Stories

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

Photographing Little Venice
Canals

Photographing Little Venice

I have occasional meetings in London and I always plan to get down early and plan a photographic walk. I have never been to Little Venice so I jumped onto the tube and made it to Warwick Avenue. From here I got…

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Photographing Iceland
Travel

Photographing Iceland

My photograph of the winter lights festival in Reykjavik that was taken on my visit to Iceland has featured in the Rove.me travel web site. Although I did not get to see the Northern lights, the Winter lights festival more than made…

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Photographing Riyadh
Travel

Photographing Riyadh

My recollections of Riyadh from my first visit in 1996 were hazy. I remember it being very hot with many white buildings. Here I was back in Riyadh for a second time (third to Saudi Arabia). What I first noticed is that…

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Getting that picture
Canals

Getting that picture

I have started to take my wide angle lens out with me when wandering around Birmingham. I usually do this on a Wednesday morning as I have a clinic in the City Centre. I plan different routes around the city but today…

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Maryvale
Birmingham

Maryvale

It is fun discovering new places to visit around Birmingham and the Maryvale Institute which is a Catholic college. It has much history attached to the place including being the place of residence of Cardinal John Newman from 1846. More of the…

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Photographing a Cathedral
Birmingham

Photographing a Cathedral

“Birmingham we are” is full of passion and I have been posting pictures on their Twitter account for over 3 years. It is run by Jonathan Bostock and Daniel Sturley with help from Debbie. They have successfully published the Birmingham Gem’s Calendar…

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Glasgow University
Travel

Glasgow University

There will be many visits around the country in the coming few years as I am part of a research grant with 4 other universities (Glasgow, Leeds, Southampton and Edinburgh). The lead institution is Glasgow University and that is where the kick…

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A few recent likes
Birmingham

A few recent likes

I just thought I would share four of my recent photographs that I have taken so far in January with a story of how they were taken

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