Tag Archives: Shop windows

Out after Dark

Posted on Wed, 20 August, 2014 by

A resort takes on a new appearance after dark. The windows light up, things you never saw in daylight become visible. So, one evening after dinner in Saas Fee recently I wound up the ISO (in one instance as high … Continue reading →

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I’m Looking

Posted on Wed, 12 March, 2014 by

There’s only one answer to the request: ‘Look at This’, and that is: ‘I’m Looking’. But what am I actually seeing. This is a boarded up Advertising site (Billboard or Hoarding) on Southbank that someone has painted blue, and now … Continue reading →

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The Face in the Window

Posted on Wed, 28 August, 2013 by

I should make one thing clear. This is not a self-portrait. The eyes are the wrong colour. But apart from that… I have no idea what the strap line means, but I am reasonably sure it is suitable for publication. … Continue reading →

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Need a helping hand?

Posted on Wed, 17 July, 2013 by

The image for today was taken two minutes after the one posted two days ago – click here to see that previous image. Street photography is not easy and I’m not entirely comfortable taking candid shots of people. Everyone has … Continue reading →

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Looking at you, Looking at me

Posted on Mon, 15 July, 2013 by

Three months ago I posted an image of this poster – click here to re-visit that first image. We were back in the same shopping centre last week and I saw this opportunity to capture another image. It’s always disconcerting … Continue reading →

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Same Window, Different Poster

Posted on Wed, 3 April, 2013 by

Four weeks ago I posted ‘Looking at you’. Click the link if you missed it, to see the earlier poster. We returned to this same precinct just before Easter and the Man in the poster had gone. To be replaced … Continue reading →

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Dream On…

Posted on Fri, 29 March, 2013 by

Stuck in this seemingly never ending winter, even a few minutes of blue sky can raise one’s spirits. It happened briefly yesterday. Summer will come, eventually. We hang onto our memories. We look forward increasingly desperately to the feel of … Continue reading →

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Looking at You

Posted on Wed, 6 March, 2013 by

A benign, non-threatening, expressionless face looking straight ahead fills a vast floor to ceiling window in a fashion store in this shopping precinct. He’s certainly an eye-catcher. Ladies – you might call him handsome. Reflections of the shop windows opposite … Continue reading →

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Advertising Windows

Posted on Fri, 22 February, 2013 by

Another brief trip to London this week, which also happened to be School Half Term holiday week, so trains were filled with horribly noisy small children who hogged all the seats meaning the older members of society were obliged to … Continue reading →

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Seatsticks

Posted on Fri, 7 December, 2012 by

It always pays to wander off the main tourist streets in London, and I expect the same is true of all major cities. Away from the crowds, on corners, in back alleys sometimes, you will find a different London. The … Continue reading →

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