The Spider Hill

Antiques market

A lovely antiques market, with the usual mix of overpriced crap and lovely little ‘I-want-that’ things – in this case, an antique bird cage in the background there. show other people this

The long road home

Gloomy weather, clouds coming down over the road, rain glistening on the tarmac – all makes for an atmospheric shot of the trip home. show other people this

Batman in love

Here’s a photo I saw of some lovely graffiti of Batman giving some thought to love. I’m going to start drawing it all over the place, I reckon. show other people this

Game of chess, Oxford

A game of chess in progress at my house on an overcast Sunday afternoon. show other people this

Wall box, Stanton Harcourt

Fuse box on the wall of an abandoned military base in Stanton Harcourt. The evening light was wonderful for this shot, and I like that it’s nice and uncluttered. show other people this

Kitten shrine, Oxford

This is a hideously-cheap version of those prosperity cats you see in Chinese restaurants – I bought it in Berlin a few years ago, and this is the object that turned out best on an extremely grey day for shooting pics. The multiple views of me taking the photo in its reflection are quite fun, [...]

JCB grille, Oxfordshire

Here’s a shot of the grille of a JCB parked up by an abandoned cement works just outside Kidlington in Oxfordshire. I thought this bit made for a nice couple of abstract shapes, and the contrast between the yellow paint in the evening sun and the blue sky is lovely. show other people this

Toilets, British Library

This is a shot of the gents’ in the British Library, which had a pleasing symmetry to them. And this sort of shot is surprisingly difficult to get – a completely unoccupied set of urinals is a rare thing indeed, unless you’re in the cleaning business or operate unsociable hours. Anyway, lines and textures and [...]

Silhouette, Oxford

A dinnertime silhouette, taken on the balcony of my flat on a long June evening. show other people this

Stars and stripes, Mississippi

Oh look, it’s the American Flag. This is from a war veterans’ graveyard near Rosedale in Mississippi – the tattered and faded flags dotted around various graves showed how long it’d been since anyone visited them, and one of the graves had a tree growing around it, like it was always meant to be there. [...]