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Peter Bryenton
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
I teach blind children to use computers.
Interests: When I am not earning a living, I enjoy my photography, guitar, ukulele, drawing, reading and writing. I've just started learning to play the piano. Then there's my garden hammock . . .
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Eulogy for Brian
Posted Dec 17, 2013 at QWERKY
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Coventry Cathedral
Posted Oct 28, 2013 at QWERKY
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Street photography by Henry C Miller
Posted Sep 9, 2013 at QWERKY
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Not to be taken
Posted Aug 2, 2013 at QWERKY
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Thanks Steve. I enjoy reading your posts.
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De-escalation
Shopping: I'm very much a bloke about it. Target identified, fast sortie planned, take gift vouchers with me, dive in & out quickly, return to base with one new "Oxford" cotton shirt, button-down collar, mission accomplished. I haven't blogged for a while. I find the simplicity and immediacy of ...
De-escalation
Posted Jul 1, 2013 at QWERKY
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More than mere tulips
Posted May 25, 2013 at QWERKY
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To be continued
Posted May 23, 2013 at QWERKY
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Handy: yes indeed, thank you.
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Wet into wet, and horrid greens
It may seem ironic that on a crappy afternoon (weatherwise) of cold, pouring rain, I got my watercolours out, the better to practice what my teacher has been showing me. Thankfully there's a patch of metaphorical sunshine piercing the sodden, dishwater-grey skies, because my friend and talented ...
You have been awarded a merit mark, thank you Donna.
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Wet into wet, and horrid greens
It may seem ironic that on a crappy afternoon (weatherwise) of cold, pouring rain, I got my watercolours out, the better to practice what my teacher has been showing me. Thankfully there's a patch of metaphorical sunshine piercing the sodden, dishwater-grey skies, because my friend and talented ...
There's one in the title Steve. Its purpose is to remove any possible ambiguity. Without it, the greens would become wet and horrid. I'm not fussed really, it was simply the basis of yet another silly discussion around the staff room table with the English department recently. Some of WHOM may be reading this ;-)
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Wet into wet, and horrid greens
It may seem ironic that on a crappy afternoon (weatherwise) of cold, pouring rain, I got my watercolours out, the better to practice what my teacher has been showing me. Thankfully there's a patch of metaphorical sunshine piercing the sodden, dishwater-grey skies, because my friend and talented ...
Thanks M.
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Wet into wet, and horrid greens
It may seem ironic that on a crappy afternoon (weatherwise) of cold, pouring rain, I got my watercolours out, the better to practice what my teacher has been showing me. Thankfully there's a patch of metaphorical sunshine piercing the sodden, dishwater-grey skies, because my friend and talented ...
Wet into wet, and horrid greens
Posted May 14, 2013 at QWERKY
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Thank you Michael. Ill open a help ticket with the Typepad techno-dudes about that rss feed glitch. Best woshes, Peter.
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VW Bits
More at: http://www.backspac.es/r/bDrDCzSzf4
Thank you Christian. Im pleased youve enjoyed your visits. Best wishes, Peter.
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Tiger Moth
This is a false-colour infra-red photograph of a Tiger Moth flying at Duxford airfield. I snapped it last Sunday from such a safe distance that I wished I'd had a longer lens. A trip in a classic biplane like this one is still an item on my bucket list.
Thanks Steve. I enjoy looking at your photographs and reading about where/why you took them.
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Mirrors
As a small boy, long before I bought my first camera, I already had a fascination with light. I played with magnifying glasses, torches (flashlights, not flambos: I was only five years old), mirrors and coloured cellophane sweet wrappers. So I started looking at the world early, captivated by li...
Mirrors
Posted May 13, 2013 at QWERKY
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Thanks Steve. Yes, a theme for the day. I havecalso called these little pointers strands.
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#hashtag focus
On dull days, both weatherwise and moodwise, holding a favourite hashtag in focus in my head usually opens up picture-making possibilities. Red and black is one of my favourite colour schemes. #redandblack
Helpful, thanks Donna. That must be an FDA scheme. We have similarly informative food labelling laws here in the UK. Didnt stop the great beef cockup recently though {:/(
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GM
I enjoy reading science fiction. I saw some strawberries on sale today. I wondered about genetically modified crops ...
Thank you Donna. It took me a little while to get back into the square format. Hadnt used it since Rolleiflex in pre-history!
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Fully present
Walking through a graveyard can focus the mind on what a Cognitive Behaviour Therapist might call "being fully present". Or, as an Irish friend of mine often used to tell me: "We're a long time dead Peter". This is life. It is not a rehearsal. We should make the most of it while we're here.
Thank you Donna. One of my favourite Mother Natures lighting setups.
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Contrast
It wasn't only the stormy evening lighting at Gloucester Quays last night which shouted about contrast; the architecture also told stories woven from bright new luxury apartments threaded with the dereliction of disused warehouses.
Thanks Donna. Now you can be sure theres always something good on the telly {;/)
Backgrounds
The choice of background for a simple e-card is a personal one. Here the same tulips in identical light are shown against both a light and a dark background. A switched-off TV made a quick and easy dark tone. A cream coloured wall gave a light tone.
http://instagram.com/p/ZLE-dcEYuA/
#hashtag focus
On dull days, both weatherwise and moodwise, holding a favourite hashtag in focus in my head usually opens up picture-making possibilities. Red and black is one of my favourite colour schemes. #redandblack
#hashtag focus
Posted May 11, 2013 at QWERKY
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Fully present
Posted May 8, 2013 at QWERKY
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