Back again
There’s been an unfortunate large gap since I last posted anything here. Hopefully it won’t happen again but at times recently I’ve been rather lacking in energy due to ill health. It was great to get out and photograph a band again last night and I really enjoyed the gig by Empirical at Birmingham’s Midlands [...]
IPad’s, Photography and Lists
For various reasons I haven’t managed to get to any gigs this week so there are no new images on my site. For the last few week’s I’ve ben using an IPad and am really enjoying it. It’s a great tool for surfing the web and dealing with emails. It’s wonderful to be able to [...]
Back behind a Camera again. The Harmonic Festival 2011
After what seems like a long time I was back photographing musicians this weekend. The Harmonic Festival at the MAC in Birmingham was the venue and organisers Chris Mapp and Percy Pursglove had laid on a real treat. I won’t write a lengthy review here as Pete Bacon’s reviews on his site capture the festival really [...]
My Favourite Black and White images
It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted any new images. In part this is because there have been less gigs around the city over the summer. However this is only part of the truth. Birmingham Jazz has continued with the Rush Hour Blues series and the Cobweb Collective have been promoting weekly gigs [...]
Hipstamatic
Much as I have grown to love and rely on digital technology,I I doubt I could be described as an early adapter. I only found out about an app for the I phone called “Hipstamatic” in January. I read an article in the Guardian about it, by which time I guess large numbers of people [...]
Brian Griffin Exhibition
I’ve not taken any new images this week despite there having been at least four gigs I would have liked to have gone to. Three of them were all on Tuesday night though! I’m having to pace myself a bit more now as the cancer is leaving me feeling tired more often. If I have [...]
My Favourite Colour Images 2006-9
Life in this country is steadily getting worse for many but not all of us. No I don’t believe or accept we are all in it together! The cuts are beginning to bite and many of us will soon feel the effects, if we aren’t already. This week the Arts Council announced where it’s funding [...]
Black Country Stories
Yesterday I made the trip to the Public in West Bromwich to see Martin Parr’s exhibition of photos entitled “Black Country Stories”. It’s only a short journey for me but it’s well worth traveling some distance to see. The exhibition features over 650 of Martin Parr’s images and a separate but related exhibition of images [...]