Genre: Streetscapes
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Brugesycles
When I go through my catalog of images of a place like Bruges, I try to find a few unifying themes that would make good blog posts. While I don’t set out looking for specific things when set out with the camera, I can usually find coherent groupings of images after the fact. So, last
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Damme Town!
After a long walk along the canals, we reached the little town of Damme proper. There were quite a few nice doors decorated for Christmas, but since we are now in the back half of February, I decided to forgo showing any Belgian holiday decorations. The image above was a little bit of a surprise
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London Trees
Since our London hotel was in South Kensington, we walked the length of Hyde Park and St James’s Park (which run east-west and touch corner-to-corner) several times to reach Westminster Abbey and the surrounding area. There are a lot nice trees along this route, and four of this week’s images are from Hyde Park alone.
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London Streets
We did a lot of walking in London, frequently over 8 miles a day. During these walks, I would grab lots of quick compositions along the way. Since I was working quickly, not everything turned out the way I wanted, but I ended up with plenty of images that I am happy with. (Some of
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Thanksgiving in Cambridge
It is somewhat ironic to spend the Thanksgiving holiday in England when, at some level, Thanksgiving is a celebration of having survived escaping England in the first place. But we had a wonderful day with my friends Rob and Shirley, who kindly met us in Cambridge and showed us around. My phone tallied the day
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Stairing in Notting Hill
Our hotel in London was only a mile or two from Notting Hill, so one afternoon I spent a couple hours wandering the streets enjoying the architecture. It was a dreary day, but the resulting soft light was perfect for doors and windows and such, which are obviously a favored subject of mine whether they
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Christmas Lights in London
Thanksgiving is an American holiday, not an English one, so I am not sure what serves as the starting gun for Christmas decoration deployment in London, but they were definitely ready to go with at least a month to spare. Along with lots of other decorations, there were an abundance of beautifully decorated trees. While