Alternative Views of Hyde Park

Alternative Views of Hyde Park

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is broadly just another round up of some photos from Hyde Park over the last few months. I guess the theme is looking beyond the expected, and picking out some interesting vignettes, both on a micro and macro scale, which add to the body 

A Visual Ethnography of Hyde Park

A Visual Ethnography of Hyde Park

Reading Time: 4 minutes So this is starting to bring together the ideas I have for my Dissertation, and the reason I bought this little camera last year. In the course of my life in Hyde park, I have been acting the role of ‘researcher participat[ing]’, as Herbert Gans 

Kirkstall Walk

Kirkstall Walk

Reading Time: 2 minutes Tried to take a nice walk up to Kirkstall today, inspired by some very good shots I got previously round the canal, but the weather was very much against me. It actually decided to pelt it down with sleet breifly, which was not particularly lovely. 

Hyde Park Skies

Hyde Park Skies

Reading Time: < 1 minutes For somewhere that in many ways is so scummy, Hyde Park seems to have some wierd charm to it, and this is something that I guess has made up the core of this ‘blog (and the predecessors which have been subsumed into it). I’m not 

Riff Raff Club Shots

Riff Raff Club Shots

Reading Time: 3 minutes More exploration of the new camera. This is getting fun. I have been playing with the slow sync flash setting which uses a longer exposue, to let in the light of the background and a flash to freeze the subject in the forground. I instantly 

New Camera

New Camera

Reading Time: 3 minutes This year is dissertation year, and I have been thinking about my dissertation and what I want it to be. I’ve been playing about with taking pictures on my phone for some time, but due to my overall shit financial situation (ok, yes, I spend