Brian’s Blog
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I have just published my AUTUMN STATEMENT. I thought I would release mine before the Chancellor’s. But don’t worry mine is not a financial report. Its just a way of thanking my supporters and loyal customers. Please have a read …..
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I gave a lecture at the University of Bangor last night to the Bangor Bird Club. It went very well, a lively and enthusiastic audience and it was great to have some 2nd year university students – studying zoology and ecology – come along to see my Freeze Frames talk. It was my first time…
‘The teeming autumn, big with rich increase’ to quote Shakespeare from his Sonnet 97, is so appropriate. This is a wonderful time of year for photographers. Today has been dull with thick overcast cloud, not a memorable start to November. There is however, an amazing palette of autumnal colors in our bushes and trees to…
This quote by Shakespeare says it all. Summer does not last long enough, and now British Summer Time ends tonight and our evenings will get longer and mornings will be darker. We’ve had a good year and a bit of an ‘Indian Summer’ with some beautiful sunshine in September. I travelled to a few new…
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Had a great trip up to the Lake District yesterday for my presentation to Keswick Lecture Society. It was a gorgeous sunny October’s day so I drove up in the morning and went straight to Castlerigg Standing Stones for a few photos. It was quite beautiful with the autumnal colours of the trees and the lichen…
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We have had some lovely sunsets recently. I photographed this one last night with a flock of starlings outside Alsager in Cheshire. Very autumnal with beautiful reds and pinks.
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Well the autumn equinox is back again, it seems no time since the last one. Basically today is the astronomical first day of Autumn, the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. This happened just after 9am this morning. So we can now look forward to wonderful autumnal colours in our…
89 year old Joe Oliver from Wallasey was Chief Stoker on HMS Astute back in the late 1950’s and 1960’s. On Sunday 20th Sep 2015 HMS Astute received the Freedom of Wirral. I saw Joe in the crowd watching the submariners parade in front of Wirral’s Mayor and dignitaries. After the ceremony I took Joe up…
It is well known that the humble blueberry is very good for you. With that in mind, I will shortly be working with a new provider of part time Adult Learning/Training Courses in Ellesmere Port and surrounding areas – Blueberry Learning and Development Ltd. From October 2015 I will be running two courses; ‘Improving Your Photography’ and ‘The Heat Is…
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My last post of a Wes Magee‘s poem combined with my images has had a fantastic response from many of you out there, with hundreds of views. So here is another of Wes’ poems entitled ‘Seagulls’ and one of my shots of these ubiquitous birds. Gulls actually inhabit all seven continents, amazing!! So there are literally…