Category: Birmingham
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December 29th 2025, I visited the incredible Cheddar Gorge in Somerset with a few photographer friends. We arrived early before sunrise and started by taking a walk along the Cliff Road from about half way up the Gorge towards the Lippiatt tourist centre where we had a great breakfast in the Lion Rock Tea Rooms…
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On four occasions now I have taken a walk around the city streets of Birmingham on Christmas Day around lunchtime. The city centre was virtually deserted, almost no people. The first, in 2011, was a surprise and I had my camera with me so I took some photos. It was somewhat eerie, a strange atmosphere.…
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It has been ten years since I started photographing the re-development of the Paradise Birmingham area between Centenary and Chamberlain Squares in the heart of the city centre. Late in 2015 the demolition of the Central Library and Paradise Forum commenced and in February 2016 I started to document the progress with photography. I have…
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December 19th 2025, I visited the beautiful (even in the winter) Winterbourne House and Gardens on the campus of the University of Birmingham. The gardens are amazing with loads of trails to discover all the various areas including the Japanese Bridge with a great rock garden, the Chad Brook, the woodland walk, the Edgbaston pool…
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On 11th December I visited Leeds and while there enjoying a fantastic walk around the city sights I took some photos of the almost complete Cirrus Point development which is said to be the tallest student accommodation building in the world at 134m with 44 floors. Designed by Cunniff Design for developer Olympian Homes and…
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Over the last 10 years I have captured a large collection of photos of random, strange, surprising, and opportunistic scenes while on photography walks around the city. When pulled together they offer a fascinating visual expose of how ‘anything is possible’ in one of the most diverse and eclectic cities in the world. I have…
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I have started the December 2025 gallery in my construction photo journal for the Beorma Quarter development in Digbeth.
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I’ve started the December gallery for my construction journal of the progress at the Edition Development.
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December 3rd 2025, I visited the ‘Luminate’ light trail at Birmingham Botanical Gardens. Bigger than last year, it was a spectacular and magical walk around the gardens with amazing sights and wonderful colours.
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Birmingham is known as one of the most diverse cities in the world and interestingly this extends to its variety of lamps. Over the last 15 years I have accumulated a large collection of photography of these and I have created a gallery of my favourites…