Posts under ‘photography’

I have no idea how many times I had walked down Museum Street and never noticed that one of the York stones had been signed by Peter Blake….

Cloudwatching, last night…

I was at Conway Hall for about the last 15 minutes of the (International) Alternative Press Fair on Sunday, but after browsing tables in the very cramped aisles, I found myself taking photos of the lovely interior (I do rather love this building!) [photo post]

Saturday was MCMExpo, but rather than face the hordes of cosplayers, I decided to just go for the drinking bit in the evening. And a lovely evening it was. Here are some iPhone pics from the day, as you can see, there aren't many that are comics related. Here's something that looks a bit like [...]

Friday night at The Miller. [photos post]

Macro photos of spray-painted tags taken in Leake Street last year. I don't like tagging — it's nothing more than territorial pissing, and usually unreadable — but once you get up really really close you can find a fantastic collision of haphazard colours and unplanned shapes to delight the eyes….

hard core blue skies waiting and watching There wasn't much fun being had in the Fun House and the ghost train monsters were so hungry they started to eat the train cars Some nice found type and some stars and stripes and something else

I always find fairgrounds to be full of joy and yet somehow a bit depressing. I think that strange dichotomy is probably why I like them. Well, that and the wealth of visual delights in the form of hand-painted lettering, bad portraiture, oddly dated pop culture references, and people-watching. Yesterday was a bank holiday, and [...]