Here’s my submission for this weeks Thursday Doors photo challenge. I spotted this note tacked to the front door of a house in the Horfield area of Bristol, UK. It’s quite common to see comical notes like this around our streets. I really like the huge tacks they’ve used to hammer the message home (see what I did there).
Posted for Dan’s Thursday Doors
All images: ©Stephen Hyde 2007-2025 – All rights reserved.
Back sometime in 2022 I decided I’d try out a few vintage lenses with my Fujifilm camera’s. I’m not sure why. It was probably following something I’d read on the internet but anyway, I decided to give it a go and invested in an K&F M42 to Fujifilm X Adapter. They sell for £16.99 from K&F.
Continue readingThis weeks Lens-Artists Challenge #334 – Cats and Dogs. Here’s a link to the original post and challenge set by Tina – Cats and Dogs. Here’s a few of my Cat and Dog images.
I thought I’d use Wordless Wednesday to post this image of a sculpture I saw in Bristol today. It’s a teddy on a swing hanging from a bridge.
I’m pretty wordless because I have no idea what this is all about other than it’s the work of French artist James Colomina. It’s located underneath Gaol Ferry Bridge, Southville, Bristol
All images: ©Stephen Hyde 2007-2025 – All rights reserved.
Upfest is a Street Art Festival that started in 2008 and up until recently ran once a year in the Bedminster area of Bristol. Here’s what it’s all about taken from the Upfest About Page on their website:
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The Gromit Unleashed Trail began as a public arts trail in Bristol in 2013, as a collaboration between Bristol Hospital Charities and Aardman Animations.
Continue readingThis week our Lens Artists Challenge host is Egidio.
“Complementary colours are those that sit opposite each other on a colour wheel.”
One thing I’d picked up from a stock image course a few years ago was trying to make use of contacts to get access to something a bit different and not necessarily available for everyday photography.
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To mark my 60th birthday in December 2019 we decided to try a cruise. I’d never really thought I particularly wanted to cruise. Linda was more keen than me, but if you want a holiday in December it’s a good choice for us, here in the UK.
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The first time I visited the Isle of Wight was back in 1973, when I was taken there on a day trip with my Mums, Marks and Spencer’s works outing – remember those? I don’t remember much about that trip other than buying a souvenir keyring – remember doing that?
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