If you want to get ahead
16 March 2021
Almost a month with nothing new to post.
I’ve raided the archive again to find this one. I rarely attempt street photography but this was a lucky moment when it all came together.
The picture was taken in Hamilton, a suburb of Newcastle NSW, in 2016.
Parkside Swimmers
21 February 2021
I have probably walked past these sculpted figures on the corner of Mill Road and Gonville Place hundreds of times without realising they were there. I spotted them about a week ago. The bare trees make them easier to see at this time of year.
They are designed by a sculptor named Betty Rea but the work was completed and erected posthumously in 1966. Ever since then they have been staring at each other on their plynth beside Parkside Pool. The mural behind them was painted recently by street artist Giacomo Bufarini, alias RUN.
Pots and POTS
29 January 2021
The lockdown somewhat limits opportunities for going out to take pictures so I took this through the front window of my house.
The telegraph pole was part of the Post Office Telephone System (POTS) or these days the Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) as the copper wire network is known colloquially. In the background are some pots of the chimney variety.
It isn’t a masterpiece but it was worth it just for the chance to juxtapose the two types of pots.
Winter Blues
19 January 2021
California Dreaming
3 January 2021
Since I have contracted Covid-19 to start the year, things can only get better as the year progresses (I hope).
As well as being in Tier 4 lockdown, meaning little chance to go out, I must now isolate for 10 days. That means no chance at all to go out.
All the more opportunity to revisit old photos and post this one of San Francisco from late 2019. See fnnch.com for more of his work.
Happy New Year!
