Tag: travel
A Street Photography Guide to Baku, Azerbaijan
This short guide to doing street photography in Baku is based on my experiences living there for 8 years. It was during that time that I really began to hone my street photography eye by intimately exploring the city and its suburbs. Intro Baku is the capital city of Azerbaijan, boasting a population of at…
What is Street Photography?
Street photography is a very broad term which can be quite confusing, and even annoying to some photographers. Not least because it’s not necessarily done on the street or in urban areas. It’s more of a style, an approach and a mindset, and it overlaps with a wide range of photography genres. Nevertheless, in this…
A Street Photography Guide to İzmir, Türkiye
This quick street photography guide to İzmir (aka Izmir) is based on a week I spent there in November 2022. Over a year has passed but I still fondly recall my time there. So without further ado, let’s dive in. Intro İzmir is the third largest city in Türkiye (aka Turkey) with a population of…
Parks & Punting: My Street Photography Impressions of Cambridge
I visited Cambridge a couple of times in 2023 and found this characterful city a great location for street photography. Famed for its prestigious, high-ranking university, it has a lovely blend of history and architecture (from medieval churches to Gothic and Neoclassical college buildings), as well as a unique vibe brought by all the students…
Photographing the English Seaside in 2023
As 2023 drew to a close I found myself reflecting on my photography over the past year. It was a year of great changes for me personally – moving house, birth of daughter, health issue, etc. – which limited the time I was able to give to photography, particularly in the last couple of months. …
A Colourful Stroll Through Time at Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens, officially called the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is one of the UK’s top tourist attractions. Reportedly it’s visited by up to two million people a year, together with Kew’s wild botanic garden at Wakehurst in Sussex. I grew up in the nearby London village of Barnes and yet I’m ashamed to admit that…
Notes From the New Forest
One of my priorities since returning from Azerbaijan, where I lived for eight years and travelled widely, has been to discover in depth my own country, the UK, from big cities to far-flung villages and places of great cultural and natural heritage. I hope to share my experiences on this blog, which I hereby open…