Theme of the Month

June 2005 - Windows

Boats in waiting for water, windows in many sizes, Wyre Piddle, Worcestershire: June 28th.

Home from home - the reflected sign offers "Funeral Outfits, Ready Made or at Short Notice" - North Piddle, Worcestershire: June 27th.

Bright shiny windows on the bus to Skeggy, Horncastle: June 23rd.

Hardware, Horncastle: June 23rd.

An antique antique shop in a town of antique shops, Horncastle, Lincolnshire: June 23rd.

Window of opportunity, Pershore: June 20th.

Jean's, a Pershore institution: June 19th.

A promise of hospitality, Leyton Orient Football Club: June 18th.

Discriminating against the visually impaired? Leyton: June 17th.

Product placement, Pershore: June 14th.

Window on a shepherd's lambing shelter, Kingston Lacy: June 12th.

View from the laundry, Kingston Lacy, Dorset: June 12th.

A window in three sides - a religious symbol or a Victorian foible? Peckforton Castle: June 8th.

A badger emulating Henry Wallis's painting "Death of Chatterton", Peckforton Castle, Cheshire: June 9th.

Arrow slit, Peckforton Castle. Cheshire: June 9th.

Bunbury Locks on the Shropshire Union Canal: June 9th.

Not the real thing - a window in a set I'm lighting in Leyton, London: June 8th.

Turbo train at Evesham station, waiting for a late running (surprise! surprise!) London bound train to cross: June 8th.

The old scout hut/village hall at Throckmorton in Worcestershire. There are plans to demolish and replace it. Will the new version have lace curtains at the windows? June 7th.

Hi-tech windows, sealed against the world, HBOS Bank, Gresham Street, London, June 4th.

A source of stuffed shirts for bankers? Gresham Street, London, June 4th.

Royal Bank of Scotland, Poultry, London, June 4th.

Through the arched window, Hazelwood Castle, Yorkshire, June 2nd.

Arms and another arched window, Hazelwood.

A sunlit wall and a window ajar, Hazelwood.

The other side of the ajar window, artificial light on standby.

Late night at the chippy, Tadcaster, June 2nd.

The catalyst for this month's theme was having to wait around for a lighting set-up I was directing in Yorkshire to kick off. The location and the evening light was enough to spur the muse.

Present day photographs for 'Theme of the Month' are taken with either a Sony DSC-V1 or a Nikon D70 digital camera. Pictures prior to 2004 were shot with a variety of Canon and Nikon 35mm cameras and lenses.