The Littlewoods building, off Edge Lane.  Awesome building, shame it’s still empty.

Complete departure from my normal type of photography but this is one of the fox cubs that have appeared in our garden with his mum.  There’s two cubs, this one (Max) and his timid little sibling who so far nameless and is a lot more camera shy.  They appear twice a day – just when the sun is coming up and just when the sun is going down.  Trying to get photos of them has given me a new found respect for wildlife photographers – trying to get a photo of a rapid ball of fluff in almost always terrible light has proved to be a real challenge, albeit a new and different one for me.

As I recently sold my zoom lens, I decided to try a service that had been recommended to me by some other photographers – lensesforhire.co.uk.  I picked the Nikon 18-200VR as I’m in need for a general zoom lens – the service so far has been excellent, the lens turned up when promised in a secure box with all the necessary accessories.  Assuming the lens goes back ok, it’s definitely a service I’ll be using again.

I noticed this tree encircled by daffodils on a walk around in Sefton Park today – there are loads of them in the park, I seem to have missed them in full bloom as they mostly seem to be on the wane but was still a nice thing to see.  Looked like a lovely day outside but it was actually freezing!

Nautica, on the front at Hoylake, Wirral.

Taken at Mossley Hill train station, bored waiting for a train to Warrington.

I’ve had this shot kicking around for a while but given that’s it Valentines Day on Sunday, I thought it was appropriate to post now.

This shot was taken at the beach at Formby and I’d like to dedicate it to my gorgeous fiancee Sian, who puts up with me wandering around places like Formby for hours at a time, normally in the freezing cold, looking for interesting shots and does so without complaint.  She’s my biggest fan and my biggest critic and I’d be lost without her.

I took this photo at Hoylake a couple of weekends ago – I haven’t been so cold in a long time!  I was struggling to get steady shots with a tripod as I was dithering so much – there was a mother and daughter there at the same time trying to get the same shot but with a tiny compact camera – after many attempts and much swearing, they eventually gave in.  I like the dampening effect that fog has on the surrounding area – it was so quiet it was eerie.  Bitterly, bitterly cold day.

Last of the snow posts – it’s weird how permanent the snow seems when it first falls and yet it’s gone so quickly – it’s also odd how fast the snow goes from “Oooooh, pretty!” to “Pain in the arse this snow, can’t wait for it to melt!”.

Anyway, back to the shot – I liked how the blue of the umbrella stood out against the snow but sat nicely with the sky.  This is another shot from Calderstones Park, a madly popular place when the snow falls.

Apologies for the puntastic title – not had a chance to get out shooting for a while so have one from the snow days, this is one of the lovely old trees in Calderstones Park. 

These shots are taken in two churchyards local to me – Bishop Eton, Childwall and St.Peter’s in Woolton.  I noticed how fetching Bishop Eton looked in the snow and then decided to walk to Woolton to have a look around St.Peter’s, which seemed like a good idea at the time but by the time I’d back I was absolutely in bits!

I’m not religious myself but I’ve got an endless fascination for churches, churchyards, graveyards etc – I think this stems back from being taken to see the two cathedrals in Liverpool when I was little by my grandparents, I particularly remember the sheer scale of the Anglican and the unusual light in the Catholic cathedral.  Anyway, both churches have lovely churchyards and are well worth taking a look if you’re ever in the area (St.Peter’s also has the ‘Eleanor Rigby’ grave)