Bristol City Centre 2022

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Bristol Cathedral In May, Bristol Cathedral held an open evening for photographers, which was something I couldn't turn down. I've taken good photos there before, but have always been mindful of not intruding on a working cathedral - with this, it was absolutely set up for photography. I took well over 250 photos, and I'm very pleased with the results. I'm in no way religious, but I do appreciate a good cathedral. Bristol Miscellaneous These were taken on various visits into the centre of Bristol during the spring and summer while I was between jobs, while the images at the end were taken on The Downs in August at the Born Free lion sculptures....
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Close to Home 2022

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These were taken close to home - in/around Westbury-on-Trym and in our garden. Westbury-on-Trym These are from various places around Westbury-on-Trym - including the back of the shops, a path near the golf course and Westbury Wildlife Park (which isn't quite as grand as it sounds). These were all taken in our back garden, mainly during August - I had been offered a new job and the weather was great, so I spent most of the month sat outside. I was quite taken with the sunlight shining through the phormiums, and we had some very nice lillies. There are two at the end of a hailstorm and frost, while the last one is the back garden of our neighbours 3 doors down. I'm not a fan tbh....
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Bristol, Summer 2022

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These three sets were taken in the summer of 2022 Portbury These were taken at a place I simply didn't know existed - it's the site of the WWII air defences for Royal Portbury Docks, where the remains of the gun emplacements and barracks are slowly falling apart. I was there twice during the summer as the archery club arranged air rifle shooting days there, one of them on about the hottest weekend of the year. The black and white images were taken with a strong infra-red filter on the digital camera, and there are a couple on the Ondu panoramic pinhole camera. Severn Beach Another place I keep going back to. Several here with the infra-red filter and plenty of use of the fisheye lens as well. King's Weston House I've only been to King's Weston House a few time - one of them for a speed awareness course, which was actually the only time I've been inside! Apparently you can rent the rooms, which might be...
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Bristol 2022, part 2

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These two sets go together as they are geographically linked as Cumberland Basin is at the start of the Avon Gorge footpath. Cumberland Basin I'll be honest, I can't seem to stop going to Cumberland Basin and the various flyovers there - I just really like the concrete structures, the industrial element to it, and the graffiti. The bridge is basically the last bit before you get to the Avon Gorge footpath - I think it takes you into the bottom end of the Ashton Court estate, but I haven't been that far. Yet. Avon Gorge Footpath I'd actually never walked along this side of the river before 2022, despite having been in Bristol for over 25 years. I started walking here as I needed a change from Blaise, and started gently before working my way up to walking all the way to Sea Mills (about where the shot of the boat was taken) which is a round trip of almost 6 miles. That's a...
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Bristol 2022, part 1

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Yes, 2022. I realised that I blogged absolutely nothing last year, so I'm going to make up for that. It was a strange year - I was made redundant in April, although the process started the previous November and my departure was confirmed in February, and I started a new job in late September - and I didn't really do that much photography. And it has to be said that what I did do wasn't anything special, to be honest a lot of it was probably therapeutic as the redundancy process wasn't enormously pleasant. Blaise I spent a fair bit of time in the first part of the year walking around Blaise Estate in Bristol, close to home - I needed to get out and get some form of exercise. Most of these were taken in January and February, with a few in spring/early summer - it's probably quite easy to tell which as the winter ones are quite bleak, cold, dark and muddy....
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