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Exploring the Priory

sb — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:01:30 +0000

Finally got to explore Finchale Priory earlier this month, taking advantage of some great Winter sun that creates beautiful golden light before sunset. I’ve been here before with my camera, but only briefly so it was great to get the chance to have a proper look around. This shot is looking across the River Wear [...]

Best of 2011

sb — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:56:08 +0000

So like the rest of the internet I’m doing a round up of 2011. When I started this post I didn’t really feel I’d taken that many photos that I was really pleased with in 2011, but looking back across my blog and portfolio I’ve decided that on the whole I’m very pleased with what [...]

Simon’s Science

sb — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:27:56 +0000

I’ve not been out taking photos much recently so have really fallen behind updating things here. I have, however, been writing a lot! I started my science blog (Simon’s Science) and have published five posts so far. I’ve written about a fair few topics, including sticklebacks, bats & butterflies; I’d love it if you’d check [...]

Spot the ball

sb — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:00:57 +0000

I took some photos of the Phoenix HC Men’s 1st XI game last weekend. This was a match against University of Essex Men’s 1st XI that unfortunately ended in defeat for Phoenix. I particularly liked this shot, it gave me a chuckle. The other shots I was pleased with are below:

Rememberance

sb — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:36:35 +0000

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.” For The Fallen ~ Laurence Binyon, 1914

Tea

sb — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 11:11:50 +0000

Sometimes tea is what gets you through a tough day, apparently (I don’t drink tea). I’m not publishing this post at 11:11 on the 11/11/11 on purpose at all.

Odds & Ends

sb — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:55:43 +0000

Massive writer’s block this week (not that I have particularly in depth posts anyway), which is a shame because I really like this image. It’s from a pokey book shop in Saffron Walden which has loads of great looking ancient books and these weird boxes of bits and bobs outside.

Spider webs

sb — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:55:20 +0000

I love photos of spider webs, especially frozen ones, so I tried to capture a good shot of the ones on our balcony one morning. There was a nice layer of dew which was what caught my eye, and this was as good as it got. Totally saving up for a macro lens, I clearly [...]

Autumn Trees

sb — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:25:13 +0000

Yesterday we went to Hatfield Forest, I was hoping for some fantastic autumn colours, but unfortunately only a few of the trees had turned. Out on the far side of the lake, we did find a few trees which were wonderfully orange and with the sun hanging low in the sky I grabbed this HDR. [...]

Nosey

sb — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:06:22 +0000

When we had the heat wave a couple of weeks ago the light was stunning on my drive home from work. It had been bugging me for a few days that I wasn’t taking advantage of it, so I finally remembered to take my camera to work and actually stop and play on the way [...]