Rain, rain, go away…..

It seems to have been raining forever. OK then, a long time. As if this time of year isn't getting dark enough i can't remember when i last saw blue sky. So to cheer us all up here are some colourful photographs i have taken indoors this week. Women's Make-up displays provide lots of colourHalloween …

What lurks deep in the woods ?

These are a few shots i took yesterday. They were all shot on slow shutter speeds to achieve the disturbing dreamlike effects. A bit of fun for Halloween week. The leaves have eyes."Come in my pretties", whispered the wind.RUN !!It's getting dark. We won't harm you...honest....The way out or a trap ?

Life from inside Tier 3 Lockdown.

Here in England we have 3 levels of lockdown. Three being the highest. Living in Merseyside i am in tier 3 and have been for the past two weeks. So what is life like under these restrictions ? How are we coping ? And how different is it to lockdown 1 ? As far as …

The Mail Box Challenge

When i taught photography i used to take my clients to a postbox. I then challenged them to take about 10 different pictures of the box. Using close ups, distance shots, different angles and other techniques that i had shown them, some could do it, many couldn't. When i went on my stroll the other …

A Few more pictures from an afternoon’s stroll

Concluding the pictures i took on the stroll with my daughter on Thursday afternoon. Tyred eyesRich autumn colours.

This Beats Work

Pictures from autumn, natures vaccine.

Witches and Monsters

Surprising what you see in garden centres nowadays.

Halloween is on its way

Greetings from inside Tier 3

As Covid 19 continues to frustrate scientists and scare politicians the world over we, the masses, have to live and plan our lives a best we can around ever changing advice and rules. Since some time last week, i've genuinly forgotten when, the area i live in here in the UK, Merseyside, has been under …

My week in pictures

I've shot quite a few different things this week, from still life to wildlife, pumpkins to railway stations. Ive used a few different cameras and shot on both digital and film. And all the time i have been surrounded by these gorgeous golden tones of autumn. The silence of October is deafening, a soundtrack to …