2023, my best of
36 photos
Abstract
68 photos
Action Figure World
57 photos
Can't afford real models or actors, or full-sized props? Go and get a few action figures from charity shops and start creating!
AGBO Rally 2022
187 photos
Aimee
22 photos
Aimee Thorpe, who modeled for Newport Photo Club in May 2018.
Aircraft
152 photos
Fixed wing and helicopters, military and civil.
Allyson Felix
9 photos
Fabulous American sprinter. According to The Times (6 June 2020), she is the most decorated World Athletics Championships athlete of all time.
Almshouses
7 photos
Amber
16 photos
Model: Amber Elizabeth
6Towns Courtyard Studio
TF Network Night Forum in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent
Andalucia
368 photos
In April 2016 we visited this part of Spain for the first time. Mostly we were in the wonderful city of Malaga, though we also stayed two nights in beautiful Seville and visited Marbella. We liked it...
Angelique Kerber
26 photos
Angelique Kerber will achieve a career-high ranking of world No. 1 on September 12, 2016, becoming the oldest player to achieve the number one ranking for the first time. This comes two days after...
Annabella
62 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Lovely girl and fine model.
Aqualate
131 photos
Architects' models
13 photos
Architecture, Art Deco/Moderne
66 photos
Architecture, Baroque
42 photos
Architecture, Brutalist
13 photos
According to the Royal Institute of British Architecture (RIBA), here is what to look for in a Brutalist building:
1. Rough unfinished surfaces
2. Unusual shapes
3. Heavy-looking materials
4....
Architecture, Edwardian
29 photos
Architecture, Georgian
65 photos
Architecture of the Georgian period: 1714-1837
Architecture, Jacobean
13 photos
The Jacobean style is the second phase of Renaissance architecture in England, following the Elizabethan style. It is named after King James I of England (1603-25).
Architecture, Medieval
118 photos
These buildings are commonly 'Tudor' in style but date to before 1485.
Architecture, Modern
342 photos
Late 20th Century onwards, shot in Austria, Canada, Cyprus, France, Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Macau, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the UK, USA and...
Architecture, Stuart
23 photos
Buildings dating back to 1603-1714 (the Stuart period overlaps with Jacobean (1567-1625)).
Architecture, Tudor
34 photos
The Tudor period is sometimes taken to subsume the Stuart period, though in future I'm adding buildings to this album if they date back to 1485-1603. If they were built 1603-1714 I'll add them to my...
Architecture, Victorian
175 photos
Buildings built between 1837 and 1901
Athletics July 2008
37 photos
Athletics at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, 12 July 2008
Athletics: 2010 GB & NI Trials
6 photos
Athletics: 2011 GB & NI Trials
109 photos
Athletics: UK Trials & Championships 2011
Athletics: Birmingham GP, 2011
72 photos
Many of these photos show the pole vault competitors, simply because (a) I was overlooking the event from the new back-straight stand and (b) I've been trying for years to get a good pic of a vaulter...
Athletics: Birmingham GP, Feb 2012
519 photos
Athletics at the Birmingham National Indoor Arena, 18 February 2012. Athletes taking part included Asafa Powell, Jessica Ennis, Liu Xiang, Dayron Robles and Holly Bleasdale.
More info is being added...
Athletics: 2012 GB & NI Trials
352 photos
The trials began on the Friday evening but the main sessions were on Saturday and Sunday, 23 and 24 June 2012. These photos were taken on the 23rd and 24th.
Athletics: London 2012 Olympics
125 photos
Lots of captions to add - as soon as I have time.
Athletics: Indoor 2013
304 photos
Athletics: GB & NI Trials 2013
123 photos
Athletics: Birmingham GP 2014
125 photos
The album also features photos from the para-athletics meet held immediately after the Diamond League event.
Highlights included Mo Farah breaking the European record for the 2 miles, and Vanessa...
Athletics: Indoor 2015
259 photos
Birmingham Indoor Athletics Grand Prix 21 February 2015. Held at the Barclaycard Arena (formerly NIA) in central Birmingham.
Athletics: Loughborough International 2015
78 photos
In 2015 this event happened for the 57th time. There is a mixture of field and track, men's and women's, youngsters and seniors. It's an informal occasion but well-structured and organised. It...
Athletics: Birmingham GP June 2015
239 photos
Athletics: Indoor GP 2017.
135 photos
International indoor athletics held in the Barclaycard Arena (formerly NIA), Birmingham, UK.
Athletics: Birmingham GP 2017
411 photos
Diamond League grand prix held at the Alexander Stadium, Birmingham. Highlights included Mutaz Barshim's stadium record of 3.40 metres and Mo Farah's final UK track race. It was also Phil Jones's...
Athletics: World Indoors 2018
170 photos
World Indoor Athletics Championships 2018, held in Arena Birmingham (formerly named after a sponsor, and before that the National Indoor Arena). The WIC was held from 1 to 4 March 2018. I was there...
Athletics: British Championships 2019
170 photos
Athletics: Pole Vault
380 photos
Beginning with the Diamond League Pole Vault competition at the Birmingham Grand Prix on 10 July 2011, this is a collection of images of PV competitions. They are a mixture of indoor and outdoor, and...
Athletics June 2024
53 photos
UK Athletics Championships, Manchester; Manchester Regional Arena; 29-30 June 2024. The championships were used to decide eligibility for the Paris Olympics.
Bandstands
21 photos
Belfast
183 photos
Belgium
7 photos
I've visited Belgium several times but always on business with few opportunities to take photographs. So this is (so far) a small and unrepresentative collection of images.
Berkshire
8 photos
Bethonie
2 photos
Biddulph Grange Gardens
54 photos
National Trust property just to the north of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. The main house is in private ownership and not open to the public.
James Bateman set out to design a series of 'gardens...
Birmingham
438 photos
Birmingham, UK. Yes, the original and obviously the best.
Brum & Black Country (unedited)
3 photos
Uploaded from Photos on Collier’s iMac (3)
Black Country
272 photos
Wikipedia explains that the Black Country has no single set of defined boundaries. Some traditionalists define it as "the area where the coal seam comes to the surface – so West Bromwich,...
Boats
151 photos
From small boats to large ships. Eventually.
Boscobel
99 photos
The former hunting lodge is best known for being the hiding place of the future King Charles II after his defeat at the Battle of Worcester. He hid in Boscobel House and in a tree in the nearby...
Brandy
4 photos
Brandy Wainwright
Bridges
155 photos
I like bridges, possibly because I was brought up within 100 metres of one (it spanned the river Penk in Staffordshire, and was later replaced - by the water company - with a very dull concrete...
Bridgnorth
110 photos
Bristol
46 photos
Much of the centre of Bristol had to be rebuilt after the Second World War because it was destroyed by incendiary bombs. Ancient buildings are uncommon. However, if you look above the ground-floor...
Broken Records
290 photos
Track and field competitions in which one or more records were/was broken.
Bromley
62 photos
Bromley in south-east London is where I was born. It has been part of London since 1965, though before that (including when I was born), it was in Kent. Quite a few famous people either lived there...
Buckinghamshire
40 photos
Buddhist Temples
151 photos
Buddhist Temples in South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau and Japan.
Burslem
74 photos
Burslem is one of the six towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent. I've included photos of Longport, whose station used to be called 'Burslem' until a new one was built closer to the centre of town.
Busan
57 photos
Busan is a large town in the south-east of South Korea, on the coast.
Cafes
75 photos
It was my Grandmother who first inspired in me a fondness for cafes, and by the time I went to secondary school aged 12 I was hooked. Schoolmates and I would often go for a coffee after school, and...
Cambrian Rally
72 photos
Cambridge
31 photos
Candle
30 photos
Capital cities (my favourite shot)
23 photos
One photo (my favourite) per capital city.
Cars
1602 photos
Cars ancient and modern - and everything in between. Some shot in museums or car shows, some on the road, and some on the track.
Cars, American
206 photos
I knew that quite a few of the images in my Cars album are of American models. I thought it might be an idea to create a 'sub-album' of the US cars. I may have bitten off more than I can chew.
Cars, diecast models
27 photos
I have a growing collection of diecast model cars. Most of them are 1930s models, and many of those are associated with American car-maker E L Cord. Others are cars of particular interest, such as...
Castles
268 photos
Fortified buildings from the earliest times to Victorian follies.
Casually Dead, model
2 photos
Photoshoot with Vampire Princess at Badger Dingle, Shropshire, in June 2024.
Cathedrals
376 photos
Cathedrals of the Uk and elsewhere. Mostly they are in England or Wales, though others are further afield including Asia and North America. Duomo is an Italian term for a church with the features of,...
Cats
195 photos
The Charlatans in Wolverhampton, Dec 2023
83 photos
The Charlatans playing at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton on 8 December 2023.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
28 photos
Mackintosh was an architect, designer and artist, who was influential though not particularly successful financially. He only worked in architecture for a decade or so, though he is now lauded for...
Cheadle, Staffs
30 photos
Cheshire
490 photos
Chester Zoo
28 photos
Chris
59 photos
Mostly photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Christine Ohuruogu
9 photos
British 400m runner. [more to follow]
Classic Motor Show 2012
449 photos
Classic Motor Show held at the National Exhibition Centre near Birmingham, UK in November 2012. Motorcycles as well as cars on display.
Classic Motor Show 2018
142 photos
Commonwealth Games 2022
277 photos
I was fortunate enough to get tickets for four sessions at the Alexander Stadium for the Games in August 2022.
Competition entries
146 photos
Entries to competitions on Flickr or (more likely) my local photo club.
Comp shortlist 2018-19
36 photos
Comp short list 2019-20
17 photos
Short list 2019-20 for Newport (Salop) Photo Club competitions.
Comp short list 2020-21
5 photos
Copenhagen
67 photos
One Sunday in early 2013 I spent the morning in Malmo, which was quiet, and then travelled the short distance to Copenhagen by rail. The Danish capital was far busier and, although I like Malmo, I...
Cornwall
42 photos
Cosford Airshow
124 photos
There are a few shots taken in 2007 though most were taken in 2012.
In 2012 there were showers of rain, some heavy, during the early part of the show, though the weather improved later. This...
County Durham
10 photos
Coventry
146 photos
In Medieval times, Coventry was one of the biggest cities in England, along with London and Bristol. Heavily bombed during WW2, it has since been refashioned using the best and worst of post-war...
Croatia 2007
40 photos
Mainly Dubrovnik with a few shots taken in Cavtat.
Crystal Ball
34 photos
Cumbria
23 photos
Cyprus
144 photos
Our first visit to Cyprus was in January 2018. It's a good place for a January holiday.
Daegu
30 photos
Daegu is an unexceptional city in South Korea, though it has some interesting buildings and a more interesting history.
Dark tourism
120 photos
Often off the beaten track, tourism that's more about suffering and struggles than sunbathing, more about conflict than cream teas, more about remembering sad events than restaurants and gift shops.
Denise Lewis
11 photos
A brilliant heptathlete and now athletics pundit.
Derbyshire
216 photos
Designed by Thomas Telford
33 photos
An album of bridges, churches and other structures designed by Thomas Telford, the great civil engineer of the late 18th and early 19th century.
Devon
6 photos
Dina Asher-Smith
19 photos
Dioramas
49 photos
Doors and Doorways
37 photos
Doors can be fabulous. There are some amazing doors in Spain and Portugal, and I've seen very attractive ones in France. I'll carry on looking for doors that merit inclusion in this album.
Dorothy Clive Garden
88 photos
Dorset
58 photos
Mostly August 2011.
Dudley
80 photos
Dudley is an interesting corner of the Black Country. Badly in need of more investment, there are signs of a more affluent past throughout the area. Highlights include the castle and the zoo in which...
Edinburgh
82 photos
It wasn't my first visit, but these photos were taken in September 2019
Elena Ramos
13 photos
Elle
6 photos
Elle Harris
Ellie
6 photos
Ellie McDonald, photographed at the 6Towns Courtyard Studio, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.
English winter
160 photos
These images are not representative of English winters. Most winter days here are snow-free, and a lot of mornings are free of frost. But the rarity of snow and ice is what makes it interesting to me...
Eve
18 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Eve is a multi-talented woman who performs in the UK and elsewhere. Her skills include fire-eating and burlesque work.
Explored
60 photos
My photos as featured in Explore on Flickr.
Fabiana Murer
21 photos
Superb Brazilian pole vaulter, who holds the South American record in the event with an indoor best of 4.82 m and an outdoor best of 4.87 m, making her the fourth highest vaulter ever. She won the...
Family
60 photos
Fenton
38 photos
Fenton is one of the Six Towns of Stoke-on-Trent. In fact it's sometimes described as the one Arnold Bennett forgot. It's said that Bennett felt that Five Towns sounded better.
In truth there isn't...
Fiona
4 photos
Flora
615 photos
Food & Drink
255 photos
Food and drink plus food trucks and stalls.
Football, women's
59 photos
First match featured in the album: England v Italy, April 2017
Friends
12 photos
Fungi
36 photos
As a child I took fungi for granted: there were field mushrooms on the farm and occasionally I'd see puffballs. I didn't find them particularly interesting. In recent years I've been able to use a...
FWFR Book Launch
2 photos
Launch of the Four Word Film Review book (the book of the website! - www,fwfr.com). South Bank, London; 4 September 2010.
Garden 2009
7 photos
Georgia Brown
26 photos
Germany
276 photos
Glasgow
58 photos
Uploaded from Photos on Collier’s iMac (3)
Gloucestershire
24 photos
Graham
31 photos
Graham Currey is a model and also a photographer who arranges studio and outdoor photographic sessions. Some of the shots were taken indoors on a club night, and others 'on location' at Lilleshall...
Guisborough
23 photos
Hanley
92 photos
One of the six towns of Stoke-on-Trent, and the main shopping centre.
Hayley
2 photos
The Hepworth, Wakefield
52 photos
Sculpture (and other art) gallery in Wakefield opened in 2011 and named after Barbara Hepworth, the sculptor. We've visited a couple of times, and in August 2020 enjoyed the Moore and Brandt...
Herefordshire
47 photos
Herefordshire is one of the most rural counties in England, with impressive rivers, a landscape that is mostly agricultural and in parts rugged and wild, and towns and villages that seem to have...
Hertfordshire
49 photos
I'd been waiting a while to visit Welwyn Garden City to learn about its history. In the event I was much more impressed by St Albans. Letchworth, the world's first 'garden city', is also pleasant...
High Jump
296 photos
Mixture: men's, women's, indoor, outdoor, international and domestic. Mostly shot in Birmingham but some taken in Loughbrough. Some abject failures and some sublime successes.
Holga lenses
96 photos
Taken with the Nikon D3100 but using a Holga lens-kit including a fish-eye, close-up, macro set, and a wide-angle lens. Anything taken on 2/12/12 was shot using the fish-eye lens.
Holly Bradshaw (nee Bleasdale), pole vaulter
30 photos
Homes of the famous
56 photos
Homes of the famous - and occasionally infamous.
Hong Kong
349 photos
We first visited Hong Kong in November 2015. Thoroughly recommend it. Explore the city AND environs.
Huntingdon
12 photos
Image Tricks special effects
218 photos
Image Tricks Pro (and initially Lite) special effects
Industrial archaeology
7 photos
Deserted factories, mineral workings and other former industrial buildings/structures.
Industry
82 photos
Mostly manufacturing, past and present
Insects
30 photos
Butterflies,beetles, flies, wasps and bees. There shouldn't really be any spiders, though one senior moment and ... whoops, there you are.
Ireland
261 photos
We visited Dublin in January 2015 and spent most of our time in the city. We had one trip elsewhere: an excursion to Dún Laoghaire in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County.
Ironbridge Gorge, Shropshire
310 photos
The site of the first iron bridge and said to be the birthplace of the industrial revolution. For many years Ironbridge was a coal-mining and iron-smelting town, though nowadays tourism is the main...
Italy
1456 photos
Early photos are of Tuscany. In April 2017 we returned to Italy, this time to Campania in the south. Then in early 2019 we spent time in Veneto (mainly Venice). After an interval (for obvious...
Italy: Campania
193 photos
Beautiful part of Italy, including Sorrento, Naples, Capri and the Amalfi coast, not to mention Herculaneum, Pompeii and Vesuvius.
Italy: Florence 2009
21 photos
Italy: Lombardy
84 photos
Italy: Rome & Vatican
644 photos
Visited April 1978 (regrettably no photos available) and September 2022.
Italy: Sicily 2023
103 photos
Italy: Tuscany
97 photos
2009 holiday: Florence, Siena, Pisa, Lucca and Volterra
Italy: Veneto
498 photos
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about five million, ranking fifth in Italy. The region's capital is Venice. In 2019, 41 years after my first visit, I returned to Venice;...
Italy: Vesuvius
15 photos
Ivet Lalova
37 photos
A set of photos of Bulgarian athlete Ivet Lalova.
Ivet Lalova-Collio (Bulgarian: Ивет Лалова, born 18 May 1984 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian athlete who specialises in the 100 metres and 200...
Jak
7 photos
Japan
534 photos
Mostly Tokyo, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Hakone/Lake Ashi and Okayama.
Jennifer
15 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Jenny Meadows
15 photos
Jess
16 photos
Photographed at 6Towns Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Jessica Ennis-Hill
154 photos
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill DBE is Britain's finest all-round athlete, and now we can say that she's the world's greatest all-rounder. She missed the Beijing Olympics because of injury but became...
Kaleidoscope images
19 photos
Kaleidoscope effect courtesy of Image Tricks Pro.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
76 photos
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is (2016) set to take over from Jessica Ennis-Hill as Britain's finest heptathlete.
In March 2018 she took a big step towards realising her immense potential by winning the...
Kathryn
14 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Kent and E Sussex
30 photos
Kew Gardens
22 photos
Kosovo Independence Celebrations Feb 2008
4 photos
Big celebration centred on Trafalgar Square in London.
Kristina Mladenovic
28 photos
Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic is a French professional tennis player.
As at June 2018, she has won one singles and 17 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as four singles and seven doubles...
Kyran
8 photos
Model: Kyran Edmund Ambrose
Photos taken at Newport Photography Club, Newport, Shropshire
The Lake District
20 photos
Lakes and lochs
73 photos
Lancashire
203 photos
Warning: may include traces of Merseyside.
Laura Muir
26 photos
In light of her great success at the European Indoor Athletics Championships this weekend, Laura Muir definitely qualifies for an album.
As the BBC put it on their website tonight, 5 March 2017,...
Leeds
48 photos
Leeds is the finest city in West Yorkshire. It has been transformed since I first went to live there in 1975.
Lichfield
59 photos
Lichfield Cathedral
Lilleshall Abbey
30 photos
Lisbon
275 photos
London
1135 photos, 2 videos
Longton
72 photos
Longton is one of the Six Towns of Stoke-on-Trent.
Louise
17 photos
Louise came to a Newport Photo Club studio session as a model on 8 February 2022.
Lucy & Chris's Wedding Aug 2012
1 photo
Ludlow
33 photos
Lynsey Sharp
18 photos
Lyons
212 photos
Lyveden New Bield
5 photos
Set in the heart of rural Northamptonshire, Lyveden is a remarkable survivor of the Elizabethan age.
Begun by Sir Thomas Tresham to symbolise his Catholic faith, Lyveden remains incomplete and...
Macau
30 photos
The special administrative area in China called Macau, a former Portuguese colony.
Madrid
140 photos
Malaysia 2024
193 photos
Stays in Malacca, KL, Ipoh and George Town
Mallorca
80 photos
June 2019
Malmo
64 photos
Malmo is a quite attractive city in south-west Sweden. A good place for a weekend (maybe in conjunction with Copenhagen).
Malta
185 photos
This was our first visit to Malta, though I hope it won't be our last.
Manchester
94 photos
Manchester, United Kingdom
Mariya Lasitskene
13 photos
Prior to her marriage she was known as Mariya Kuchina. Her latest IAAF World Championship high jump title came on 30 September 2019 in Doha. After winning the title she tried to leap 2.08m but...
Memorials
216 photos
Merseyside
101 photos
A county in north-west England best-known for the city of Liverpool. But there's so much more...
Military
26 photos
Tanks, guns, helicopters and aeroplanes.
Mills
20 photos
Water- and windmills.
Mina
20 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Mina is a talented burlesque performer and very attractive model.
Models
597 photos
Life models, mostly photographed courtesy of 6T Courtyard Studio in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent
Mo Farah
80 photos
Middle-distance runner Mo Farah. Britain's greatest ever athlete?
Monaco
26 photos
"Tell me, Mr Hamilton, what was it about the tax haven status of Monaco that attracted you and your millions to it?"
I don't really blame sports stars such as Lewis Hamilton and Rafa...
Monochrome
827 photos
Mostly b&w but some that are shades of a single colour.
The Moon
15 photos
Motocross
36 photos
Motocross at Lower Drayton near Penkridge, Staffs; July 2022.
Motorcycles
410 photos
Motorcycles - and the odd scooter. Some were spotted on the street (mostly in the UK), and others were photographed at a show or a competitive event.
Murals & graffiti
55 photos
Murals and graffiti plus a few photos displayed on walls (notably the Eastside Gallery on the Berlin Wall).
Museu Calouste Gulbenkian
59 photos
The Museu Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, Portugal.
Musicians
207 photos
Amateur and professional, formal/informal.
My Automatically-chosen Set
20 photos
Chosen by Dopiaza. Intended to be my most interesting photos.
Set automatically created by dopiaza's set generator on 5th January 2018 at 5:35pm UTC
My Drawings
64 photos
Mostly old drawings from art evening classes in the 1980s.
My Favourites
43 photos
My pick of my pics. These seemed to turn out okay, sometimes more by luck than judgement.
Nadine
30 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Nadine is a very attractive young model, who goes to a lot of trouble to create the look required.
National Trust
368 photos
National Trust properties in England and Wales.
Neolithic
5 photos
Burial chambers iand other structures dating to the Neolithic period.
Netherlands, The
94 photos
Mostly Wageningen and Utrecht
Newcastle-under-Lyme
43 photos
Although very close, the town is not part of Stoke-on-Trent. There are handsome Victorian villas, verdant parks and elegant avenues. It's the leafy alternative to Stoke.
Newport, Shropshire
551 photos
In and around Newport, Shropshire
Newport Carnival 2012
26 photos
Newport Nocturne 2007-18
234 photos
Britain's first floodlit cycle racing extravaganza, and it's held less than a mile from my house, so of course I was there - in 2012, 2014 and (after a gap when the event was not held) in 2018.
Good...
Newport Show
95 photos
New Towns
9 photos
New towns (planned new settlements rather than towns that grew organically), in the UK and elsewhere.
Night shots
231 photos
Buildings etc lit up at night.
Nikki
10 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Nikon SFX
22 photos
Pictures created by modifying my photos using the special effects features in the Nikon D3100.
Nina
10 photos
Norfolk
41 photos
Norman Foster architecture
33 photos
North Korea
15 photos
Views of the North from the South
Norwich
36 photos
Nottinghamshire
16 photos
An inchoate set...
Old Ads and Notices
22 photos
Adverts and signs from an earlier age, when claims were much less likely to be challenged, and notices that were the forerunner of newspaper reports.
On the Job
149 photos
People at work - either paid or voluntary. I've excluded sportspeople - they can be found in other albums - except those being interviewed by a presenter or spoken to by an official or...
Oswestry area
35 photos
Oswestry is a market town in the west of Shropshire, close to the Welsh border. It used to have its own district council, though that was abolished early in the 21st century. Now the area is...
Oxford
166 photos
Lots of gorgeous buildings including colleges.
Oxfordshire
34 photos
Oxfordshire outside the city of Oxford.
Pagodas
25 photos
Paintings
113 photos
These are what photo competition judges disparagingly describe as 'record shots' and 'other people's art'. The aim is to capture an accurate likeness (for the record).
Palaces
203 photos
Paris 2011
134 photos
Our second trip to Paris together, following a much earlier one.
Paris 2019
80 photos
Paris 2023
76 photos
This was our first visit to the city since before the covid pandemic began, and since one of our sons moved there six months previously. We saw parts of Paris and outlying areas that we hadn't...
Paris 2024
303 photos
Photos from S4
1 photo
Uploaded from Photos on Collier’s iMac (3)
Photoshop Elements effects
328 photos
For years I held out. I used Image Tricks Pro, Luminar and Topaz Remask to be a little creative. Then our hard drive failed and we lost much of our software. My old versions were no longer available....
Places of worship
1450 photos
I originally called this album Religious Buildings', though that didn't seem quite right. It's not that buildings can themselves elect to believe in anyone or anything; this is shorthand for...
Portraits
131 photos
Prisons
104 photos
Prisons and former gaols. They include Alcatraz, Kilmainham, Crumlin Road, Venice, Seoul and Paphos.
Provence 2022
309 photos
Based in Nice, though with trips to Cannes and St Paul de Vence. Monaco images in a separate album.
Is Nice in Provence? Wikipedia explains that Provence is a geographical region and historical...
Published
11 photos
Photos published in newspapers, magazines or other publications.
Pubs
145 photos
Public houses are a great British tradition. They are fast disappearing, especially in rural areas (where drink-driving laws have made the roads safer but made pubs economically fragile - unless they...
Rachyy
11 photos
Model: Rachyy Downes
6Towns Courtyard Studio
TF Network Night Forum in Tunstall, Stoke on Trent
RAF Cosford Museum
29 photos
RAF Red Arrows
30 photos
Reconstruction
37 photos
Sometimes apparently old buildings aren't what they seem. This album includes a Japanese castle dating back to the 16th century, though the current building was reconstructed in concrete in 1966....
Renzo Piano designs
37 photos
Renzo Piano, OMRI, OMCA, born 14 September 1937, is an Italian architect and engineer. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in...
Richard Kilty
9 photos
Richard Rogers architecture
18 photos
Richard Rogers died in December 2021 aged 88. He came to prominence after designing the Pompidou Centre jointly with others including Renzo Piano.
Rivers
91 photos
I grew up next to a river, and since then have lived close to others: the Aire, Thames and Derwent in England. My travels have taken me to many others, some more famous than others.
There's...
The Roaches
37 photos
The Roaches (or Roches) are a wind-carved outcrop of gritstone rocks straddling the parishes of Leekfrith and Heathylee in the Peak District National Park about 4 miles north of Leek, Staffordshire....
Robbie Grabarz
37 photos
British high jumper. In January 2012 he made his international breakthrough by jumping 2.34 metres at an indoor high jump gala in Wuppertal. In June, Grabarz won gold at the European Athletics...
Rodin
61 photos
Sculpture by Auguste Rodin, seen in Lisbon, London, Lyon, Paris, San Francisco, Venice and Vienna.
Roman remains & ruins
130 photos
Bridges, walls, mausoleums, forts and theatres. Many of these shots were taken in Rome, though other locations include St Albans and Wroxeter in England, Paris and Nice in France, Cordoba in Spain,...
Rosie Lea
14 photos
Shoots at Newport Photography Club, May 2017 and Feb 2018.
Running a Mile
48 photos
One mile and two mile races (men & women, indoor and outdoor).
Rural north Shropshire
522 photos, 1 video
The countryside north of the A5 road across Shropshire.
Rural south Shropshire
317 photos
It may not be the official boundary, but I've used the A5 main road (originally the Watling Street, built by the Romans) to distinguish between north and south Shropshire. (Ironbridge has its own...
Sally Pearson
19 photos
Sam & Crystal's Graduation Ceremony - 4 July 2011
1 video
Sam and Crystal's Wedding
1 photo
This includes photos from the wedding in London in June 2015 and the ceremony in Hong Kong in November 2015.
Sam's M.A. degree ceremony
8 photos
Samsung Note9 photos
689 photos, 1 video
Santiago Calatrava architecture
49 photos
The Turning Torso in Malmo was designed by the Spanish architect (and engineer), Santiago Calatrava. Visually it is very striking, as my photographs try to illustrate. Financially, like many of...
Sara Violet
10 photos
Photoshoot at Newport Photo Club 29 May 2018.
Scotland
186 photos
Scotland except for Edinburgh and Glasgow, which are in separate albums.
Self Portraits
162 photos
Most of these photos were taken in response to a daily challenge organised by the We're Here! group here on Flickr. So they're mostly not serious and not necessarily intended to be artistic.
The Shard and...
18 photos
Siena
31 photos
Holiday in Tuscany, August 2009
Singapore 2020
225 photos
Singapore 2024
48 photos
Shrewsbury
107 photos
Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire in the English midlands.
Silverstone
93 photos
Somerset
35 photos
Photos taken in Somerset including the city of Bath (in Bath & NE Somerset).
Sophie Hitchon
12 photos
According to the Power of 10 website, Sophie Hitchon is a former netball player, ballet dancer and trampolinist who only started to take the hammer seriously in 2007.
Her father is a former schools...
South Korea 2010
291 photos
Seoul and the DeMilitarised Zone (DMZ), September 2010
South Korea 2013
318 photos
Seoul, Daegu and Busan.
South Yorkshire
39 photos
Sports Stadiums
38 photos
Stafford
118 photos
Stafford Rangers FC
171 photos
Staffordshire
1810 photos
There are other albums for certain cities and towns in the county such as Stoke, Stafford, Cheadle and Lichfield, but this covers other parts. Staffordshire is a county in the English midlands, north...
Statues & sculpture
1527 photos
Still life
65 photos
Stoke (town)
116 photos
Stoke is one of the six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent.
Street furniture
81 photos
Post boxes, fire hydrants, street lamps, bike racks, manhole covers... Sometimes beautiful; always functional.
Suffolk
6 photos
Tallulah Raven
30 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Tallulah is a beauty and models instinctively.
Telford
169 photos
The new town of Telford was built among several towns and villages, including Oakengates and Wellington. Dawley New Town was designated by the Government in 1963, and was expanded to encompass...
Tennis
497 photos
Aegon (latterly Nature Valley then Rothesay) Classic, Birmingham, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 & 2022
Tennis 2024
42 photos
Rothesay Classic in Birmingham, England.
Thailand 2024
97 photos
Tiffany Porter
38 photos
British hurdler Tiffany Porter competing over the years (2011 onwards), mostly in Birmingham, UK.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 60m hurdles: 7.80 NR...
Tiffany Rita
21 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Tom & Sue's Wedding
6 photos
25 August 2013 at the Novotel Hotel in Daegu.
Topaz ReMask
139 photos
A guest speaker at our photo club in January 2019 mentioned that he used Topaz ReMask to change elements (especially the background) of his images. He's fond of placing models - or simply Steam Punks...
Toronto 2023
192 photos
Including the Islands.
The Tough One 2018
119 photos
Motorcycle enduro event held close to the England/Wales border near Oswestry.
Tower of London
32 photos
Trams, buses & trains
44 photos
Public transport vehicles seen around the world.
Trees
214 photos
Images in which a tree (or trees) plays a key role.
Trentham Gardens
186 photos
I've been visiting Trentham Gardens since about 1960 (when there was a popular lido in the grounds). It's had its lean years (and there are still buildings in a ruinous state), though now extra...
Triple Jump
169 photos
AKA hop, skip and jump. A mixture of international and domestic competitions, featuring some of the world's best jumpers.
Tunstall
53 photos
Tunstall is one of the Six Towns of Stoke-on-Trent.
Urbex
55 photos
USA: California 2018
238 photos
USA: Georgia
36 photos
USA: Louisiana
111 photos
USA: Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
52 photos
The Met has a vast collection of art - paintings as well as sculpture and other objects such as furniture. But it feels odd photographing paintings (after all, there are usually better photos of the...
USA: Mississippi, River
36 photos
I've included photos of the bayou in Louisiana, because it's a feature of the Mississippi delta, though not urban areas such as New Orleans (for which see my Louisiana album).
USA: Mississippi (State of)
18 photos
USA: New York City 2013
481 photos
New York, New York, USA
USA: New York City 2023
150 photos
Back to Manhattan and Brooklyn boroughs, and this time visits to Queens.
USA: Tennessee
180 photos
Chattanooga, Lynchburg, Nashville and Memphis
USA: Texas
65 photos
Houston, San Antonio, Fort Worth and Dallas
Vampire Princess, model
7 photos
Shoot at Badger Dingle, June 2024, with Casually Dead.
Veronika
45 photos
Photographed at Courtyard Studio, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent.
Veronika is a natural beauty though she throws herself into roles so wholeheartedly that this beauty can be disguised by theatrical...
Vienna
172 photos
Vietnam
140 photos
Mostly Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City though with a trip to the Cao Dai Temple well outside the city.
Volcanoes
31 photos
We don't have volcanoes here in the UK, so seeing one (let alone climbing to the summit) is a novelty. Most of these images are of Mount Fuji and Vesuvius, though there are a few of one near Nikko in...
Wales: Anglesey
39 photos
In Welsh, Ynys Môn
Wales: Cardiff
37 photos
Wales: Carmarthenshire
19 photos
Wales: Ceredigion
57 photos
Ceredigion is a county in the west of Wales, corresponding to the historic county of Cardiganshire. During the second half of the first millennium Ceredigion was a minor kingdom. It has been...
Wales: City and County of Swansea
8 photos
Wales: Conwy County Borough
163 photos
Conwy County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Conwy) is a county borough in Wales. It borders Gwynedd to the west and south, and Denbighshire to the east. Settlements in the county borough include...
Wales: Denbighshire
293 photos
Denbighshire (Welsh: Sir Ddinbych) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known...
Wales: Gwynedd
91 photos
Gwynedd is a county and preserved county (the latter, with differing boundaries, includes the Isle of Anglesey) in the north-west of Wales. It shares borders with Powys, Conwy County Borough,...
Wales: Monmouthshire
4 photos
Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic...
Wales: Powys
268 photos
Powys is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following...
Wales: Wrexham County Borough
60 photos
Wrexham County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a county borough, with city status, in the north-east of Wales. It borders England to the east and south-east, Powys to the south-west,...
Wales Rally GB 2014
228 photos
I watched the rally on Friday 14 November 2014 in the Hafren Forest. Mostly I was on the Maesnant stage (SS4) but I also spent a while on the Hafren stage.
Sebastien Ogier (FRA) in his Volkswagen...
Wales Rally GB 2016
63 photos
All photos taken at Sweet Lamb (aka Sweetlamb) near Llangurig. The International competitors were followed by the National ones, then a few hours later the International competitors drove the stage...
Wales Rally GB 2018
72 photos
4-7 October 2018. Part of the World Rally Championship. All taken on the Penmachno special stage, which was won in 10.159 minutes by Ott Tanak, averaging about 60MPH on very slippery forest tracks.
Wales Rally GB 2019
131 photos
Sweet Lamb special stage.
Warwick Castle
54 photos
Warwickshire
229 photos
We're Here!
2613 photos
Images added to the We're Here! group and to the other groups chosen each day for our guest appearances. We have fun, and it's addictive.
Weston Park
304 photos, 1 video
There are several listed buildings, a walled garden, woodlands and lakes. It hosts events in the buildings and fields. We have a season ticket for the park, so expect to see this collection grow.
When the Olympic Torch Blew Out
33 photos
When the Olympic torch reached Newport in Shropshire there was a hitch: it blew out. At first it seemed odd that a cyclist - a member of the official party - was going against the flow of traffic....
Whitchurch
23 photos
Whitchurch is a small market town in north Shropshire. It's close to the boundary with Cheshire and also near the border with the Wrexham district of north Wales.
Wide-angle shots
38 photos
Wildlife
362 photos
Wild creatures (but excluding butterflies etc in captivity).
Wiltshire
19 photos
Wollerton Old Hall Garden
27 photos
Wolverhampton
121 photos
This is a collection of photos taken in Wolverhampton including its suburbs.
Worcestershire
85 photos
World Heritage Sites
1052 photos
World Heritage Sites as designated by UNESCO.
Including images of:
- Historic Centre of Vienna
- Shoenbrunn Palace & Grounds, Austria
- Ironbridge Gorge, England
- Blenheim Palace, England
- The...
The Wrekin, Shropshire
65 photos
Yorkshire
302 photos
North, South, West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire (and City of Hull).
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
33 photos
When we first visited the sculpture park, many years ago, it seemed to be confined to a small area. During our most recent visit, in August 2020, we walked across the park and into the woods, seeing...
Zen
63 photos
Photos that try to capture the essence of the subject and are less concerned with its form. Further information in this article by Fredric Lieberman: artsites.ucsc.edu/faculty/lieberman/zen.html
One...
2013 Highlights
22 photos
2013 was eventful for me and for my family. At the beginning of the year I had no idea that I would travel to several countries on three continents, or that our eldest son would marry his Korean...
2014 Highlights
14 photos
We had just the one foreign trip and no big family events, but I enjoyed taking photos in Lyon, London, Tunbridge Wells, Leeds and Bodnant Gardens. And sporting events included athletics in...
2015 Highlights
25 photos
These aren't necessarily the best photos I've taken in 2015, though they represent events that have made the year memorable.
2016, my best of
12 photos
A dozen of my best photos of 2016.
2017, my best of
21 photos
My selection of photos I've taken, that I think are my best of the year.
2018, my best of
47 photos
There are a lot of photos in this selection, but then I do take a lot of photos. I wanted at least one from each holiday, at least one from each of the sporting events I attended, and a mixture of...
2019, my best of
40 photos
2020, my best of
30 photos
366 2020
316 photos
One a day for the 366 2020 group.
365 2021
284 photos
2022, my best of
63 photos
365 in 2022
201 photos
1,000 views
2390 photos
My photos that have been viewed at least 1,000 times.
2,000 views
1471 photos
5,000 views
348 photos
5,000 views, innit. I wanted to get to the bottom of what it is that attracts people to certain of my photos. Fundamentally, it appears to be buttocks.
10,000 Views
83 photos
Those of my photos that have been viewed 10,000 times or more. This will be a very small album for some time to come (created May 2015).
20,000 views
23 photos
My images viewed at least 20,000 times.
50+ Faves
68 photos
Added to Fave list by at least 50 Flickrists.