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Cool light on the poppies
Travel

Cool light on the poppies

Little did I realise that a picture from a field in Kinver, Staffordshire, taken on a warm day in June 2024, would be displayed at Kew Gardens on a cold day in February. My photograph, Cool Light on the Poppies, was awarded second…

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Photographing Gloucester
Travel

Photographing Gloucester

Sunrises in January are an ideal time for photography. An early, low sun rising in a cloudless sky creates areas of contrast wherever the light falls. I enjoy getting up early to catch such sunrises, so I treated myself to a visit…

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Top 4 in 2024
Observation

Top 4 in 2024

Time to review my best pictures of 2024. The latter part of my photographic year was devoted to the Stirchley Observation Project. This course, organised by the PRISM Photographic Network, ran over 12 weekends from September to November. A final exhibition featuring many…

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Photographic moments from Cannon Hill Park
Observation

Photographic moments from Cannon Hill Park

I have been involved with the Stirchley Observation Project over the last few months. I have not featured my experiences of the project on my blog, as I am waiting until the course is complete. We still have a portrait session and…

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IgersbirminghamUK visits the University of Birmingham
Birmingham

IgersbirminghamUK visits the University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham campus is very picturesque. Whenever there is a feature about the status of UK universities, the major news channels will film on the campus at Birmingham. The popular views are when a summer graduation is taking place in…

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Visiting Bournville Village Trust with IgersbirminghamUK
Birmingham

Visiting Bournville Village Trust with IgersbirminghamUK

Birmingham has a long and rich history and the names of George and Richard Cadbury are linked with the story of the City  Their success in creating Cadbury’s Chocolate led to the building of their factory in Bournville.  The brothers created a Garden Village…

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St Chad’s Cathedral welcomes IgersbirminghamUK
Birmingham

St Chad’s Cathedral welcomes IgersbirminghamUK

St Chad’s Cathedral was the setting for an IgersbirminghamUK Instameet on a wet Saturday morning. Storm Antoni was passing through and the rain was non-stop.  I joked with the photographers that we had made the decision to go for the inside walkabout rather…

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Bostin day at a propa Black Country Folk Festival
Heritage

Bostin day at a propa Black Country Folk Festival

I have loved the Black Country ever since I worked at Wordsley General Hospital in the late eighties.  Arriving in the West Midlands from Manchester, I was amazed to find the Black Country full of warm, kindhearted people that reminded me of home.  Sadly…

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