Last week I wrote a post about some of the historic buildings I photographed while I was in Southampton. Of course I also made some images of things that caught my eye, that were not historic. Most of the images in this post were taken at West Quay, a shopping mall opened in 2000. AboutContinue reading “Modern Southampton”
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Trying Lomo Potsdam
Intro: I’m not one for trying odd film stocks that give weird results, I’m not knocking them, it’s just not for me. You know the sort of thing, out of date film that gives purple photo’s or “red scale” which I understand is just film loaded into the cassette the wrong way around so youContinue reading “Trying Lomo Potsdam”
Historic Southampton
After taking the ferry from Hythe, across Southampton Water to the city, I disembarked at the “town quay”. At the land end of the pier stands the impressive Edwardian “Harbour Board Building”. Once housing the board responsible from running the harbour, toady it is grade 2 listed, but used as a casino! Just as aContinue reading “Historic Southampton”
Hythe, it’s pier and railway
Last week I was on vacation from work. I didn’t go far, in fact I stayed in a holiday home about a half hour drive up the road! It meant that it was easy to get away, without fuss. I didn’t need to plan much. At the same time it was a change of sceneContinue reading “Hythe, it’s pier and railway”
Palm House, Kew
I shot two rolls of Kodak Gold on my visit to Kew Gardens, I could have easily used more! Towards the end of the day as the sun was staring to dip, I used the last exposure and rewound. Then as I started to walk back towards the entrance, out came the sun, the skyContinue reading “Palm House, Kew”
Shad Thames
Shad Thames is the area just around the corner from the Tower Bridge in London. It’s an area which I’ve seen photo’s of before and wanted to visit for a while but never really had the excuse to go. This visit to London provided the opportunity. The area was once run down, I remember stickingContinue reading “Shad Thames”
Tower Bridge
Early on when I started to make super 8 films, edited and with a soundtrack for public consumption, I was offered much advice. Two nuggets that did stick with me were “Why make a film when a written paragraph will do the same job?” and “Don’t quote too many facts and figures, people won’t listenContinue reading “Tower Bridge”
London Cable Car
Ever since I heard of the London Cable Car, I’ve fancied a ride on it. It wasn’t here on my visit to the Millennium Dome back in the day, the only time I’ve been since was to a concert at the 02, but there was no time for exploring the area then. It’s 1km longContinue reading “London Cable Car”
Kew’s Japanese Landscape
Heading away from the Temperate House featured in my first post about Kew Gardens, I headed for the “Japanese Landscape”. Above is the Chokushi-Mon – “Gateway of the Imperial Messenger” created for the Japan-British Exhibition held in London in 1910. It’s almost an exact copy of an original found in Kyoto, Japan. It leads toContinue reading “Kew’s Japanese Landscape”
35mm: Bank
The City of London is mostly clustered around the “Bank” tube station, and the bank of England. Standing looking at “The Bank” is much as it’s been for decades, what rises behind it has changed greatly. The “Lloyds of London” (Insurance Company) building was begun in 1978, and finally opened in 1986. Interestingly it wasContinue reading “35mm: Bank”
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