Blue And White
I swear I will get back to street shots soon – it's not as if I didn't take any last week, after all – but I'm one of those people who likes to go through the photos taken in the order in which they shot. You know: an oddball. So, still to come: some street shots from Chichester and shots of the Mayor's day celebrations in Abingdon from this weekend (I took a lot of pictures there too (surprise!)). But there are days of photos from Spain still to check out, discard, or approve first. This shot: on our first day in Salou my wife, my dad, and I went for a walk into town. My dad subsequently got the bus back which left my wife and I to walk the coastal trail around the numerous coves, cliffs, and beaches back to the hotel. This photo was taken on that trek back as we passed close to a house overlooking the sea; it was the strange tree that caught my attention though. Photo taken with my Tokina f/4 12-24mm lens which I hate and love in equal measures. I hate that its effective range is actually 17-24mm on my 5D Mk II (funky tunnel effects arise when wider than 17mm). However, the blues that it floods the sensor with on sunny days are just gorgeous. Other than a minor exposure tweak, a smidge of a crop, and some spot-cleaning (I'm suffering from filthy sensor disease (quite noticeable when the aperture's closed down) right now) this is pretty much straight out of the camera. Google+: View post on...
The Photographer's Nephew
Still haven't had much time in the evenings to go through many of the photos from my recent Spain vacation but that hasn't stopped me heading out at lunchtimes this week and taking more anyway. This backlog is really quite backloggy. And it's not going to be helped by a day in Abingdon tomorrow following the various Morris sides around as they drink (with a little dancing thrown in for show). But I feel like I need to put something up so this is a shot from Cap Salou taken last week featuring a candid of my nephew Ché standing on some of the rocks that jut out into the Mediterranean there and form nice, sandy coves between them. Much swimming and leaping fun was had on those beaches but you can have too much of a good thing and it's been nice to be back in England this week with its grey skies, rain, and threats of gale force wind over the weekend. Keep telling yourself that, Mark. Keep repeating it. Google+: View post on...
I'm Not Dead
This is one of those "I am back from holiday and I didn't die" posts that you hear about in the movies. I am back from holiday and I didn't die. I have got a boatload of photos to sift through, though (*). And we are in the midst of the Euro 2012 tournament. And I will be away this coming weekend too. So, what I'm saying here is that updates may still be sporadic. I am back from holiday and I didn't die, however. So there is that. Anyway, here's one of the photos from my first day in Salou; a photo I'm calling Lady In Pink Shorts Outside A Mini Market for reasons that I'll warrant none can discern. (*) I didn't take as many photos as I'd wanted because a few days in I realised that I'd taken two cameras, two batteries for each, two chargers, but no actual charger cable. You might imagine that this realisation would have made me quite angry. And you would be quite right to imagine that. This did make me become a little more selective with shot-taking subsequently and that's not a terrible thing, though. Google+: View post on...
A Miscellany Of May
Last post from me for just over a week now (although I'll still be perusing your uploads and plussing or commenting on them for the rest of today) as I'm heading off tomorrow for a week's holiday in Catalonia; Salou to be precise, with a day trip to Barcelona already penned in. This will be the first time to mainland Spain for us although we've visited the Balearics a couple of times before. The holiday comes courtesy of my dad who wants to spend some time with my brother, me, our wives, and my niece and nephew, and it's in an all-inclusive hotel so that means it's going to be cheap. Cheap is good. Also, it means I won't be working and won't be subjected to the constant talk of the Jubilee celebrations which is just starting to get on my nerves about now. So that's also good. This is an album of various shots that I've not shared here before (I think) taken during the month of May, mainly street shots from Chichester – as you'd expect – with a handful of shots from a day at Mottisfont Abbey thrown in for good measure; some sunny, some rainy; some black and white, some colour. Looking forward to helping out our Spanish cousins by injecting some cash into their local economy, getting some rest, relaxation, downing free local beers and spirits in the hotel, swimming every day, and – just maybe – taking a few thousand photos of the locals, holidaymakers, and the various sights of the region. I might even share some (of the photos, not the beer or spirits) with you when I get back. In album A Miscellany Of May (90 photos) Google+: View post on...
Inappropriate Dancing
A follow-up to my previous post… Musicians – especially those who engage in busking – are pretty good at ignoring what's going on around them and simply concentrating on practicing their art but there's one thing guaranteed to upset the rhythm of even the most skilled musical artisan and that's inappropriate dancing. To the man pictured here seated upon the bin: big fish, little fish, cardboard box is NOT appropriate for jazz! For #PeopleAndLife curated by +Serein Lee, #StreetSaturday curated by +Siddharth Pandit, and for #StreetPics . Google+: View post on...
Jazz Girl
A girl in Chichester playing guitar accompaniment to jazz backing music from – I think (memory's a little fuzzy as it was a couple of days ago) – John Coltrane. I could have listened to it all lunchtime but my colleague isn't a fan of jazz; I never used to be either but at some point some neuron tripped over in my head hole and I realised that sometimes there's nothing finer than listening to several artists all playing different tunes at the same time. For #StreetSaturday by +Siddharth Pandit and for #StreetPics . Google+: View post on...
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