Just a snapshot of Birmingham street life from last Saturday.

Just a snapshot of Birmingham street life from last Saturday.
Just before Christmas I set out to photograph an urban roof cityscape series in Glasgow but was so seduced by bright colours and the whole festive atmosphere that I paused to snap a few street photos of the Glaswegians during their seasonal shopping rush. Unlike the last year I had already missed the “official” Xmas…
My previous experience of large scale street art was limited to the taxi tour of Belfast murals John and I took several years ago. Those enormous Irish wall paintings were edgy, highly political and emotionally charged – the tour brought out John’s childhood memories of living there in the seventies….
It was dark(ish) and damp as if the sky couldn’t decide between drizzle and light rain so it intermittently served both. I picked up my most weather sealed camera with a conservative 35mm prime for this Glasgow street photography walk and was resolved to keep taking photos in spite of the…
My photo impressions of the ephemerality of contemporary urban art – the 2015 Clutha Bar famous faces mural by Rogue One and EJEK on Glasgow Mural Trail
As I photographed street art in the vicinity of the Lighthouse during my previous trip, my magpie instinct urged me to follow Glasgow city centre mural trail further – this time to visit ‘The Five Faces’ panels by Smug under Caledonian Railway Bridge on Clyde Street. Smug’s colourful and funny artwork painted on the pillars…
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…