Another grotty day lightwise but a fun day otherwise. Decided to give the Lens Baby a spin and was looking for shop windows with light and sparkle.
DelNovember 20, 2012
Caught in the headlights, the obedient hound that lies outside the restaurant patiently awaiting his master or mistress.
DelNovember 18, 2012
I normally refuse to shoot anything Christmassy until the start of the annual advent calendar on December 1st. However,I took the elderly relative for a short bumble around the local garden centre and much to our horror, the entire outlet…
DelNovember 17, 2012
"Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through" (Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745, from A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind, 1709). Photographically something of departure for me, but I did think…
DelNovember 16, 2012
"Truly a composite of all small towns where ugliness rears its head, and where the people try to hide all the skeletons in their closets." Grace Metalious on her novel of the same name. But this is not Peyton Place,…
DelNovember 15, 2012
The observant amongt you will notice that there are no men here. There were some shortly before this was taken. However, as Rabbie Burns once said: " The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley" and agley they…
DelNovember 14, 2012
I thought I would have a wander down to the Royal Hospital Chelsea to get a feel for the place and learn something about its history, in preparation for tomorrow evening. Tomorrow, I'm giving a talk to the Chelsea Pensioners…
DelNovember 13, 2012
Shiny leaves and shiny roads - a typical autumnal sight. I don't go in much for photographing leaves on trees, but I find them fascinating when they're on the ground ... oh who am I kidding, I just didn't have…
DelNovember 12, 2012
An excellent day in St James's Park. This was taken during the parade after the ceremony at the Cenotaph - Prince Edward is taking the salute. The Chelsea Pensioners are my favourite veterans. They're local, they are resplendent in their…
DelNovember 11, 2012
I say possibly, since in all the years I have traversed this alley, I have never known its name, so I looked at Google maps and it could be Griechengasse or Hafnersteig. Griechengasse would make sense, since the building at…
DelNovember 10, 2012
Coffee break during this afternoon's shooting. And what a lot of fun we had! Thanks to Volkan for doing the fabulous make-up, and, of course, big thanks and hugs to our resident superstar for having absolutely no qualms about being…
DelNovember 9, 2012
"I never knew the old Vienna before the war, with its Strauss music, its glamour and easy charm ..." (Introduction to the Third Man) But I know the new Vienna and it still has its Strauss music, its glamour and…
DelNovember 8, 2012
Haven't seen Leon for ages, and managed to catch up with him today. Inevitably, it wasn't long before we started larking about on the Graben. If there is a correlation between photographic success and the number of members of the…
DelNovember 7, 2012
Deep joy! I am back in my favourite city, my spiritual home and, of course, within a couple of hours drifted towards my favourite urban playground. This seems to be a new form of street art: the bicycle sign is…
DelNovember 6, 2012
Gunpowder, treason and plot. I don't know why I've used this caption, I suppose because it is the 5th of November, but I have just arrived in Vienna, where, obviously, there is no celebration of Guy Fawkes. There are, however,…
DelNovember 5, 2012
Today I went to York for the first DVJ Sunday Shoot in the area. Although it felt as though I spent most of the day on the train (why are our Sunday services so awful?), I did enjoy the time…
DelNovember 4, 2012
Having seen "Skyfall" and then Terry O'Neill's fabulous exhibition "All about Bond" at the Proud Gallery, Chelsea, it was a bit of day for seeing spies.
DelNovember 3, 2012
Where has the day gone? I really don't know what I did today, except spend a very pleasant few hours wandering the streets. The light was wonderful and it was one of those blue-skied, but chilly, days. This is not…
DelNovember 2, 2012
An exciting day in Greenwich - the reasons why will be revealed at some other time. Today there was a big push on the tube for poppy selling by servicemen and I got chatting to these two Able Seaman whose…
DelNovember 1, 2012