Just a snapshot of Birmingham street life from last Saturday.

Just a snapshot of Birmingham street life from last Saturday.

I have always assumed that National Hot Dog Day on 23 July is a US holiday, so a stream of articles implying that it is celebrated in the UK too that appeared in my news feed today took me by surprise. In sympathy with this great event so woefully ignored in…
We often walk through St Paul’s Square in Jewellery Quarter on our way home from the city centre. My photographer’s mind keeps taking these mental snapshots (neurograms, as Sue Bryce calls them) of urban locations that may look great for a portrait or fashion photo session. And it’s not only…
The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize exhibition was on at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, and naturally, as a portrait photographer I tagged along with John on one of his project interviews in Edinburgh. When I mention this to my mum on Skype she asked me to take some pictures…
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…
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…
Although I saw these new Billy Connolly murals commissioned by Glasgow City Council to commemorate the actor’s 75th birthday in my Instagram feed, I decided to walk around the city and experience them in person. I was not alone. A whole flock of Glasgow Mural Trail visitors with bright orange…