Brum Self

Hello again, I spent some time in Birmingham city centre last week. Having not been there for some time but knowing about the Selfridges building I knew that wanted to photograph it.

It sticks out like a saw thumb, but when you get up close all you want to do is touch it and look it for as long as you can, the curves and the discs on the side transfix you and keep you looking at what can only be describe as a honeycomb or marshmallow.

Anyway I think the building and the photographs are like none other I have taken, the discs force your eye into the very back of the image and give you the sense of space. I spent a good hour looking for all the angles I could find.

As usual I hope that you like the images. Take care Anthony

Me & Im

I speak to a Gentleman in St Albans now on a regular basis, and I find him fascinating. His name is Anthony Gregory but everyone knows him as Greg.

He used to be a photographer for a newspaper in Hertfordshire, spending most of his time around the Elstree Studios as it used to be. Mostly he does all the talking about the shoots and assignments that he was sent on. Stories of shooting stars such as Peter O'Toole, Alec Guinness, Norman Wisdom, The Two Ronnies, Howard Wilson, cast of shows such as On the Buses and all kinds of films. He even photographed the Queen Mum.

Anyway on Wednesday he handed over a small memento and New Years Greeting, This image of Eric Morecambe and him was taken on Location during many records of the show. Greg was friends with Ernie Wise before has was even famous and that how a friendship grew with Eric.

I hope that you like the photograph it made me smile.

Anthony

Triumph

I have had this photograph now for some time but have never been able to make it into a what I think would be a sellable image. But this time I really like the outcome, let me know what you think.

Anthony

Welcome Back!!!

Firstly let me say Happy 2011, I hope that you all had a good break and that you have not broken any new resolutions just yet.

You may have noticed a few changes, firstly that I have changed this to a Newsletter rather than a weekly email, you may have noticed that it was not so weekly and so I thought it best to change. Secondly I hope that you like the new layout.

One other piece of news is that on Monday 11th January the February edition of Digital SLR Magazine will be out, and that I will be featured. The magazine has been running various articles about how to make money from your photography, and in this edition they are talking about market stalls. An interview and some of my photographs will be in the issue. This is a pretty exciting event for me, with some national coverage which should hopefully drive some people to my site. Digital SLR Magazine

This newsletter features some black and white photographs of flowers. I was recently looking through some old photographs and found the first image which I took many years ago in Israel, this inspired me to do some more. I have tried black and white of flowers in the past and have never really been happy with the results, but I think that I am with these ones, let me know what you think.
Anthony