Outside the Café
A second submission for #MonochromeMonday /+Monochrome Monday curated by +Charles Lupica, +Hans Berendsen, and +Bill Wood because it's still Monday (for just a little while longer here) and it's monochrome. Yeah, I understand how photo themes work. This is just a couple who were outside a small café/deli place; he stood, she sat. Google+: View post on...
The Busker's Shoes
I was determined to get a pair of shoes shot today because I knew it was #ShoesMonday curated by +Laura Harding and +Olga Kafka, and it had been my intention to capture something flash and elegant, probably at the very end of a lady's leg as it swooshed through Chichester. Alas, it wasn't to be a swooshy shoe kind of day. In the end I caught this pair of Adidas supporting a busker performing some tunes admirably to the passing shoppers and lunchtime office-escapees. Also submitted for #MonochromeMonday which has come under the curatorship (I don't care if that's not an actual word) of +Charles Lupica, +Hans Berendsen, and +Bill Wood. Google+: View post on...
Street Corner, Beijing, 2008
Another shot that I never processed or uploaded anywhere, taken in Beijing, November 2008 on the old Canon EOS 350D. I do wonder why I never bothered to do anything with this before since I look at it now and think: yes, that's my sort of shot; it's got people doing peopley things and there's plenty of interest (well, to me at least) everywhere; crossed arms man, handbag-holding man, mobile phone guys, seated girls, Nike shoes, Adidas tops and sweatbands… I've only completed looking through one day of the honeymoon photos so far; can't wait to see what else I overlooked. Google+: View post on...
Woman, Shadows, Beijing, 2008
Just having a nose through some old folders this morning – specifically those around our honeymoon in November of 2008 in Asia – and I discovered that there are dozens and dozens of photos that I took but never decided to process or upload, this being one of them. Of course, I was younger and more inexperienced around photography then and probably thought that this photo of an old Chinese woman sitting on a stone plinth was no good as you couldn't see her face thanks to the shadows; now, this photo appeals to me so much more. Weird how attitudes to aesthetics changes over time. What I would have given to not have that car in the background but c'est la vie and there's no use moaning about it now. Submitted for #ShadowsOnSunday curated by +André Roßbach and +Daniel Graupner. Google+: View post on...
Fashion Faves – Anabella Barber
Photographed by Jamie Nelson for Madame Germany this is a shot of New Zealander model Anabella Barber wearing a dress by Pringle of Scotland. You know me – okay, you don’t but pretend, yeah? – and my fondness for all things we can call “retro” so this dress immediately set off my Wow!-o-meter. Lovely 1960s feel to it with its straight lines accentuated by the straight, again very 1960s-style stance from Anabella; great blend of the old mod with more up-to-date make-up and hair styling. Beautiful control of foreground lighting by Jamie to cancel out the wonderful back light by nature. And there’s something about the location that appeals to me too; I think it’s the association I give barren, brown landscapes to old science fiction such as Blake’s 7 and Doctor Who. And you know – okay, you don’t but pretend, yeah? – how much I like old science...
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