Swindon in the Sky

From the vantage point of the roof of the Signal Point building, Swindon's lights, shapes and streets all shine in the rush hour.

The Long & The Tall of It

Here's a portrait of fellow photographer Jordy Day taken during yesterday's visit to the forecourt of Swindon Railway Station. Fellow photographer Ed Howell and I are keen to take more portraits as the project goes on, of the Britannia workers, passengers, and station staff.

The strange contrast of this picture is that it was taken 12 vertigo-inducing storeys up on the roof of the Signal Point building, Jordy is shorter than me, but is as high as I am on a ladder. Perspective, sight lines and expectations are all being skewed!

The question is, can you spot which camera she's using to get the great view down onto Swindon on that sunny afternoon?

Bite-Sized building Update

Here's a view taken today from the roof of Swindon railway station, the Signal Point office building, of the forecourt works below.

Looks like a giant game of Tetris!

Off to photograph another railway station tomorrow, the chocolate-box delight of St Pancras International.

Images of Swindon and St Pancras arriving soon!

From The Archives... London in 2005

Every photo has a story and this first one I've picked from the archive is no different. Taken from the window of an Air Canada Boeing 767-300 plane on approach to London Heathrow, if it hadn't been for snow, it wouldn't have happened.

I was returning from a holiday to Toronto, in the second week of the new year and due to heavy snow and ice my flight was delayed, and delayed and delayed and eventually around midnight we left, London-bound.

After a 4 or 5 hour delay, plus the 7 hour flight, we prepared to land and were treated to a spectacularly beautiful winter's morning over London, I had my Pentax Optio S4 in my pocket and started madly snapping away as we quickly sped over the centre of the capital.

With Waterloo Station, the Southbank, London Eye, Westminister Bridge and the Houses of Parliament, after the overcast, snow-filled skies of Canada, the view through the small window was an announcement of sorts for passengers aboard, "you're nearly home."