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Coal Drops Yard
Coal Drops Yard in London was originally constructed to receive coal from the North of England. Later it was used for nightclubs up until the 1990s when it fell into disuse. Today it has been reimagined by Heatherwick Studios as shops and cafes. There’s a nice little coffee shop tucked away in there not far — read more
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Dusk
I think dusk is my favourite time of day. There’s the contrast of natural and unnatural light. It’s so fleeting too. You have maybe 10 minutes to get a good photo whereas Golden Hour is well, an hour. I just love to shoot black and white at this time of day. — read more
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The Earth and the Moon at Liverpool Cathedral
Created by artist Luke Jerram the Museum of the Moon and Earth use real NASA imagery to create a scale version of our planet and its moon. The moon was part of the River Festival in 2018 and the Earth for 2019. We were lucky enough to see it for the first time at Lakes Alive back — read more
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Bruges is a fairytale town
In September my wife and I visited Bruges. We were inspired by the film ‘In Bruges’. Odd inspiration I know but it did make us want to go and see the place for real. You know what? It was very nice. It’s a fairytale town, isn’t it? How’s a fairytale town not somebody’s ***ing thing? — read more
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Bruges
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Community
The other day I wrote about how I love to run but I’ve never found it prevented/cured/fixed/handled/soothed my depression. I ran Monday morning and due to an escalating thought in my head I was depressed by the evening. I ran Tuesday morning too. 1c. Windy. Rainy. Just me on the prom. I enjoy being that — read more
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Autism and loud environments
This weekend I went out with the same group of friends on both Friday and Saturday night. Friday night was in a quiet bar and Saturday was a Christmas party we’d been invited to. Naturally I spent part of the time analysing the sociology of the nights, as well as drinking good beer and having — read more
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Midway
It’s 15th November. There are 30 days in this month so my blogging experiment is at the half way point. I’m trying to write more about autism but I’m running into walls. There are too many websites out there discussing autism and it is hard to know which are factually accurate. So I’ve written a — read more
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NYC Subway
Sometimes you take a photo because you notice something. Sometimes it takes 3 years for you to notice something else that really makes the photo interesting. I took this photo nearly 3 years ago when we were in NYC. I thought the woman’s expression was interesting. While flicking through the gallery today I only just — read more