my archives and pulling out a few old experiments to look over. This is partly personal – I have not done as much photography for a while, and also have a pile of undeveloped film I …

West End, Colourmen and The Turner Appreciation Society

West End, Colourmen and The Turner Appreciation Society

Reading Time: 4 minutesLondon, day 2. The general itinery seemed to split itself into West End, East End, and today we head off towards Covent Garden and the west end shops. I have enduring memories of visiting Covent Garden Market as a child, though my last quick visit …

London… Lets ‘ave yer!

London… Lets ‘ave yer!

Reading Time: 4 minutesI once read an article on Youth Crime, which had a wonderful quote from a teenage participant in the 70s, along the lines of “someone gets a wierd idea and then it just goes from there. As you will know, we like to break up …

Hyde Park Sunsets

Hyde Park Sunsets

Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen I lived in Hyde Park one of my favourite photography subjects was the sunsets. I’ve always wondered what it is that can make them so colourful in this unassuming inner-city area – I am guessing the polution and poor air quality has a lot …

Happy Christmas

Happy Christmas

Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust a quick one. Christmas has been a bit more subdued this year, though a fine selection of dining was done, and a fine sellection of presents obtained. Here’s the annual Christmas card. And here’s a few quick tree pictures… Normal service will be resumed …