Number 12 of a long-standing series of December photosets. This year, I’m focusing on beachhuts – those prettily painted wooden sheds that adorn the edges of many of our seaside towns and villages. I imagine they started out as a cheap and cheerful way to afford a holiday,…
Tag: seaside
Avoiding the bank holiday traffic, I set out from home early and decided to squander a (rather exorbitant) £1.70 for 30 minutes parking at West Bay for a quick walk before I hit the supermarket. Here are some of the little things I noticed whilst mooching around. No…
I started my life in Essex, and moved via Berkshire to Devon, where I’ve now lived more than half my life. I’m very settled here, but have just returned from a trip to see a friend in Pakefield, which is close to the most easterly point in England.…
A lot of my photography is based on projects – subjects or techniques that I like to revisit over time, to make a body of work. Of course, like everyone else I take photos of things that catch my eye and may never be repeated or further developed.…
Photography is, of course, “all about the light”, and early this morning I made the most of bright weather. The sea at Lyme is often very cloudy with sediment, but after a few quiet days without much rain, the water was clear enough to see the seafloor at…
In September, I had a small exhibition at the Sou’-Sou’-West Gallery Shop in Symondsbury. Having done a very successful show there back in 2019 (remember those dreamy days when life just worked?), I developed a new body of work for this one. The first, Waterline, was boat hull…
It’s almost the end of a very strange and confining year. I usually get about the Southwest a bit, but have spent most of this year very close to home. So, my online advent calendar for my friends and followers this year is firmly local – views east…
When I first had a digital camera, I found it hard to restrain myself from taking far too many shots, most of which were utterly discardable. My hard drive filled up with unexceptional images, most of which I never looked at again or printed. These days, I try…
A lot of my photos are quite colourful, or at least depend on colour to work. But our constricted life can be rather dreary and uninspiring just now, so that prompted me to set myself a challenge to find some understated images on my doorstep (metaphorically rather than…