PADLOCK AND KEY HOLE

A sepia toned photograph of a section of a locked old Warehouse door.  The sepia toning has increased the tonal depth of the print.

Old Warehouse (now demolished), on the West Bank of the River Hull, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From a City & Guilds 9231 module - Photographing Buildings, 1989.

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SHADOWS IMAGE III

And another one from the shadows range.  This time, metal railings near a bridge.

Kingston-upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

From no specific project as such, 2009.

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CRAZY DIAMOND

This is actually a drawing that I did many years ago.  I then purchased a plastic skull mask, fitted a small flashgun with a slave cell attached, used masking tape to position this behind the skull mask on the drawing. Used a larger flashgun, fitted off-camera to take a series of photos (this flashgun then set off the slave cell in the flashgun positioned behind the mask).

The featured monochrome image was then used for a City and Guilds 'Constructed Images' module which depicted the music of 'Pink Floyd'.

Colchester, Essex and Kingston-upon-Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

For a City and Guilds 9231 Constructed Images module, 1984 and 1993.

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SNOW IMAGE III

Another snow scene from along the river bank of the Ancholme.

River Ancholme, South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, England.

From no specific project, 2010.

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RIVA-BELLA

White painted Beach Huts on a sandy beach.  This scene would have looked entirely different on the morning of 6 June 1944. This beach near Ouistreham was one of the landing zones for British troops on D-Day.  Codenamed 'Sword'.

Riva-Bella, Ouistreham, Normandy, France.

From my 'The Normandy Veterans - Lest We Forget' Project, 1998-2002.

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ROOTS AND ARMS

Strange title?  Perhaps, but I have always thought of trees as living things.  There is plenty of mystery, legend and folklore associated with trees to suggest this.  Roots and fallen branches on the woodland floor are depicted in this photograph.

Near High Force Waterfall, Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham, England.

From my Tree Stories Project, 2003-.

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SHADOWS IMAGE II

Another image from the Shadows series of images.  This time it is the footbridge that runs alongside the River Hull and up to, and then over the footbridge to the Deep.

Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

2009, from no specific project as such.

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SNOW IMAGE II

Another photographic image from the frozen south bank of the Humber.  To be more precise the banks of the River Ancholme.

South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, England.

2010, from no specific project as such.

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SHADOWS IMAGE I

A mild autumnal day, with the early morning sun shining. Plenty of dark shadows and bounced reflections created by the sun.  You can just make out the very top of the Tidal Barrier on the River Hull nearby.

The High Street Area, Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England.

2009 (from no specific project as such).

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SNOW IMAGE I

I think the day that I took this particular image must have been one of the coldest days ever that I have ventured outside with my camera gear.  My fingers were freezing.  It was minus 4 degrees C. This is alongside the River Ancholme, most of which was frozen over.

South Ferriby, North Lincolnshire, England.

2010 (from no specific project as such).  Just photographing the landscape covered in this blanket of snow.

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NOTICEBOARD

CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON


Having just seen Tim Burton's recent cinematic epic 'Alice in Wonderland'.  It got me thinking about the writer and author of 'Alice in Wonderland', 'Through the Looking Glass', and 'The Hunting of the Snark'.  Known to everyone has Lewis Carroll. The pen name/writing name of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.  Dodgson was actually an accomplished Photographer.  Taking many portraits of Alice Hargreaves in the period 1856-59 (the inspiration for Alice,  in Alice in Wonderland).

Dodgson was born in 1832.  The first edition of 'Alice in Wonderland' was published in 1865.  'Through the Looking Glass' was published in 1871. 'The Hunting of the Snark' was published in 1876.

There was some controversy surrounding Dodgson's photography, eventually he gave this up and concentrated upon his writing.  He died in 1898.  The grave of Alice Hargreaves is located in the grounds of St.Michael and All Angels Church in Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, Hampshire, England.

Some quotes from Lewis Carroll:  'No good fish goes anywhere without a porpoise'.  'But I don't want to go among mad people; said Alice. 'Oh, you can't help that, said the cat. 'We're all mad here'.


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LIFE BELT

This rather isolated Life belt is just off a path leading down to the beach, close to a residential area.

Alnmouth, Northumberland, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge Project, 2005-.

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SAGGING FENCE

This sepia toned image is of a wooden picket style fence that acts as a barrier between the sand dunes/marriam grass and the beach.

Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England.

From my The Next Wave Project, 1996-1997.

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RAINY DAY AT SCARBOROUGH

A wet and dismal day at this popular East Coast resort and town.

Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.

From my Traces from along the Edge Project, 2005-.

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STORM CLOUDS

Storm clouds gather has the sun manages to shine through the clouds on the North Sea side of this remote sand and shingle Peninsular that reaches out from the Holderness countryside.

Spurn Point, East Yorkshire, England.

From my Coming at me in Waves Project, 1993 - 1994.

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THE POINT

Another sepia toned monochrome image from the Lincolnshire Coast.  I particularly like the way in which the toning has brought out the contrast in the grass against the water.

Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, England.

From my The Next Wave Project, 1996-1997.

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TWIN POLES

A sepia toned image of a section of wooden fence.

Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, England.

From my The Next Wave Project, 1996-1997.

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