Brighton

Here’s a stop-motion video and some installation views of my images (I’m the right ⅔ of the middle panel) that are part of Fringe Elements in this year’s Brighton Photo Fringe, up now, till the end of the month. As a reminder – you can MEET THE ARTISTS tomorrow, 7th October, from 4:30 to 7:00 down by the seafront:
Seafront Advertising Hoardings (adjacent to the Basketball Court)
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Lower Promenade, 124A King’s Road, Brighton BN1 2FN

A person shooting a basketball on a colorful court near the beach, with buildings and photo displays in the background.

A young man jumps to dunk a basketball at an outdoor court, with colorful pink and blue flooring. In the background, there are murals and a brick wall adorned with photos, alongside a cafe sign.

A digital poster announcing a postponed event titled 'Meet the Artists'. The text is prominently displayed in bold colors against a background featuring a brick wall and a railing.

Swim

Not sure what attracted me to this scene… perhaps the contrasting colours of the orange (or chrome yellow?) banner and the aqua see behind.

Fringe Elements

Save the Date! The Brighton Photo Fringe is coming from 2nd – 31st October. As a member of the Fringe Elements collective, we’re hoping to display our work on the 6 advertising hoardings shown above and below. I plan to take up 2 of the posters in a single hoarding with work from my project, Neither Here nor There. Watch this space for more details as they become available.

Sunset at the Pier

The eclipse was totally done by this point but the light was golden.

Eclipse Portrait

Another eclipse viewer we met on the pier, chatting and shooting pictures of it with his digicam. A quick portrait I shot of him after I’d dismantled my camera, tripod, ND filter, and reverted to my 16-55mm walking around lens.

Eclipse’s End

Walking down the pier as the eclipse ended, I grabbed this westward snapshot of the setting sun and West Pier, unencumbered by the moon.

Eclipse

A collage of images I shot from the Brighton Palace Pier, the evening of August 12th. We got 91% of a total solar eclipse. The images were shot through an ND filter, mostly at 1/1000th second at f/7. There was a festive atmosphere on the pier with families and children and the sharing of eclipse sunglasses.

Drink Driving

With, apparently, 8-10 people pedalling, we were walking at least as fast as the Beer Bike Tour!

Pride

We went to Rottingdean for their annual village fête on the day of the Pride parade this year, forgetting that there would be lots of road closures, so we wound up walking home to Hove from the Marina. Along the way, we met some of the celebrants who were happy to have their pictures taken.