Beatles photo sessions

April 21st, 2008

Large collection of Beatles photos from 1964 to 1969 here.

Dirty City

April 8th, 2008

I quite like the effect of over-enhancing the contrast here. It gives a grainy industrial look to these structures in London. I used a similar effect with the building below which suggests urban decay and dereliction.

Polaroid yourself

March 24th, 2008

Convert a photo into Polaroid style at www.instantizer.com.

Fake magazine covers

March 17th, 2008

Turn your photo into a magazine cover at www.magmypic.com.

HMS Belfast

March 8th, 2008

Added some shots taken at the London museum ship HMS Belfast to my main gallery here.

This photo of Che Guevara taken in 1960 was described as “the most famous photograph in the world and a symbol of the 20th century” by the Maryland Institute College of Art. Taken by Alberto Korda at a funeral service for the victims of the La Coubre explosion, the image has become one of the most reproduced and merchandised in the world, and a universal symbol of revolution and rebellion. Korda himself never made any money from the photo. Its story is here.


The original photo, copyright the Korda Estate

Derelict London

February 27th, 2008

www.derelictlondon.com - an extraordinary collection of images by photographer Paul Talling showing the “hidden underbelly” of London.

Poland to Salisbury

February 21st, 2008

Shown here at Salisbury Cathedral, this group of figures carved by artist Robert Koenig are ending a journey taken by his mother in 1942 from Poland to the German Nazi slave labour camps and on to the UK where she settled. More of my cathedral shots here.

Spinnaker Tower

February 16th, 2008

Rising 170 metres (557 feet) above Portsmouth harbour, the elegant and sculptural Spinnaker Tower was inspired by the shape of a sail. Building costs totalled just over 35 million pounds. In the first shot below, the black rectangle at the top is the largest glass floor in Europe. More of my Portsmouth photos here.

Untaken photographs

February 6th, 2008

A photographer’s blog with no images, only words describing the photographs he did not take. Missed opportunities with no camera, or occasions where he was not brave enough to click the shutter. Vivid and often poignant, www.unphotographable.com.