Hathersage, Derbyshire in the Peak District
It’s taken me an eternity, but I’ve finally got around to posting up the photos from the last day of our weekend walking holiday in the Peak District. See all …
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Brighton at Christmas
Took a day trip down to the south coast yesterday and enjoyed walking around a delightfully deserted Brighton beach. Sad to see the old West Pier continuing its decline. More …
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Christmas in Brixton & the Top 30 CDs of 2006
The urban75 selecta have listed their 30 top CDs from 2006 – check out who’s been rocking their world here:urban75’s albums of the year 2006 Happy bloody Christmas, Brixton 2006 …
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A weekend in the Peak District
I’m too knackered to post up all the photos, so here’s a handful from the urban75 walk club‘s weekend walking (and drinking, natch) trip to Hathersage in the beautiful Peak …
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New York Guide
New York City Guide: Offbeat destinations for adventurous visitors With the considerable help of a NY resident on the excellent Wired New York forums, I’ve posted up a comprehensive insider’s …
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London snapshots (D80)
I tested out my shiny new Nikon D80 dSLR and Sigma 30mm f1.4 lens over the weekend. Here’s a few of the results: See more photos
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Early evening, Soho and Bedford Square
Some more handheld street photos taken with my Ricoh GR Digital Camera Check out the Bedford Square feature More pics: Early evening, Soho
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Cabman’s shelters and a London walk, Feb 2006
Site updates.. London photos Added a page about a Saturday stroll around a wintery London here. Also new, a section about Cabman’s shelters which are Victorian ‘mini-cafes’ for London cab-drivers.
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Williamsburg/Brooklyn photos posted!
Williamsburg/Brooklyn photos posted! I’m slowly working through the hundreds of photos from my November NY trip and have just posted up 80+ pics taken in Brooklyn. Manhattan shots to follow! …
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Williamsburg photos are up!
Williamsburg photos are up! Well, actually, only a tiny handful are there so far (23), but I’ve made a start! It’s going to be a massive task – I took …
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Country walk, drinking and a new camera – Ricoh GRD
Country walk, drinking and a new camera On Saturday I was charged with organising the January urban75 country walk, and am pleased to say that there was a healthy turn …
Read MoreTop freebie software for photographers – virtualPhotographer
Top freebie software for photographers! Just playing with these filters now and the quality is excellent for nowt! optikvervelabs.com/ virtualPhotographer lets you instantly apply high quality, professional photographic styles to …
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London Routemaster Farewell in Brixton
London Routemaster Farewell The Powers That Be have decided that the hugely popular, much-loved Routemaster buses will no longer run on London’s roads, and today saw the last surviving service …
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Osterley Park Walk
Osterley Park Walk On a whim, we went out for a lovely walk on Sunday, through Osterley Park (west London) and along part of the Grand Union Canal. It’s a …
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Tax, curry and drink
This is going to be a short set of updates on account of the beastly bastard storm cloud looming up on my horizon. Yep, my tax return is due for …
Read MoreA feast of new photo panoramas on the site – Wales, London, Brixton…
A feast of new panoramas on the site! I’ve been swivelling about snapping photographic panoramas, and have just got around to adding them to the site. (Please note: panoramas need …
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London billboards and sandwich board men
London billboards and sandwich board men So, you’re walking along The Strand in 1838, minding your own business, when suddenly you’re confronted with a line of walking metal pots. Is …
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Photographing the Tate Modern
London weather pays off! A few weeks ago, I invested an inordinately large sum of money in a new Nikon D70 dSLR camera and I’m happy to say that it’s …
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A trip to Wales – Cardiff, Tintern, Usk, Cardiff Bay and Castell Coch
On the road… ‘Scuse the lack of updates – but we’ve been shuffling about the countryside a tad recently. On Tuesday, we headed up to lovely, lovely Wales, arriving in …
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The tragedy of Brighton’s West Pier
I spent a few hours in Brighton today and I was saddened to see that the concert hall of the moribund West Pier has finally sunk into the sea. It …
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Urban Art Fairs and shopping for clothes
Shopping and drinking Now, when it comes to shopping for clothes, I’m not too good. In fact, I’m utterly rubbish. I get stressed within seconds of entering a clothes shop, …
Read MoreWhere’s my chuffin’ camera? (rant)
Where’s my chuffin’ camera? (warning: dull rant ahead) Any of you who yawned through my extra-dull ‘what camera shall I buy’ marathon muse will recall that I finally settled on …
Read MoreMinolta A2 – yet more camera shenanigans
Long term readers of this blog will wince as they recall the industrial strength faffing that accompanied the purchase of my last digital camera purchase – every stat and specification …
Read MoreMayday 2004 photo report now online
Mayday photo report now online I’ve finally managed to battle though the fug of last night’s lingering hangover to post up a photo report from the Mayday 2004 Picnic in …
Read Moreurban75 walk to Chislehurst Caves
The urban75 walk I’ve just posted up part one of my report from the urban75 walk to Chislehurst Caves on Saturday.
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Going underground – Chiselhurst caves
Going underground After the uber-stress of trying to sort out a new server for urban75, a bonkers, up-for-it weekend was definitely called for – and I wasn’t disappointed. On Saturday, …
Read MoreTempted by the Minota A2 camera
Temptation! The competition is hotting up in the prosumer camera arena, with this latest bevy of digital beauties being announced. I can feel my wallet twitching! Minolta have just announced …
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Sony F717 camera finally shows up
It’s finally arrived! With only a minute to go before the delivery deadline of 9pm last night, the long overdue Sony F717 camera turned up. It should have arrived on …
Read MoreSony DSC F828 camera announced
Dribble, salivate, lust…..! Sony has announced its new Sony DSC F828 camera and it’s an absolute beauty! It comes with a thumping great 8 megapixel resolution, 28mm-200mm lens, a wide …
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