Category Archives: Photography

Street photography on iStock

I have a small (growing?) collection of street photography images on iStock. What is street photography? Certainly not reportage! S.p. features people, photographed in candid (un-staged, unexpected) situations, in the streets and public places. Difficult to define in words, but … Continue reading

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Tombstones in England

I can’t ignore them. The English place their graveyard right in the middle of inhabited centres. They create interesting contrasts of ideas. I set up a lightbox on iStockphoto with several of such cases.

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American Circus Shade-of-Light posted a photo: Durham, England – October 6, 2011: The American Circus Vegas has arrived in Durham. Here one of their trucks is photographed with the circus structure in the background. You can almost hear the Star … Continue reading

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Coffee, tea, infusions (caffé, té, tisane) at Flat White’s in Durham

Durham is not blessed with many good places for a coffee. However, provided we do not have ubiquity, just one good coffee bar should be enough. We have two! “Flat White” is a relatively new addition to the scene that … Continue reading

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Grey Street reflected into a car windscreen Shade-of-Light posted a photo: Grey Street (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) is reflected into the windscreen of a car parked. Nikon FM2n, Portra 160 (with colours modified), Nikkor AI-S 50/1.2 Available on www.istockphoto.com

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Elderflower Shade-of-Light posted a photo: Dried elderflower, submersed by water, infusing in a white cup. Digest powered by RSS Digest

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Carousels, Brighton Shade-of-Light posted a photo: Brighton, England – May 9. 2009: at the end of a cold Spring day, the carousels are still working on the beach, near the new pier. An advertising sign for a fish and chips … Continue reading

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English homes

Since 2003, I’ve been living in England. Not every year since, but almost, I have been photographing homes (English homes, more or less traditionally so), easily, just by going out for a walk. Coming, mostly, from Southampton and Durham, my … Continue reading

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A large collection of DVDs for stock photography

The iStockphoto editorial collection has a few images that I managed to create taking advantage of my large set of unintentional props: film DVDs, obviously all original, now ranging between 400 and 500… Most images were created with a SONY … Continue reading

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Rejuvenating the perception of shaving brushes

I had the idea for this picture while thinking how to try and convince somebody that using shaving brush, shaving foam, and razor, is not necessarily stuff for old men. (Actually, I can’t really say that, because trying to explain … Continue reading

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