The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Photography

  • Brownie

    In response to the prompt bookworm Interesting thing is the English language. How words can mean different things in different ways Grab the nearest book. Open it and go to the tenth word. Do a Google Image Search of the word. Write about what the image brings to mind That was the challenge , so…

  • Photography @ BASIC – Ed4

    A Morning of Still Life, 2nd March 2016 All shots taken by Brian F Kirkham at the Photography Class, Brain & Spinal Injury Centre in Salford (UK) Camera used in Session : Sony DSC – H300 with Tripod In this session we’ve been using the tripod and lights to create some close up still life photography.…

  • Captured

    Written in response to the daily post prompt : Screen Salford, 6th March 2016 The window to another world, That’s what one of my relatives called the Television when it first came out. Nowadays however, there seems to be screens on every bit of kit imaginable Laptops and Desktop Computers, Cameras, Video recorders, I pods…

  • This poem written by me, first appeared in the forward poetry title : New Beginnings. I’ve given it a little polish and decided to share – enjoy.     Like their glass friends The humble garden bulb Has sat quietly All Winter.   It’s waited for the signs, The first melted ice The dropping snow…

  • Out with the Samsung

    Originally posted on The Inkwell: Shots of the Mediacity & Quayside taken on a Walkabout of the Quays in Salford.  Camera used was my Samsung WB-250…the one I use as a backup for Panoramic Shots. IWM North Media City – BBC Salford IWM North The Lowry IWM North from Bridge House and Pier 6 Bridge…

  • In the Firing Line

    Tables Turned   I quite enjoy my photography lessons at BASIC (Brain and Spinal injury centre) in Salford, Well, I do most days…only last Wednesday was a little different. The subject was Portrait Photography – and I was one of the Models!!! It had been so easier behind the camera, One of the group sitting…

  • Through a Lens

    This weeks photography class at BASIC in Salford, involved taking photographs through an object.  The scenes were placed behind a Glass Ball and the pictures were shot through the ball.   The images obscured depending on the angle of the shots taken.  The Miniature image captured through the sphere a copy of the picture behind it.…

  • As you know, if you’ve followed this blog – I’ve been going to the Brain and Spinal Injury Centre in Salford to aid my recovery. As part of this I’ve engaged in Photography and Arts Classes run by the local College at the centre. The photography class still continues – despite a change in provision…

  • Photography @ BASIC – Ed3

    As regular readers of my Blog will know, I’ve been attending the Brain and Spinal Injury Centre (BASIC) in my Hometown of Salford , as I aim to address some of the issues linked to my Arrested Hydrocephalus. Apart from Regular sessions of Memory Workshops – I’ve been taking part in Photographic Classes as a…

  • Alphabet

    Alphabet A response to the Daily post Challenge – “Alphabet” (Photo taken by the Author, Camera used Samsung WB-250) Salford, 15th January 2016. The picture you see is a Mural , created by the artist Walter Kershaw.  It’s not the original, The original was taken down and replaced by the Trafford Park Development Corporation when…