The medical history and development of health care in Birmingham is fascinating. Dr James Burgess, chair of the Birmingham History Society and the voice behind the Birmingham History Podcast, was the lead for a tour of the major sites in the history…
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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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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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Dudley is well known for attractions such as Dudley Zoo and Castle and the Black Country Living Museum, so I was keen to explore the town further. An opportunity came when a street photography walk led by Matt Wakefield and organised by Igers Birmingham UK took place.
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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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A shadow cast by the sun may often produce lovely, interesting shapes on the ground or walls. There is a spot in Birmingham where shadows are created by the tall canal-side lamps that stretch over the towpath along the Birmingham Canal Navigations. The…
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Birmingham Light Festival is back for its second year, brightening up Valentine’s weekend. The nights are still dark; the weather has been wet for so long that a burst of colour and light is exactly what is required to lift the mood…
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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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The opportunity to use the Fujifilm GFX100RF on a street photography walk with MrWhisper was too good to pass up. The walk was part of the Festival of Photography organised by Amateur Photographer magazine at the University of Greenwich. I’d left it late to…
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As the BBC has reported, there is both good and bad things happening in Wolverhampton. The Victorian and Georgian buildings are beautiful but I guess they are a challenge to regenerate. Meanwhile the town centre looks vacant. Yet at lunchtime, the city…
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