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love me?

love me?

Reading Time: 4 minutesWe meet in the old familiar bar. This in a sense is weird, I’ve not seen this girl for 2 years, until out of the blue I decided to phone her when I came home for my annual post Christmas visit. And now she is …

Light Night 2021

Light Night 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter a missing year due to Covid19 it was exciting to get out to light night. I took my 1000D and got a few shots. However I fairly soon went back to my phone as it was easier and actually compared to the over a …

How Random

How Random

Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s been a very long time…  I think the last time I went out anywhere substantial was new year nearly 4 years ago, and it’s suffice to say I’ve been a little dormant on the photography front. This has been a combination of a few …

Carlisle

Carlisle

Reading Time: 3 minutesAfter visting in Carlisle we got a little bit of time on Sunday afternoon to have a wander around – something I’ve never had the chance to do on the previous occasions I have been. Much of the centre of Carlisile is dominated by the …

Meanwood Woods

Meanwood Woods

Reading Time: 2 minutesI’ve never been entirely sure how to name and efine this place that I come to so often. The name “Meanwood” stems from the Anglo-Saxon “Meene wude” meaning the Boundary Wood. They have taken the name Meanwoodside before and apprently now are properly called Meanwood …

York

York

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn an effort to get out and about a little more after successive lockdowns we took a trip over to york for the day. Similar to Bradford, we made the mistake of not really thinking about bank holidays and the fact that still many things …

Bradford

Bradford

Reading Time: 2 minutesWe went to Bradford to visit the Media Museum for a bit of a day out of Leeds. After a bit of a revival, Bradford seems to be on a down again – the waning high street and impact of Covid seems to have hit. …

Phone Cameras again

Phone Cameras again

Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve been lugging cameras around slightly less often recently – this is me, I go through phases of hyperfocus and then doing other things, and for a while have done a bit more with my phone. After crackng my Huawei during the stress of Covid …

Targeting groups – Antisocial Behaviour and Higher Education Students

Targeting groups – Antisocial Behaviour and Higher Education Students

Reading Time: 17 minutesI have been digging through some old files and folder while sorting out moving house, and have realise I have never got round to posting some of the academic work I completed, some of which I am pleased with and even enjoy re-reading. I hope …

The Ultimate Deep Pan Pizza

The Ultimate Deep Pan Pizza

Reading Time: 4 minutesSo after my decision to impart even more of my knowledge of the world on this site, rather than just my boring photos and must, I am going to start with this epic feast. I am not sure why, when my oven is fucked and …

Queen Victoria’s Arch

Queen Victoria’s Arch

Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt still feels odd, just going for a walk. We walked up to Beckett Park and vistied Victoria Arch, somewhere I have actually never been in all my time in Leeds. The Arch was created by William Beckett as a way to flaunt his wealth …

Praktica TL-5B and Ilford XP2

Praktica TL-5B and Ilford XP2

Reading Time: 2 minutesI have quite a thing for Ilford XP-2 film. For those who don’t know this is a C41 (i.e. the colour process) film, designed to be printed as black and white – aimed at those who want monochrome images without black and white processing. However, …