Projects

Old Maps of Paris Gets Even Better

21st February 2012
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I launched my personal project oldmapsofparis.com a few months ago and it has been a huge success both technically and from the feedback of visitors to the site. When I launched the site I just wanted to get the maps up and online and at the time I didn’t create a home page. If you navigated to [...]

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New website done! Phew, I can get back to taking some photos

8th February 2012
New Website on the iPhone

I mentioned last week that I was updating my site and I launched the update over the weekend. I have focused my spare time on this the last few weeks since finishing the Darker Side of the Orchids project. Although I only recently relaunched the site back in October using an off the shelf theme, [...]

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The Darker Side of Orchids: The Vice

16th January 2012
The Darker Side of Orchids: The Vice

Now the orchids can play, without approval or obey. Inhaling pleasure to excess, Their downfall and demise is their quest. View the first and second images in the series.

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The Darker Side of Orchids: The Homicide

5th January 2012
The Darker Side of Orchids : The Homicide, 2012

As he warms himself by the fire, he catches a glance of his assailant’s reflection in the warm glass of the stove. Too late for him. The fire burns as the roots tighten around his neck. The orchids can now chase their prize and indulge in vice. View the first and final images in the series.

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The Darker Side of Orchids: The Heist

15th December 2011
The Darker Side of Orchids : The Heist, 2011

My wife has an obsession with Orchids and they seem to be slowly invading our house. As beautiful as Orchids are, on closer inspection I think you’ll find they have a darker side. Take their flowers for instance: their petals could be mistaken for the head of a cobra and if the resemblance to snakes was [...]

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Project: Old Maps of Paris (From 360 to 1937 AD)

11th October 2011

View Larger Map I have been working on a side project at work and in my spare time digitising some old maps I had, you can read more on the back story to these maps here. Basically leveraging the power of the Google Maps API and a little Ruby foo to generate the tile pyramid [...]

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Why I am releasing my images under Creative Commons

5th May 2011

creative commons is the way to go. It’s the reason I get 175,000 photo views per day. – Trey Ratcliff There seems to be more arguments against releasing your images with a creative commons licence than arguments for, and I want to put forward my case for releasing my images under that licence.

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Reflactions – An investigation into the world of reflections and refractions

31st March 2011
Self escape, 2010

I have been sorting through my various projects and I thought the first one I would put online was a project I did last year. This was the first project I have done with a specified theme from the outset that brings together a collection of images.

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