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Category Archives: Photo of the Week

I aim to pick a pho­to­graph every week from my gallery for your enjoyment.

Fire hydrant and sign in Beverley Hills

Warehouse in the mist at night

Building the movie set for the pencil serial killer

Build­ing the movie set for a ser­ial killer who uses pen­cils as a mur­der weapon!

Muddy building site at night

I took this pho­to­graph many years ago around Stafford­shire Uni­ver­sity around 4AM in the eerie night, using a Pen­tax MZ-S, film, and a steady hand on the shut­ter release for a few min­utes on bulb for long expo­sure. I remem­ber when they said dig­i­tal would never be bet­ter than film.

River through the desert from Yuma Territorial Prison

River through the desert from Yuma Ter­ri­to­r­ial Prison, Yuma, Arizona.

Smiley face in ketchup

A smi­ley face in ketchup from Johnny Rock­ets in Hol­ly­wood, California.

Desert road on the way back from Willow Beach, Arizona

I took this pho­to­graph on a road trip in the USA on a quiet lit­tle road lead­ing to Wil­low Beach in Arizona.

Movie producers on the set

I took this pho­to­graph on a movie set out­doors in Hol­ly­wood. I was Pro­duc­tion Designer on a short film called ‘ASK Amer­i­can Ser­ial Killers.’
I like how both the Pro­ducer and Direc­tor in this shot are deep in thought while look­ing at what is hap­pen­ing on the set.
You can find out more about the movie ‘Amer­i­can Serial […]

Star trails in the trailer park

This pho­to­graph was taken in a trailer park in Yuma, Arizona.

You can see that the stars in the sky have made trails as the earth moves rel­a­tive to them.
I kept the shut­ter of the cam­era open for a rel­a­tively long period (about 10 min­utes) using a Canon TC-80N3 remote con­trol. This unit has var­i­ous set­tings, such […]

Skyscapers — Mirrored skyscrapers in San Diego

I took this pho­to­graph on a drive from Yuma, Ari­zona to San Diego, Cal­i­for­nia. I think these build­ings are quite close the cen­tre of San Diego. I like the dif­fer­ent types of mir­rored win­dows on the build­ing reflect the blue sky — the squares, the seem­ingly per­fectly smooth, and an inter­ac­tion of two squared sets of win­dows mak­ing a zig-zag.