Category:Black and White
A final post for 2018. I recently resumed scanning my slide collection – digitalization in the parlance of today. One of my recent finds was this image of London Buses on Whitehall in the rain. The picture was taken in early November 1998. I was on an open-top tour bus in what was perhaps more of a steady drizzle than a light rain. Perhaps only the English have so many words for rain? I’ve heard it said of London Buses […]
What does a city do when a major manufacturer moves to a new location and their old factories become derelict? If that city is Paris, France, and that manufacturer is Citroën, well, you turn it into a park of course – the Parc André Citroën. For the two years I lived in Paris, the Parc André Citroën was my back yard. In the winter I could see the park from my kitchen and living room windows. In the summer, the […]
Well, the 2017 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo comes to a close tonight and I’m sure more than a few cowboys and cowgirls will be headed home nursing sore and bruised limbs after a rough ride. It’s been a long time since I’ve been to the Houston Rodeo personally. Held at NRG stadium where the Houston Texans play NFL football, I’ve never gotten a seat close to the action. Two weeks before the Houston show, the Katy ISD and FFA […]
Growing up in rural, southern England, I got used to narrow, winding roads. My first exposure to long, dead straight roads was in Libya, but I would usually fly deep into the desert so it was during my time in South Africa that I really started to become conscious of them. The long, straight road was at first liberating. Free from the twists and turns I could see just where I was going. But they soon became tedious, because I […]
It’s been a while since I last posted to my blog – busy days and nights. Earlier today I was scrolling through a Lightroom catalog and this image taken beneath Cayucos Pier, early in the morning last November struck my eye. I decided to process it in Black and White to give the image more of a timeless feel. In the top of the image you have the pilings marching into the distance while a wave is crashing to the […]
The Jamestown Windmill is a 30-foot tall smock mill built in 1787. If you’re passing through Jamestown, Rhode Island, and you’ve a passing interest in history, it’s well worth a visit. The windmill is currently maintained in working order and once per year they put the fabric on the sails and let the wind take it. It’s called a smock mill because of the shape of the building – usually octagonal – resembles an eighteenth century farmers smock. The bonnet […]