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Last days of September
September is always full of surprises and this year it has been no exception. But we now reach the last days of the month and autumn is around the corner. I am training for the Great Birmingham Run half marathon and I use the canal towpaths for my training runs. The bridge on Kixley Lane … Continue reading Blog
Photographing Melbourne
I was fortunate enough to attend a conference in Melbourne. It was an interdisciplinary conference and included colleagues in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing and rehabilitation sciences. There were many delegates from around the world and also there are many friends in the City itself. I always ensure that I travel with my camera and the … Continue reading Blog
East is East
Following on from the recent blog post Go West. I decided to feature the canals network on Eastside where there is a great deal of regeneration occurring mainly fuelled by the location of the HS2 at Curzon street station. Millennium point was the start of the development and with Birmingham City University building in the … Continue reading East is East
Aston Hall
It is always good when my diary has the free space for an Igersbirmingham instameet and I was lucky as this one coincided with Birmingham Heritage week. The venue was Aston Hall a place that I had not visited since my daughters were young. I expected changes to the layout of the Hall rooms but … Continue reading Blog
The North Cornish Coast
The North Cornish Coast is spectacular, and we visited only a small section of the coast around and to the north of Newquay. My favourites were Watergate Bay and the Bedruthan Steps. Unfortunately, I did not have my filters with me for the steps, but I was still able to capture the water flow in … Continue reading Blog
Photographing the Eden Project
We visited the Eden project as part of our summer holidays. This is a place that I had wanted to visit so cameras were packed and away we went. Approaching the attraction, you pass through a scarred countryside of clay pits and then entering the carpark, there is not much to see so it was difficult … Continue reading Photographing the Eden Project
Go West
“Go West – Life is Peaceful there”. The song from the Pet Shop Boys inspires this posting. I set off walking to the Birmingham Peace Gardens from Moor St. My fist photographic stop was along Smallbrook Queensway where I took pictures of the early morning commuters. I moved onto Holloway Circus to take pictures of … Continue reading Go West
Photographing London Docklands
There was a conference in London Docklands at the Excel centre. London in July is normally hot but with the current heatwave the temperatures were reaching 32 degrees Celsius. Travelling by Tube and DLR to Excel was exhausting. The conference was not bad and there was a lot to learn with many networking opportunities. Having … Continue reading Blog
Graffiti – Graffiti – Graffiti
I love the colours of a good artistic graffiti painted on a wall or derelict building. I am not a fan of “tagging” such as scrawling letters or child like drawings scribbled around bridges and walls. Digbeth in Birmingham is regenerating and the focus is the old Bird’s Custard Factory. The streets in and around … Continue reading Blog