Bradford Classic 2010

Looking forward to this event, I've already put in a request for an application form. It's one of the few remaining good things going on in Bradford, and for a weekend you almost don't care that Westfield have left us with a 2 acre hole in the middle of the city. Almost.

Here's a car that was there at the 08 and 09 events, a stunning blue Triumph TR6 - whose 6 cylinder engine puts out almost double the horsepower of my Spitfire's.

My New Car!

Triumph Spitfire 1500, made in 1977:

Hasn't had much use since I bought it in autumn, but a subsequent hard top purchase has made it cozy and warm inside!

50mph, Baildon Moor

This view at the time seemed a bit surreal - can't put my finger on why, and I'm sure this photo has no meaning whatsoever to anyone else. Maybe it was the interesting textures, maybe it was the isolated nature of the road, markings and signs in what was otherwise a bleak and desolate surrounding. Shame about the filter starting to vignette a little at the top corners.





The weather was getting worse, and by the time me and Niczy scaled the top of Baildon Moor, visibility was extremely poor for around 2 in the afternoon. It felt like somewhat of an achievement getting up there after a long walk but we didn't stay long, and quickly navigated our way down with a view to getting a well deserved pint at the pub around tea time. Good day out.

Bingley Through a Plastic Lens

Okay its not 35mm or transparency film, just a fun diversion on medium format film with a cheap plastic chinese camera called a 'Holga'.

Holga's are great, theres no point trying to use any sort of technique with them so you just end up taking pictures for the pure fun of it. Throw conventional photography rules out the window. Every roll of film back comes with surprises, photos that otherwise may have been uninteresting suddenly become something altogether different in meaning.

Wipe Out Terrorism

You get some wierd stuff in gift shops, but this printed toilet paper has to be one of the most unusual I've seen. It was somewhere in central Manhattan, and is a crude but funny way of fighting back at Bin Laden without force. Can't help but wonder what he'd make of it.

Who Wants a Cookie?

I took this about 1 year ago and ever since still haven't been able to figure out what causes the green mist just above the horizon. Any ideas?


Send the correct answer in a SAE to me and I'll return it with a cookie. Or I might just eat the cookie.

Hazardous Work

This image was harder to make than it shouldve been. There I was, in what I *thought* was an empty field, freezing my arse off messing with this camera and tripod, when I hear someone shouting "get out of there". It was only my trusty assistant, safe and warm in his car, telling me about a herd of cattle approaching. "Nah they're just cows, and they're nowhere near, no problem" I replied. Proceeding to make a few more shots, I then turned round to take another look at these cows, only to find they were actually a herd of bulls (the type of cows with big horns), slowly walking up to me, extremely close, and looking a tad angry.

I moved a little. They moved a little. I see what you're doing there bulls. Slowly, calmly, I grabbed the tripod, and then legged it as fast as I could, leaping over the barbed wire fence to safety - a close shave.

A bit disappointed afterwards, I didn't think I'd had time to get anything of use, but was later surprised to find most of the images had turned out fine.

Bingley, Summer 2008 at around 9.30pm