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Air-brushed by a Stranger

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Andy Thorpe under People

The connection is “brushes”, sort of, or perhaps “painters”.  (Perhaps I shouldn’t aim to connect the blog-post titles, although I thought it was worth a try on this occasion.) This is another example of a photo that could portray an inaccurate back-story.  The close-up of a hooded person could imply that unauthorised decoration of someone else’s […]

A Brush with Danger

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Andy Thorpe under People

Standing on a window ledge is the connection.  The eavesdropping cat however seems to be more at home on the window ledge than the painter does in this photo.  The composition of the photo doesn’t really describe the full danger involved in this situation; the painter was in fact two storeys above street level. (Apologies […]

Pink Lady

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Andy Thorpe under People, Places

As promised, the connection is “pink”. This photo was intended to be a simplistic indication of someone apparently ignoring or not noticing the discreet “Anne Frank Huis” plaque next to the door; and therefore being unaware of the tragic events associated with this World War Two story. In reality of course, people passing this close […]

Stop Press!

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Andy Thorpe under People, Places

This was just going to be a photo of randomly parked bicycles and scooters set against the impossibly beautiful Grand Theatre in Bordeaux, then this chap came into the frame….and stopped suddenly….and made the photo! Clearly page two of his newspaper was so engaging that it stopped him in his tracks.  Thankfully, the widespread adoption […]

Subway Crossing

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Andy Thorpe under People

Continuing with the theme of “pedestrians crossing the road”, here’s an image from my adopted home area, Bearwood in the West Midlands. For those who aren’t quite so fleet of foot, or who are younger and less experienced, this high street junction can be hazardous. When there’s a lot of traffic, the street is unpleasant […]

Starting again….

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Andy Thorpe under People

Well, it’s only taken a year or so to get around to writing a second post! So I’ve been busy…and forgetful. Also, why “blog”? Perhaps the impetus is coming from the need to get my back catalogue of photos seen rather than stored. I’m going to start by digging out some older photos and asking […]

Posting test

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Andy Thorpe under People

Hello!  This mainly a posting test from my photo website, but if it does happen to work then I’ll wish you all a Happy New Year and hope that you like the photo from last week of Eira in her ball pool!  Initial hopes of it providing some form of containment, at least for a short […]