Outside the Café

Posted By Mark on Feb 20, 2012

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

Posted By Mark on Feb 20, 2012

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

Posted By Mark on Feb 19, 2012

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

Posted By Mark on Feb 19, 2012

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...

Sunset

Posted By Mark on Feb 18, 2012

I uploaded this as part of an album earlier this week but I've only just seen that there's a #SunsetSaturday theme curated by +TJ Kelly and – since the photo garnered some appreciation on Flickr – I thought I'd reshare it. The photo is taken from the roof of the multi-storey car park where I park my car (who'd have thought it?) near where I work; the sky on this evening was a rainbow of colours and I was just pleased to be able to get a semi-decent shot of it before the sun went down. Google+: View post on...

Bengal Tiger

Posted By Mark on Feb 18, 2012