There's something uniquely British about this but I can't quite put my finger on it...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Chill Baby...
...Chill. It's hot and sweaty today. Real hot. Steamy, dirty hot. Rivulets of passion thread their sinuous paths across the soft, lithe, tanned expanse of he.... NO, wait; wrong blog...!
Instead our thoughts turn to fat folk with white beards, Donner and Blitzen, gifts, and elves. And stockings. Yes, stockings - sheathing the delicate yet muscular, lissom, tapered lenths of her subli... good grief - time for a cold shower...
...Chill. It's hot and sweaty today. Real hot. Steamy, dirty hot. Rivulets of passion thread their sinuous paths across the soft, lithe, tanned expanse of he.... NO, wait; wrong blog...!
Instead our thoughts turn to fat folk with white beards, Donner and Blitzen, gifts, and elves. And stockings. Yes, stockings - sheathing the delicate yet muscular, lissom, tapered lenths of her subli... good grief - time for a cold shower...
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Legs...
No reason except for it's so purty. It's a house just down the road from mine. Bizarrely, I've never liked the number 11 for some reason. But then again, I tend not to like odd numbers at all. It's probably quite common - I mean, just like everyone else I can't listen to the car stereo with the volume set at 19 or 23 - it has to be an even number or the world crumbles...
Similarly weird, I can't let the automatic kettle turn itself off... automatically. I have to beat it and turn it off myself. Or the world implodes.
Huh.
No reason except for it's so purty. It's a house just down the road from mine. Bizarrely, I've never liked the number 11 for some reason. But then again, I tend not to like odd numbers at all. It's probably quite common - I mean, just like everyone else I can't listen to the car stereo with the volume set at 19 or 23 - it has to be an even number or the world crumbles...
Similarly weird, I can't let the automatic kettle turn itself off... automatically. I have to beat it and turn it off myself. Or the world implodes.
Huh.
Monday, July 28, 2008
Sail on...
...on by. Wicken Fen nature reserve. Paradisical. It's like time has stood still for decades and I'm still young and carefree. Ahh, halcyon days. Although I am, of course, still young...
...on by. Wicken Fen nature reserve. Paradisical. It's like time has stood still for decades and I'm still young and carefree. Ahh, halcyon days. Although I am, of course, still young...
Sunday, July 27, 2008
My Mate...
... Paul Whalen is a fantastic artist over in Boston and on a recent trip I brought this back. I don't even like Britney much but I love this six foot rendition of her. Customs had an issue with her - obviously a flat 6' slice of lucite is the disguise of choice for terrorist bombers - but I finally got her home and had to show her off. It's a one-off that he can't reproduce. He took a picture and xeroxed it til it was huge then washed the lucite with acetone and laid the photocopies over it. The toner or whatever it is transferred and etched into the lucite and voila - transparent red Brit. I love it. And I shot this pic in Cambridge so it kind of qualifies for the blog. In fact, one day when I'm loaded (mind you - with friends like you I'm already wealthy...), I'll open a gallery in which the pieces I own of his will take centre stage. And you're all invited to the opening dahhlings...
p.s. - locals might like to know that there's a photo comp goin' on. Pictures of H2O in any and all of its wondrous forms. My preference, of course, is frozen and added to something slightly alcoholic... Details here.
... Paul Whalen is a fantastic artist over in Boston and on a recent trip I brought this back. I don't even like Britney much but I love this six foot rendition of her. Customs had an issue with her - obviously a flat 6' slice of lucite is the disguise of choice for terrorist bombers - but I finally got her home and had to show her off. It's a one-off that he can't reproduce. He took a picture and xeroxed it til it was huge then washed the lucite with acetone and laid the photocopies over it. The toner or whatever it is transferred and etched into the lucite and voila - transparent red Brit. I love it. And I shot this pic in Cambridge so it kind of qualifies for the blog. In fact, one day when I'm loaded (mind you - with friends like you I'm already wealthy...), I'll open a gallery in which the pieces I own of his will take centre stage. And you're all invited to the opening dahhlings...
p.s. - locals might like to know that there's a photo comp goin' on. Pictures of H2O in any and all of its wondrous forms. My preference, of course, is frozen and added to something slightly alcoholic... Details here.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
More Maya
This from a couple years ago - a commissioned piece for a local church. Looks fantastic no? More Maya.
This from a couple years ago - a commissioned piece for a local church. Looks fantastic no? More Maya.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Abbeyness...
... is an afternoon spent at my favourite local country house - Anglesey Abbey. The gardens are stunning - peaceful and beautiful with a colonnade of Roman Emperor statues and the house has stacks of treasures including a room housing what must be the largest collection of paintings of Windsor in one place. But who am I kidding? I go for the tea rooms obviously.
... is an afternoon spent at my favourite local country house - Anglesey Abbey. The gardens are stunning - peaceful and beautiful with a colonnade of Roman Emperor statues and the house has stacks of treasures including a room housing what must be the largest collection of paintings of Windsor in one place. But who am I kidding? I go for the tea rooms obviously.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Sigh...
...supposedly the sound of despair as students traipse out of exams and over this bridge. The Bridge of Sighs was supposedly Queen Victoria's favourite place in the city - but only because she hadn't been to the Live and Let Live (which btw is having a 5 yr anniversary do this Saturday) or The Free Press obviously. Inspired by the 231 years-older one in Venice (Really??) it's found between 3rd and New Courts of St John's College (1511). Wacky students occasionally suspend cars beneath it - what jolly japes...
...supposedly the sound of despair as students traipse out of exams and over this bridge. The Bridge of Sighs was supposedly Queen Victoria's favourite place in the city - but only because she hadn't been to the Live and Let Live (which btw is having a 5 yr anniversary do this Saturday) or The Free Press obviously. Inspired by the 231 years-older one in Venice (Really??) it's found between 3rd and New Courts of St John's College (1511). Wacky students occasionally suspend cars beneath it - what jolly japes...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Shades of Summer
Ah yes, Trinity Great Court - a really gorgeous space, full of wonderful and welcome visitors buttonholing you and asking 'You take picture pliz, yes?' and supposedly the scene of the Great Court Run in Chariots of Fire; the scene was actually filmed at Eton. Of course, if you hang around the Great Court at Trinity you stand a chance of bumping into me - an opportunity lacking at Eton...
Ah yes, Trinity Great Court - a really gorgeous space, full of wonderful and welcome visitors buttonholing you and asking 'You take picture pliz, yes?' and supposedly the scene of the Great Court Run in Chariots of Fire; the scene was actually filmed at Eton. Of course, if you hang around the Great Court at Trinity you stand a chance of bumping into me - an opportunity lacking at Eton...
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Slice of Summer
This is a tiny corner of Peterhouse, Cambridge's oldest college (1284) and the setting for Tom Sharpe's Porterhouse Blue. I think the lamp is a little less than 724 years old though..
This is a tiny corner of Peterhouse, Cambridge's oldest college (1284) and the setting for Tom Sharpe's Porterhouse Blue. I think the lamp is a little less than 724 years old though..
Monday, July 21, 2008
On Reflection...
...I've decided this is one of my favourite snaps from last year. It's dull but the day was so still that the water barely shimmered and it actually looks like sky. The reeds are in the university botanical gardens just down the road - the garden is an amazing place and when you visit Cambridge you must make time for a wander round - possibly just before you buy me a beer. I also accept lunch.
...I've decided this is one of my favourite snaps from last year. It's dull but the day was so still that the water barely shimmered and it actually looks like sky. The reeds are in the university botanical gardens just down the road - the garden is an amazing place and when you visit Cambridge you must make time for a wander round - possibly just before you buy me a beer. I also accept lunch.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Summertime - Same as it Ever Was
This shot was taken yesterday. Well, actually a couple of years ago. Or ten years ago. In fact it doesn't matter - it's unchanging eternally. Somewhere in an attic there's a pic like this all overgrown with ivy and weeds and stuff, with rusty zimmer frames lying all over the place but here on the backs it will forever remain 1441.
Oh, and in about 2 minutes that guy will try and impress his gf with an extra macho thrust; the pole will stick, he'll hang onto it and perform a gentle yet inexorable helter-skleter down its length into the chilly, bike-strewn depths to the applause of passers by as the aforementioned lady floats on down the river. Always, every time.
This shot was taken yesterday. Well, actually a couple of years ago. Or ten years ago. In fact it doesn't matter - it's unchanging eternally. Somewhere in an attic there's a pic like this all overgrown with ivy and weeds and stuff, with rusty zimmer frames lying all over the place but here on the backs it will forever remain 1441.
Oh, and in about 2 minutes that guy will try and impress his gf with an extra macho thrust; the pole will stick, he'll hang onto it and perform a gentle yet inexorable helter-skleter down its length into the chilly, bike-strewn depths to the applause of passers by as the aforementioned lady floats on down the river. Always, every time.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Outrageous Plagiarism!
I took this shot a couple of years ago of a mill just down the road - I quite liked the setting, the tranquil environs lending succour to my wounded romantic soul. But lo! I'm happily surfing this morning and I come across the picture below! Imagine my horror - that someone would take my image, copy it badly and then bastardise it with some knackered old cart and a flea-ridden mutt! I'm gonna find this bloke and have words...
I took this shot a couple of years ago of a mill just down the road - I quite liked the setting, the tranquil environs lending succour to my wounded romantic soul. But lo! I'm happily surfing this morning and I come across the picture below! Imagine my horror - that someone would take my image, copy it badly and then bastardise it with some knackered old cart and a flea-ridden mutt! I'm gonna find this bloke and have words...
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Ooh... Exciting...
I seem to have been included in some funky and snazzy new guide to Cambridge. Check out how the punts above adorn something called the iPhone when used to navigate around the fairest city in Cambs. Bizarrely, other snappers have their shots on it too - which is either a mistake or merely a sop to their tender feelings in this modern world of 'nanny allows no losers'; The notification I got definitely intimated that I was the Chosen One / Best / Winner. All Hail Me.
Talking of winners, checkout the realm of Ms Reed - purveyor of postcards from the previous eras. Fascinating and funny, the posts are entertaining and evocative of vintage times and places past (Right, that's it - I'm banned from asinine alliteration for a whole year) and the site is the new link of the week. Yay.
Slateryeah.
I seem to have been included in some funky and snazzy new guide to Cambridge. Check out how the punts above adorn something called the iPhone when used to navigate around the fairest city in Cambs. Bizarrely, other snappers have their shots on it too - which is either a mistake or merely a sop to their tender feelings in this modern world of 'nanny allows no losers'; The notification I got definitely intimated that I was the Chosen One / Best / Winner. All Hail Me.
Talking of winners, checkout the realm of Ms Reed - purveyor of postcards from the previous eras. Fascinating and funny, the posts are entertaining and evocative of vintage times and places past (Right, that's it - I'm banned from asinine alliteration for a whole year) and the site is the new link of the week. Yay.
Slateryeah.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Cloistered Away..
... in the centre of town is Sidney Sussex College. Thousands of people walk by every day but very few people notice it, know its name or how pretty it is inside. Small but perfectly formed; a welcome oasis of peace amidst the madding crowd...
... in the centre of town is Sidney Sussex College. Thousands of people walk by every day but very few people notice it, know its name or how pretty it is inside. Small but perfectly formed; a welcome oasis of peace amidst the madding crowd...
Monday, July 14, 2008
Time to Climb
A shot I quite like of the Lloyds clock tower in the town centre - the climbing of which was the aim behind the infamous historic debacle - The Escape from Marks and Spencer - all part of the exploits of those crazy Night Climbers of Cambridge.
A shot I quite like of the Lloyds clock tower in the town centre - the climbing of which was the aim behind the infamous historic debacle - The Escape from Marks and Spencer - all part of the exploits of those crazy Night Climbers of Cambridge.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Fancy a Trip?
I can't imagine that you'd ever get bored of crazy Cambridge ;-p but if you need a change of pace pop down the road to Southwold - the home of Adnams Bitter. It's quiet, beyond beautiful and in danger of being stolen by the sea - catch it while you can. And of course, whilst there you have to go for fish and chips at Mrs T's - the best in all the land. Honest. It's in the harbour, which surprisingly is not in Southwold, but once you've found it don't tell anyone else. Keep the secret just for us...
I can't imagine that you'd ever get bored of crazy Cambridge ;-p but if you need a change of pace pop down the road to Southwold - the home of Adnams Bitter. It's quiet, beyond beautiful and in danger of being stolen by the sea - catch it while you can. And of course, whilst there you have to go for fish and chips at Mrs T's - the best in all the land. Honest. It's in the harbour, which surprisingly is not in Southwold, but once you've found it don't tell anyone else. Keep the secret just for us...
Friday, July 11, 2008
Thursday, July 10, 2008
KISS
Keeping it Simple (Stupid) goes a long way sometimes and I've always quite liked the geometric clarity of all the edges and lines here. The pic was taken in the coffee shop at the Fitzwilliam Museum - it's well worth visiting; you could even go into the museum too...
Keeping it Simple (Stupid) goes a long way sometimes and I've always quite liked the geometric clarity of all the edges and lines here. The pic was taken in the coffee shop at the Fitzwilliam Museum - it's well worth visiting; you could even go into the museum too...
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Maya's Madonna
Another of my favourites. Stencil rendition of Caravaggio's Madonna and Child by local Cambridge Street Artist Maya. Click through the photostream - you'll love it.
Another of my favourites. Stencil rendition of Caravaggio's Madonna and Child by local Cambridge Street Artist Maya. Click through the photostream - you'll love it.
Monday, July 07, 2008
Tickets
I've always loved this shot for some reason. It's of one of my favourite places - the Arts Picturehouse here in town. A great independent cinema that needs our support - take yourself to see something good today :)
I've always loved this shot for some reason. It's of one of my favourite places - the Arts Picturehouse here in town. A great independent cinema that needs our support - take yourself to see something good today :)
Sunday, July 06, 2008
The Clinch
I thought I'd start posting some of my favourite images from the early days of CDP - I'm tempted to start shooting again but I just don't have the time at the moment so this will have to do. It's a step in the right direction though...
I thought I'd start posting some of my favourite images from the early days of CDP - I'm tempted to start shooting again but I just don't have the time at the moment so this will have to do. It's a step in the right direction though...
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