Highbury Station Road: changes over time
I happened to be meeting a friend for lunch outside Highbury and Islington Underground Station last Friday and had some time to kill, so I walked round the corner, where it was less busy, looking for something to photograph.
I remembered taking a picture years before in Highbury Station Road - when I was still new to photography and still thought HDR was the best thing ever. This is the photo I took then. I was deliberately aiming for a spooky, timeless feel.
Daily photo diary from Turkey, September 2014
These are the 17 photographs I uploaded to my daily photo diary on Blipfoto from my trip to Turkey in September 2014.
Garden room project
The removal of this old toilet and it's cistern marks the beginning of the work to convert an ugly area of the house into a modern, useful space.
A boat trip from Oxford
Last Sunday I had the great pleasure of being invited along on a boat trip down the River Thames - a celebration of my partner's uncle's 80th birthday.
We set off at noon from Folly Bridge in Oxford, passed through two locks, sailed as far as Abingdon, turned round and came back.
My part of London as it used to be
One of the old favourites on my bookshelf is a book I gave to my father many years ago and ultimately inherited, the Village London Atlas: Changing Face of Greater London, 1822-1903 (The village atlas), by the Village Press.
A boat propellor stirs up the seabed (video 00:36)
In June 2013, we took a day-boat to Sedir Island, also known as Cleopatra Island. After some time exploring the island, the boat readied for the journey back. As it turned in the water, it's propellor churned up the shallow, sandy seabed…
Merton Abbey Mills
I went for a a wander by the River Wandle at Merton Abbey Mills. A Wandle Wander. Merton Abbey Mills is a former textile factory in the parish of Merton in London, England near the site of the medieval Merton Priory, now the home of a variety of businesses, mostly retailers.
A ferry trip in Istanbul (video 01:54)
This is video of a trip across the Bosphorus from Karaköy in the north-west across the straits to Kadiköy in the south-east. Made mainly with an iPhone 4S, in April 2014.
Istanbul is online
Just as the Turkish government has allowed YouTube again in Turkey, I've uploaded the last of the photos selected from my trip to Istanbul in April. 205 images selected from 519 taken in total.
A peacock and a cat (video 00:46)
A peacock has a standoff with a young kitty. The cat is just fascinated by the peacock's feathers but the bird isn't having any of it.
Forty year-old passport
These are pages from my first passport. It was issued in 1980 when I was 16, but by 1984 I had changed so much that I got a new photo added.
Astronaut phone stand creates contentment
I just got this little astronaut fellow from Amazon. Made by Hamee Japan, he is nice and weighty and is an ideal smartphone stand to have on your desk as he offers plenty of resistance when you're tapping the screen. He is, undoubtedly, awesome.
Istanbul photo diary
These are the eleven photos I took for my daily photo journal while on a trip to Istanbul in April 2014.
Yesterday was a good photography day
I took a walk at lunchtime yesterday, and as always, had my camera with me. I walked from my office to Guildford Railway Station, where I bought a sandwich. Then I walked back a different way.
These are the photos I took on my walk.
Mutant army men are mutant
Yeah, so I ordered these super-cheap toy army men off Amazon (don't ask) but when they came I was deeply disappointed, and a bit scared. They are shit. And mutant.