As much as I love colour, I also like the grey on grey trend for the autumn 2013. Matte and shiny, gunmetal and smoking grey, charcoal and slate – all shades of grey made their way to the runways and into the shops this season, forming a basis for a…

We chose the Library of Birmingham as a location for our yesterday’s Brum Street Style Project hunt. I liked  the colours, textures, and the clean urban/graphic feel of the library ground floor facade – its huge reflective glass panels, revolving doors, metallic bicycle stands. I also hoped that with the…

I am not an architectural photographer, no I am a gardener. I am a photographer of urban life. So when we visited the Library of Birmingham terrace gardens, the Discovery Terrace and the Secret Garden, during the last week’s 4 Squares Weekender I was more curious to see up close…

Of the two of us, it’s I, due to my art history degree, that is more likely to tiptoe around a pile of bricks at the Tate Modern and believe the sign saying that it is the greatest work of art of all times. So, when I read out from…

We couldn’t make it on the first night, but after sharing a link to the Birmingham Hippodrome page and an excellent Youtube informational/promo with John I managed to get us to Victoria Square on 7 September for a late-night aerial theatre performance ‘As The World Tipped’. Part of 4 Squares…

A common question I get asked as a photographer is ‘Should I bring any props to my urban portrait session?’ The answer is that you don’t have to if it makes your life easier. However, please consider this: After some research I have prepared an ‘Urban Props and Accessories’ Pinterest…

So the long-awaited Library of Birmingham finally opened this Tuesday. As we were entering the building I heard a mother’s voice patiently explaining to her kid: ‘You were only three, darling, when they started working on this library…’ To my Russian eye the black cubic carcass of the last year’s…

It was John that scouted Jordie and Mark for our Brum Street Style project outside Bullring – while I was figuring out how to photograph them quickly in low evening sun without getting in the way of gazillions of shoppers who kept going in and out of the shopping centre….

Tom and Emma caught our eye as they were strolling  down New Street. All their clothes are from Blue Banana, a shop that used to be in the Pallasades, but closed due to the re-construction. Blue Banana’s Facebook page says that they are re-opening mid-September on New Street opposite Tesco Metro. I liked…

I photographed Lisa yesterday – this was our first ‘catch’ for the Brum Street Style Project. I loved her bright red hair and hat, and her little dress from Covent Garden. John noticed her cool shoes from Irregular Choice in London. Some more photos of Lisa I have also added…

I am in love – with my new business cards for my Birmingham Street Style project that have arrived from MOO today. They are printed on matte laminate paper sourced from sustainable forests. The fronts featuring my new logo are all the same – but there is a selection of…

I have added some Pinterest boards, ‘Urban Style Men’, ‘Urban Style Women’, ‘Urban Style Kids’ and ‘Urban Style Couples’, providing visual reference and some posing tips for urban portraits and Birmingham Street Style project. This is just to let you know what kind of images inspire me – clean lines,…