2013 – Page 2 – Simon Hendy Photography

Toyah

02/11/201308/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

I went to see Toyah in concert the other day, playing at The Fleece in Bristol. "Anthem" was the second album I ever bought, back in 1981, but I've never see her play live before. I was in two minds about whether to go but a couple of colleagues saw her last year and said she was really good - and they were right, it was an excellent show. I took a some photos, just with the compact camera, some of which came out pretty well. I reckon I could have taken some pretty good shots with the SLR but venues don't like you using them. I also took some of one of the support acts (Alexa de Strange) as their guitarist was throwing some rock and roll shapes in front of me. ...

More Pinholing

29/09/201331/07/2018 By shendyNo Comments

I've had a couple more films of panoramic pinhole photos processed. These are from Clifton Suspension Bridge (pretty obviously), and a couple each from Hidcote and Abbey House Gardens. ...

Abbey House Gardens

25/09/201308/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

Sunday was the last of this year's clothes-optional day at Abbey House Gardens in Malmesbury. Not the best of days, but at least it was reasonably warm. The gardens perhaps weren't at their spring/summer peak but it was still good enough to get some decent shots, with some particularly good roses. The photos are completely work safe! ...

Bristol Harbourside and Suspension bridge

16/09/201308/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

I forgot to post these with the others - we also had a wander round the harbourside at Cumberland Basin and then went up to the Suspension Bridge and the Camera Obscura - something I've managed not to visit in the 17 years I've lived in Bristol. The Camera Obscura, not the Bridge. The Camera Obscura is for sale if you've got a couple of million quid to spare. There may be some overlap with the harbourside shots I took in March, so apologies for that....

Hidcote

15/09/201308/04/2015 By shendyNo Comments

The last trip of the week off was to Hidcote in Gloucestershire. SWMBO had never been been, while I last went over 10 years ago - having been a few times as a child. The lily pond is part of a family legend - from the time that The Brother managed to fall into it... The "bathing pool" had great photographic potential, if I'd had a step-ladder. The water was gently rotating, and a long exposure of the whole pool would have worked wonderfully with the circular blur....