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Venturing into Birmingham
Having done Digbeth, I felt brave enough to go into Birmingham again and look around both Gas Street Basin and Centenary Square. My first difficulty was parking as car parks and on street spaces were either shut or there were traffic cones preventing you from parking. I found a place and wandered down into gas street. What I … Continue reading Blog
Lockdown in Digbeth
Venturing into Digbeth proved to be very interesting. I had a project to do on street art and therefore I wanted to get pictures around Digbeth. Sunday morning seemed to be a good time to venture forth now that government rules had enabled you to venture further afield for your exercise. I was apprehensive when I got to … Continue reading Blog
Opening Up
Knowle is opening up and the notices on the shops are changing to ones of positivity. “We are opening up” is the general message. Three of the restaurants had resorted to boarding up their windows so it is nice to see them taken down and messages of how they are resuming their services. Several of the shops look … Continue reading Blog
Bike Riding in May
Ever since the Government eased the strict lockdown then I cleaned up my bike and started to go out on bike rides. I throw my Canon 5D camera into a bag with both the EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM and EF70-200mm f/4L IS USM. Both lenses are excellent in covering most situations where I want to take pictures. With the … Continue reading Bike Riding in May
Oil and water
In the present lockdown situation, there has been the opportunity to take up different photographic projects that due to a busy lifestyle you would not normally have the time to complete. My photography revolves around my job which is travelling to conferences, my daily commute into Birmingham and the growing family. I have tried my hand at … Continue reading Blog
Up close in Knowle
I like taking pictures as you gather and I needed some inspiration to make the daily exercise more interesting. When the Visit Knowle site published a close up of one of the buildings in Knowle then I knew this was an avenue I could explore. So we have a series of images below all taken … Continue reading Blog
Stars in the Sky
There are many photography projects to do during the Lockdown and Star Trails is one that I fancied doing. I have an App on my phone called Star Walk and it shows the sky at night. There are many stars out there but with light pollution is not possible to get particularly good images. I … Continue reading Blog
Flowers in the Garden
During the weeks of lockdown, the garden flowers and blossom start to look very attractive objects to photograph. luckily I have my macro 100mm and ring flash to take pictures. I have also experimented with different views of the flowers from the more traditional look to close up macro. I have also looked at different … Continue reading Blog
One walk a day
During the lockdown for the Corona Virus, the government allow one exercise a day. In my case this is a one hour walk which I take early in the morning. Since the clocks went forward, I have been getting up at 6am and leaving the house in time for the sunrise. As the sun rises … Continue reading Blog
