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A walk through Austin Village during Birmingham Heritage Week — the WWI-era houses built for Herbert Austin’s workforce, and the stories that bring them to life.
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A year on from my last visit, 16 Acre Wood shows tree clearance, drought-stressed ponds and the steady advance of HS2’s rail works.
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Beer is a picturesque seaside village where we spent a day of our holidays. You will realise from my previous blog that the family enjoyed visiting nearby Sidmouth. The seaside town of Sidmouth has the Esplanade and the Peak. I spent a…
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A pre-dawn walk along Sidmouth’s Esplanade to photograph the sunrise over the Jurassic Coast, taking in Jacob’s Ladder, Connaught Gardens and the historic seafront of this South Devon town.
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Highbury Hall is yet another place that I have not visited during my time at Birmingham. Fortunately, IgersbirminghamUK provided the opportunity and our visit coincided with an open day at Highbury Hall and Trust. The day was going to be warm and sunny. I…
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An Amateur Photographer Instagram story caught my eye. The story was advertising the chance to go on a photowalk with Jimmy Cheng. There was also an opportunity to try out the OM-System 3 camera. Immediately I sent an email to Geoff at…
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PRISM Photography linked up with the Canal and River Trust and organised a Digbeth Canal walk along the towpaths of the Birmingham Canal Navigations. Our guide for the photographic walk was Tom Hicks, of Black Country Type fame. We met at Centrala,…
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The tube station is an amazing piece of engineering, and I had to stop and take pictures of the escalators. We walked out into the sunshine, which was a contrast to our underground journey. We arrived around lunchtime. All around, there were…
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I was the only one booked in for the early tour, so I was fortunate to have a one-to-one tour of the museum. Robin, who is a member of the Church Monuments Society, has a deep knowledge of the Coffin Works, and…
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I first met Steve Coel on the streets of Stirchley during the “Stirchley Observation Project” in 2024. I took his picture and we started talking. He mentioned his artist background, but I did not fully connect that he was interested in photography…
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Sarehole Mill is not far from where I live but, surprisingly, I had never visited it despite living in Birmingham for many years. Every time I passed the mill, I made a mental note to return. This blog post came about when…
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Photographing Digbeth is always a creative and enjoyable time. My first serious photographic journey through Digbeth was in 2018. Since then, I have photographed Digbeth and the surrounding area on numerous occasions.
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