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.
As I passed this couple I couldn’t help notice their bright orange shirts. At the time I was working on a presentation for my photography group about colour and thinking about one type of colour image where a single colour pops out from an image. I walked back, complimented them on their incredibly bright orange shirts and asked if I could take their picture. This is one of 2 shots I quickly snapped before showing it to them and running on to my appointment.
I was walking along, camera in hand, after a beach walk when the car pulled up and they started shouting at me. What did they want? To have their picture taken. Then they drove off and I continued on my way.
After the Courtauld we sat in the Somerset House courtyard for a while, enjoying the sun and some sparkling water, shown here, casting interesting shadows.
We went to see Hepworth in Colour a couple of weeks ago at the Courtauld Gallery. I was not truly familiar with her work but these were stunning pieces, abstractly illustrating many of the principles of composition and design that I have been discussing with my u3a photography group. Highly recommended if you’re in or near London. When we were finished we emerged into the Courtauld’s permanent collection and a seriously sumptuous collection of some marvelous and familiar Impressionist works.
Everyone who visits must take a picture like this but it’s seemingly impossible not to when you havea camera in your hand and are confronted by the sight.
Continuing with another image of sunlight falling and dispersing on the wall, for a series I’ve been building over the last several years.
The eclipse was totally done by this point but the light was golden.
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.
Walking down the pier as the eclipse ended, I grabbed this westward snapshot of the setting sun and West Pier, unencumbered by the moon.
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.
With, apparently, 8-10 people pedalling, we were walking at least as fast as the Beer Bike Tour!
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.
I’ve photographed (and posted) this already but each time I’m there I want to try and get a better shot.
That big black shape on the middle flower was some kind of big fuzzy bee.
