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Audio-Visual 21: Leo & Davina's Wedding

A Hindu wedding in the heart of London, UK

I waited all year, knowing it would be a photographer's heaven.

 

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Leo and Davina celebrating the end of the ceremony.
We were invited to my wife's cousin's wedding.

Audio-Visual 20: A trip to the hospital

It's like visiting a small town

A visit to the hospital with my wife for her mother's bad tooth extraction.

 

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Walking down the hospital corridoors.
Walking down the hospital corridoors.

Slideshow 19: Café life in and around Exeter, Devon

On a weekly breakfast with a friend

I usually go for the smaller 'Full English'.

 

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This was a lovely cafe, we'll be going back.
This was a lovely cafe, we'll be going back.

Slideshow 18: A trip to the optician

Do aging eyes need glasses

Our yearly appointment to check our eyesight.

 

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I feel a little guilty but I couldn't resist.
I feel a little guilty but I couldn't resist.

Slideshow 17: A walk along the seafront, before going to the dentist

Some spare time before a dental appointment

How many can relax at the seaside before the dentist?

 

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Leo and Davina celebrating the end of the ceremony.
A young woman, staring out to sea.

Slideshow 16: Shellac gig, The Fleece Bristol, 2017

Math Rock at its finest

Wiki: "It is characterized (sic) by complex,
atypical rhythmic structures (including irregular stopping and starting),
counterpoint, odd time signatures, and extended chords."

 

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Steve Albini in classic guitar pose.
Steve Albini in classic guitar pose.

Slideshow 15: Travels in Thailand, 1986

Just before the tourism boom

26 years old and enough black and white analogue film to shoot one roll per day.

 

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A fellow traveller's hand behind their seat's headrest on a coach, travelling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.
A fellow traveller's hand behind their seat's headrest on a coach, travelling from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.

Slideshow 14: Photographs from an ordinary life

A mix of family life

Decorating, wood walks, cemetary, home life, supermarket, Teignmouth, Trago Mills.

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A woman shopping at a supermarket as seen through shelving units.
A woman shopping at a supermarket as seen through shelving units.

Slideshow 13: Waiting rooms and liminal places

Waiting rooms and spaces in-between

Those odd areas where together we wait for something to happen.

 

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The movement of a person through a liminal space.
The movement of a person through a liminal space.

Slideshow 12: Car Boot Sunday 2 parts

Both entertaining and crucial economically

They allow us to pass on, earn income and buy cheaply.

 

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Two women buying at a car boot.
Two women buying at a car boot.

Slideshow 11: The beach followed by our local carnival parade

Beach, carnival - what an aweful day

How lucky to be so close to so many good places.

 

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People in the street during a small town festival in Devon, UK.
People in the street during a small town festival in Devon, UK.

Slideshow 10: Friends, supermarket, beach and the lido

People, out and about

I am particularly pleased with the outdoor swimming pool photos.

 

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People lying around an open-air swimming pool.
People lying around an open-air swimming pool.

Slideshow 9: Driving to the train station to pick up Fiona

She'd come down from London on the coast train

My brother-in-law's partner, a sweetheart.

 

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Our friend Fiona sat in the car, returning.
Our friend Fiona sat in the car, returning.

Slideshow 8: A family trip to our local beach

A sunny day at the seaside in Devon, UK

Families at the beach with an aircraft display in the distance.

 

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Parents with their children, beach combing.
Parents with their children, beach combing.

Slideshow 7: A trip out with my wife to our local garden centre

Teign Velley Nursery on the Teign Valley Road, Devon

A small nursery with a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere.

 

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Wild flowers growing from the top of a stone wall.
Wild flowers growing from the top of a stone wall.

Slideshow 6: Car Boot Sunday

People selling their unwanted stuff

Once a week - some to sell, some to buy, some to just gawp.

 

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Animal skulls with the seller's hand pointing.
Animal skulls with the seller's hand pointing.

Slideshow 5: Car boots, garden centre and home life

This one is a mix of events

So you don't get bored, here's a mashup.

 

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My wife's leg in our garden.
My wife's leg in our garden.

Slideshow 4: Testing my new Fujifilm X-E1 camera

Black and White photos using this camera

Is

 

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A street scene in Devon.
A street scene in Devon.

Slideshow 3: Assessing a friend's HiFi equipment

All stacked in the attic

Everything from wind-up gramaphones to Elvis Presley albums.

 

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Looking into a dinning room from a corridor.
Looking into a dinning room from a corridor.

Slideshow 2: A seaside walk with my wife in Devon, UK

Teignmouth town seafront and pier

For many years our daughter's favourite playground and it's right at the seafront.

 

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Walking along the seafront beach.
Walking along the seafront beach.

Slideshow 1: Small Town Carnival in Devon

A town and its hinterland coming together

Once a year the floats come out to drive up and down the town and we all go out to gawp.

 

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A friendly dog coming to say hello.
A friendly dog coming to say hello.

 

 

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