London

Street Photography at Dover Street Market 
Birmingham

Street Photography at Dover Street Market 

Street photography works well if there is a shop window with a difference. The window displays are good to photograph and also make for fun interactions with people as they pass by. I have photographed scenes like this several times before. Selfridges…

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Photographing Greenwich: A Day at the Amateur Photographer Festival
Birmingham

Photographing Greenwich: A Day at the Amateur Photographer Festival

Amateur Photographer magazine held its Festival of Photography at the University of Greenwich. Getting to the south bank area of London from Birmingham was a long journey, but I was pleasantly surprised by how quick and efficient London’s transport system was, with tubes and buses linking up…

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Winner of the first Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition
Nature

Winner of the first Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition

I entered the first ever Eden Project Wildflower Photographer of the Year competition, run in partnership with Canary Wharf Group, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the National Wildflower Centre (NWC). Imagine my delight when my image won first place in the Amateur Photographer category — plus a…

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Digbeth Street Photography
Birmingham

Digbeth Street Photography

I am always on the lookout for new street art in Digbeth and on social media I learnt that there was new artwork by Fokawolf under one of the railway arches. Another popular street artist, Gent48 frequently puts out vibrant murals and…

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The noisy London pedicabs 
Travel

The noisy London pedicabs 

These pedicabs or rickshaws look exciting but they are an accident waiting to happen as often or not the cyclist is not looking at the road whilst he is weaving in and out of the traffic. These pictures were taken on Oxford…

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The Bright Lights of Central London this Christmas
Travel

The Bright Lights of Central London this Christmas

Street photographers love London, and everyone has their favourite area for taking pictures. I simply enjoy watching people move around the streets. Sometimes, you find a street teeming with opportunities for photographs; other times, it is not so fruitful. But, as they…

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London Times: A canal, a basin, a river and a wharf
Canals

London Times: A canal, a basin, a river and a wharf

On the Regent’s Canal, sitting outside having lunch at the Ragged museum and life is good.  The sun is shining and sitting back watching people rowing on the Regent’s canal.  This spot in Stepney is a favourite place of mine for photographs.  On the bridge…

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