Blog

An occasional blog on photographic subjects and cycle rides into the countryside.

  • On this day 22nd February

    Today’s photograph was taken nine years ago in 2014. When I have visitors come up to London we usually meet at Waterloo Station so I have got to know the area very well over the years, including the Southbank Centre full of corners and alcoves, many of them used for alternative activities, such as skateboarding: Read more

  • On this day 20th February

    A final photograph taken in Prague on this day in 2016. This one shows the old Jewish Cemetery in Žižkov. Much of the cemetery was destroyed when the Žižkov Television Tower was built almost on top of it in the 1980’s. Read more

  • On this day 18th February

    On this day 2016, the tram cables in Prague, Czech Republic Read more

  • On this day 17th February

    Today’s photograph was taken on the 17th February 2018 on a stroll somewhere in East London. Read more

  • On this day 16th February

    A photograph from this day in an earlier year; in this case, 2019, at Upnor on the River Medway in Kent, almost opposite to Chatham. Read more

  • Patterns

    I don’t know much about geometry but I do know an aesthetically pleasing photograph when I see one. In fact most of us can, and the reason is geometry, or more precisely the geometric shapes such as squares, triangles, circles and lines that make up patterns that form the image. Read more