Sunlight and Storm

Today at Another Place, Crosby beach.

The tide was on the turn, leaving wet sand sparkling in the sunlight,

but the sun was playing hide and seek in the rain laden clouds

that raced in from the west.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, BlacKeys B+W film

Royal Visitor, Crosby beach

The Queen Mary 2 sailed past Crosby beach yesterday on her way into Liverpool.

A clear morning of mild sunshine and little wind.

A beautiful way to enter the city.

Iphone Camera, cropped and adjusted in Camera +

September Storms

September arrives with strong winds and rain.

The wet beach reflects the colour of storm clouds 

glowing in the last warm light from the setting sun.

Another Place, Crosby beach, Liverpool

Hipstamatic, Watts Lens, Big Up Film

End of Summer

The last sunshine of a September Sunday glimmers across the River Dee at high tide

but the clouds are gathering as a frontal system sweeps in from the west,

bringing rain, wind and an end to the balmy late summer day.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, BlacKeys B+W Film

Spanish Interlude

A recent few days in Andalucia, Spain produced these images.

Sherry Bodega, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalucia
The hot sun beats down out of a clear sky
The white walls reflect both heat and light.
Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Ina's1969 Film

Gardens of the Palacio de Duques de Medina Sidonia, Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

A courtyard surrounded by white washed walls.

Herbs and flowers in abundance,

Shady and cool in spite of the burning sun. 

Hipstamatic, John S lens, BlacKeys B+W Film

Gardens of the Palacio de Duques de Medina Sidonia, Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

Hibiscus are splashes of brightness against the cool greens.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Pistil Film

Silhouette,  Gardens of the Palacio de Duques de Medina Sidonia, Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

The palm tree reaches skyward, tall, echoing the church tower.

This Moorish image could be Spain, North Africa or California

all these places share a similarity of architecture.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Claunch 72 Monochrome Film

The same silhouette photographed with a different combination.
Hipstamatic, Roboto Glitter lens, Ina's 1935 Film

A beautiful yellow hibiscus in the gardens of the Palacio de
Duques de Medina Sidonia.
Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Kodot XGrizzled Film

An old colonial style house frontage, Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Such beautiful surroundings, a shame this once stately home
has been allowed to decay.
Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Ina's 1969 Film

Liverpool Wanderings 2

Browsing around Liverpool over the weekend, shooting some material for a travel website and

visiting some scenes of Beatle memorabilia.

Penny Lane Street Sign

Hipstamatic, Watts Lens, BlacKeys B+W Film

20 Forthlin Road, Paul McCartney's family home.

Hipstamatic, Watts Lens, BlacKeys B+W Film

The gates of Strawberry Field.

Hipstamatic, Chunky Lens, Big Up Film

Liverpool Wanderings 1

Wanderings around St. James' Gardens by the Anglican Cathedral.

This tunnel through the Triassic sandstone leads down from the Anglican Cathedral into the cemetery.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Cano Cafenol Film

The monument to John Huskisson, city entrepreneur and first recorded person to be killed by a railway passenger train.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Claunch 72 Monochrome Film

Some of the many memorial stones which provide a vivid picture of early Liverpool life and history.

Hipstamatic, John S Lens, Claunch 72 Monochrome Film