This story started when Taj, the man behind The Rakish Gent, a Birmingham-based menswear and lifestyle blog, emailed me some inspiration images to suggest the direction in which he would like to take our urban portraits session. All of them had a distinct street style feel and clean editing, and…

I was strolling past the Winter Skate ice rink at Centenary Square on my way to the Birmingham Library and couldn’t help taking the camera out and photographing some of the skating antics by grown ups and kids alike. Mimicking the EyeSkate in the shadow of the London Eye, Birmingham…

Some men are incredibly cold-resistant! I wouldn’t dream of wearing just a piece of knitwear to keep me warm this season, but Shaun whom we stopped outside the ICC for our Birmingham Street Style Project looked quite comfortable in his grey knitted cardigan that he got in Little Italy at…

It was so cold when we were waiting outside the International Conference Centre to find new faces for our Birmingham Street Style Project and in collaboration with The Rakish Gent! Keeping warm, wrapped up and insulated was understandably the theme of the day. Also, perhaps subconsciously, I was favouring grey…

Keeping insulated, wrapped up and warm in this cold was on our minds as John and I went out on yet another hunt for our Birmingham Street Style Project and in collaboration with The Rakish Gent. And it would make a topical theme for many of our readers. John noticed…

When in 2011 Adidas launched a ubiquitous pink teddy bear sneaker model by Jeremy Scott the fashionistas’ opinions were divided between ‘It’s utterly ridiculous!’ and ‘It’s a collectors’ item!’ Since then pink teddy sneakers kept selling, moreover the bird and the panda versions were introduced, and on 15 November 2013…

I photographed Aarti outside Piccolino restaurant at Oozells Square. The crown of the last remaining autumnal leaves on the trees almost glowed, bright yellow, against the black exterior of the restaurant – a perfect frame for my Birmingham Street Style Project monochrome lace find. I liked Aarti’s black lace dress,…

Brummies celebrated in style the start of the festive shopping season with Xmas Lights Switch On and Parade on Saturday. With an announcement from Lord Mayor of Birmingham at Victoria Square the multitude of Xmas lights and street displays was switched on and the snow machine on the balcony started…

‘Savvy and urban – with a Birmingham twist’- this is what I thought when I saw Phillip walking towards me past Birmingham Museum at Chamberlain Square. Just several days before this I read an article about the cinematic Peaky Blinders look in men’s fashion in the Guardian and a feature…

I’ll call him Mr N – I forgot to ask his name as it was my first Birmingham Street Style Project foray into Bullring without John who is very good at motivating people to participate and who usually writes down all their information. For me Mr N personifies an urban…

Another set of images for my Birmingham Street Style Project and in collaboration with The Rakish Gent – Damion whom I photographed at Bullring. Damion looked very stylish, in an effortless urban way, in his three quarter double-breasted coat, slim black jeans and slate T-shirt. This is the case when…

I was standing outside Bullring with my camera hunting for stylish men for my Birmingham Street Style Project and collaboration with The Rakish Gent. Suddenly in the sea of conservative blacks and greys a bright patch caught my eye and I followed it like a magpie. It was Braden in…