This band is so cool. They play in Southampton every now and again and we always stay and watch. That is a beast of a beard on the banjo player!

Check them out. More photos on my flickr.

I’d forgotten how impossible it is to get into Salisbury. Took this whilst I was waiting outside Starbucks to meet Katie about some freelance. I also got another photograph of a girl in the window of Starbucks, but I think she was aware and creeped out. Shame.

Lovely weather we’re having.

Going back to work sucks.

Normally when you see road works, it’s all boring pneumatic drills and tarmac laying. Not this bad-boy; this is a beast of a drill. Nothing particularly special, but I like the framing, the colours and the overall industrial feel – even considering it was taken right outside a hairdresser!

I absolutely need some new lenses. A Nikkor 70-200mm f2.8 VR and a Sigma 10-20mm f4.5-5.6 would be lovely. Thanks!

I don’t use my camera nearly enough. I spent loads on it last year, then just didn’t use it, then I was alerted to a deviantart user named yellowpumpkin, who’s taken a photo every day for the last year, and some of them are totally amazing. I haven’t had chance to go through all of them, but he really inspired me to get out with my camera. This afternoon, not content with settling for bunny/girlfriend-related photos on the first day, I went for a wander up the Avenue in Southampton. Every day I drive down there, I see a little corner of amazing-looking graffiti that I always mean to check out, so today seemed like the perfect opportunity! …