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Photographic journeys, techniques and places across Birmingham, Warwickshire and beyond.

Photographing Vancouver– Stanley Park
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Photographing Vancouver– Stanley Park

Stanley park is the centre of Vancouver. A large natural reserve near to the city and it has so much to see in it.  I did some running around on my first morning and used my iPhone to take pictures of the eastern…

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Photographing Vancouver– Around the Marina
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Photographing Vancouver– Around the Marina

The conference is intense but during the lunchtime breaks, I was able to take time out and stroll around the seafront.  Vancouver is a photogenic city and there is always something happening.  You can spend many an hour just watching the harbour float planes…

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Photographing Vancouver – Playing Tourist
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Photographing Vancouver – Playing Tourist

Vancouver is a beautiful location for a conference, and it was my third visit to the city, previously visiting in 1999 and 2009. Therefore, as the year was 2019, I was due my usual visit 🙂  We had some down time prior to the…

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Black and White
Canals

Black and White

This has been a week of rain and the days have been dull. Even though it is wet there are still great opportunities to go out and take photographs.. My early Wednesday walk from Snow Hill took in the canals that run…

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England’s Big Picture
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England’s Big Picture

I am very pleased as it is my second feature this year on the BBC England’s Big Picture. This picture is of the Cube taken from the basement. It is an iconic picture and one taken by many people. It is a…

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Lord Leycester’s Hospital
Canals

Lord Leycester’s Hospital

Warwick is a favourite place of mine as it has many hidden delights.  The tourists flock to thee castle and will generally give the town a miss.  Don’t get me wrong the castle is well worth a visit and if you are…

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Top of the Rotunda
Birmingham

Top of the Rotunda

When the chance came to take photographs from the top of the Rotunda then I was first in the queue. Maybe not first as there were several other keen photographers that wanted to up there as well. Those people with passion, @Birminghamweare…

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Englands Big Picture #2
Warwickshire

Englands Big Picture #2

I sent my picture of Chesterton Windmill into BBC England to see if it would be suitable for their theme ‘clearing the mind’. Each day, Englands Big Picture feature an interesting photograph shared with them from across England. The week that I…

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Photographing Ragley Hall
Warwickshire

Photographing Ragley Hall

We have never been to Ragley Hall in our time in the Midlands, so when my daughter Natasha suggested visiting on one of the open days then I was easily persuaded. We only signed up for the gardens as we had my…

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Knife Angel
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Knife Angel

Made out of 100,000 confiscated knives, this 24 foot statue is both emotive and chilling as a tribute to victims of knife crime. I wished to catch a picture of it at night and even at 9.30pm people were attracted to the…

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In Explore
Warwickshire

In Explore

When I started off submitting photographs to social media outlets, Flickr was my first choice. My first post on Flickr was on the 1st October 2005 and since then I have posted many times. There is still much exctitement when your picture…

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Chesterton Windmill revisited
Warwickshire

Chesterton Windmill revisited

The May Bank Holiday was not going to be like last year. The temperature was predicted to go down to around 2 degrees centigrade. I had in my mind that I wanted to photograph Chesterton Windmill on the Saturday evening. Was I…

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