I-Heart Faces Photography Challenge: Scenic B&W

My sister with the Scottish Hills as a scenic backdrop.

Round Robin Photo Challenge: In the window

I wish I could have done more than just look through this window...

Round Robin Photo Challenge: For a song...

The brief:

'Pick a song you like, and give us your photographic interpretation of all or part of that song's lyrics.'

The Salvation Army performing in Reading City Centre, United Kingdom

We are travelling in the footsteps

Of those who’ve gone before

But we’ll all be reunited (but if we stand reunited)

On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store)

Oh when the saints go marching in

When the saints go marching in

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine

And when the sun refuse (begins) to shine

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

When the moon turns red with blood

When the moon turns red with blood

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

On that hallelujah day

On that hallelujah day

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

Oh when the trumpet sounds the call

Oh when the trumpet sounds the call

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

Some say this world of trouble

Is the only one we need

But I’m waiting for that morning

When the new world is revealed

When the revelation (revolution) comes

When the revelation (revolution) comes

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

When the rich go out and work

When the rich go out and work

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

When the air is pure and clean

When the air is pure and clean

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

When we all have food to eat

When we all have food to eat

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in

When our leaders learn to cry

When our leaders learn to cry

Oh lord I want to be in that number

When the saints go marching in 

Black & White Weekend: At Caversham Bridge

Caversham Bridge

Black & White Weekend: Oriental Flower

Wall décor

The Round Robin Challenge: Togetherness

Togetherness...it is what you make it...

Togetherness...unto death...

'Together' means to be in or into a unified arrangement.Togetherness means being in or into a single group, mass or place...Therefore my interpretation of this weeks challenge is of a pluralised subject matter that is in unison in whatever they are trying yo achieve, in this case they two are as one, in one place...


The two chaps in the image are friends from church after a theatrical display in which the older played a vicar. I asked them to pose in this manner to create a controversial shot that would provoke thought. The thought being that togetherness does not result in agreement or unity.


It is also designed to be a pictorial representation of what happens to a child's life (that is, it is sucked out of them unto the death of their souls) when it is abused by an authority figure, in this case a priest as the many whose lives have been destroyed by the abuse they suffered at the hands of catholic priests who are now seeking understanding and finding their voice. 


Love, togetherness, unity, oneness...these words can and are interpreted in different ways by different people depending on their personal perspective, group, social situation and often race, creed and gender. This social dynamic results in a false sense of oneness / togetherness where the reality is very much different from what is perceived.

I-Heart Faces Photo Challenge: Smirk

No! I don't want my picture taken!

 This is a lovely little girl (once she relaxed that is) whose mother hired me to take her pictures and she was having none of it for the longest time, hence the smirk.

See more smirk photos here!

Recycle: Crush Metal [Shutterday Challenge]

Strong man crushes metal

The Weekend in Black & White: A Boat Holiday

A boat holiday

A boat not in use at the end of the summer hence the name.