Composed Images
Watching a large building get reduced to rubble is weirdly compelling. If you’re passing by, you can’t help but look at it. You might even stop. In this nervous moment of global politics in April 2017 there’s also a sobering, almost chilling edge to the harsh jaggedness of a city centre building being ripped down. Even if it was only […]
As a Wales travel photographer, there’s often a sense of renewal when the clocks ‘Spring forward’ into British Summertime. While the mornings might initially feel a touch darker, the evenings feel generous in length thanks to the additional sunlight. This gives more time to drink in the new growth, the flowers and the budding tree […]
The figurative ‘journey’ is a clichéd formula we fall for time and again when watching films, reading books, or listening to a speaker tell their tale of great success. But it is effective because it is universal, relatable and usually has at least a grain of truth. Any photographer, whatever their speciality, is likely to […]
This blog post reflects on personal memories of White Hart Lane, the home ground of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, which the side will leave at the end of this 2016/17 season. My grinning 12 year-old face reflects back from a shopfront window. We’re walking away from the stadium, down the Tottenham High Road, among masses of my […]
Business headshot photography is endlessly fascinating. It might not feel like it at the time of shooting, from either side of the lens. But if you go deeper, the choices we make about how we represent ourselves to an online public can be wonderfully telling. I confess I am addicted to LinkedIn profile pictures. It’s true, […]
In Cardiff political photography largely constitutes the work of Assembly Ministers, press conferences, photocalls and activists on the steps of the Senedd. There are visits from high profile political figures when campaigning or lobbying around the country. There was 2014’s exceptional NATO summit meeting of World leaders. But it’s unusual for the city to host UK […]
Around this time last year I blogged in part about walking Cardiff and the general virtues of walking. Twelve months ago I was walking as I did for many years, largely through the urban city centre streets of Cardiff. In it I rambled about time, death, the death of David Bowie, Cardiff and its cranes. [Read […]
This is the second part of the Composed Images 2016 photo review. If you need a catch up of Part One, head over here. My second half of Summer 2016 was largely occupied by moving and settling into a new house and Cardiff neighbourhood. As well as getting a small canine creature. She has been extensively photographed. […]
This is Part One of the Composed Images 2016 photography year review. The year of 2016 will go down in history, as all years do. But this one has very obvious and tangible reasons. From Brexit to Trump, there have been plenty of seminal political moments. While Westminster in London is the obvious hub of major UK political activity, […]
A cold snap in late November 2016 introduced winter weather to Cardiff and much of Wales. Subzero temperatures, heavy frosts, clear skies, frozen windscreens and freezing breath, the world turned an icy white. My post on early autumn colours a short while ago looked at parkland towards the middle of Cardiff, in and around the city […]