Archive for February, 2012

Hellingly – Gone But Not Forgotten

Whilst at Viveca’s the other day she was looking at her old pictures from Hellingly Asylum, this spurred me to have a look at mine. as this was the first place I went on urbex missions my early  images are almost all rubbish, however its a good testament to my perseverance in the craft of [...]


Atlas Hotel Casablanca

Atlas Hotel Casablanca

Here’s the external area at The Atlas Hotel in Casablanca. Its not the best hotel in the world, but close to the airport so convenient. My room was clean and functional, so I was happy to lay my bags down and stay a couple of nights. Click the square icon for the full screen panorama.


Image Processing Tutorial

Image Processing Tutorial

I thought that I’d create a post showing how I created an image this morning. I’ve been spending a bit of time brushing up on skills and looking into tutorials recently, so I thought it was time to put into use what I had learnt and share that with my viewers. Generally I use several [...]


Composite Number One

Composite Number One

Since I’ve been taking photos I’ve been an admirer of the work of Joel Grimes and his composites. This was partially the driver for me getting some more strobes and lighting kit. I thought ‘I can do that’! Well after a few tutorials and a bit of messing about I have managed to produce my [...]


Viveca and Jasper

Viveca and Jasper

I now have three strobes and associated stands and softboxes I’ve been messing about with them  quite a bit. Viveca asked me to take some pictures of her and Jasper the cat. He’s pretty old so Viveca wanted to get some decent pics of him and her together. This was actually quite a challenge, The [...]


Reims – Iemza, Street Art

Reims - Iemza, Street Art

On the way back from Luxembourg we detoured through France to visit a derelict industrial compound that was due to be flattened. there were still a few buildings left, this one in particular held what we had come to see. The artist of the insect like beings is IEMZA. There’s a lot of work gone [...]


Dartmoor – Underworld

Dartmoor - Underworld

Hidden under the Dartmoor turf is this little urbex gem. Its a disused pumping house. The second visit for me, first time it wasn’t this damp. I was expecting there to be a little water, however I wasn’t expecting it to be 18 inches plus deep. I shou8ld have taken my waders! There is very [...]


Sheffield – Phlegm

Sheffield - Phlegm

Here’s some more Phlegm from the hotel!


Phlegm – The Hotel

Phlegm - The Hotel

Some more work by Phlegm


Phlegm – Inside the Mind

Phlegm - Inside the Mind

Here’s another one from Phlegm, this is a fairly large piece and you can see that the artist doesn’t do things by halves, it’s HUGE! However despite the overall size of the piece the detail is amazing. We were lucky enough to see this on a lovely clear day and although the blue sky is [...]


Some Assorted ROA

Some Assorted ROA

I just realised that I’ve not blogged my ROA images from Doel in Belgium – so here you go!


Filter House Gallery – Panorama

Filter House Gallery - Panorama

Just outside Sheffield is a disused filterhouse, it’s a haven for creatives and their excellent art. I was lucky enough to meet one of the artists here as he was working on a new piece. It’s over six months since I’ve been here and was amazed to see that the walls have changed – such [...]


Rocket01 vs. Phlegm

Rocket01 vs. Phlegm

I recently took a trip up to Sheffield with my friend RomanyWG. We wanted to check out a hotel that we knew was in the process of demo and had some cool street art. Luckily we had one of the artists with us which made things a little easier. I really think that we would [...]


Cotehele Quay

Cotehele Quay

Cotehele Quay is on the River Tamar and was once a busy transit and freight quay, market gardeners sent their wares to Plymouth from here and no doubt the local mines will have also used it. The quay and area in general is dotted with lime kilns. The lime would have been used in agriculture [...]