Lost Daily
A project where I post one photo a day from my wanderings. And then try not to make sense of it.
On Aesthetically Pleasing Walls, Trouser Triplets and Mental Pictures
I'm trying something a bit different today. I'm going to talk through a photo, in the moment, as I'm taking it. The process and the narrative behind it. Right now I'm stood by a wall nervous about having my phone out. I've seen a lot here. It's an area folks smoke...
Street Of The Cobbled Cobblers
'Street Of The Cobbled Cobblers' I took some close up shots of these shoes but I think the context with the street works better. Shoes dangling from power lines - according to myth, maybe reality - signify a gang's territory, drug spot, or memorialise someone's...
Black and White Trees in Colour
'Black and White Trees in Colour' I love it when the weather is so murky and strange that it drains the landscape of colour. Thick, bright, vampire fog. I was shooting in colour but everything, in this moment, was monotone. Trees I've walked past a hundred times...
Pathogen Green
'Pathogen Green' I took this outside of one of my favourite haunts - an abandoned building so ridiculously big I've never worked out what it once was. It's nestled by a fast running stream and the trees surrounding it crowd and form a kind of witchy rainforest. At...
The Great Murk
'The Great Murk' This is my least favourite time of year. Sad skies, short days. The glow of the Christmas has long gone. The weather is just water vapour, different shades of drab. Everything is mud. Every time I go for a walk I return damp and covered in mud...
Pot of Cakes
'Pot of Cakes' I can confidently say that this is not today's best image. I have witchy silhouettes, an abandoned outdoor living room, moss, mushrooms, strange flags. All better images, aesthetically, and would look nicer on a wall but I like this silly shot for...
Three Fronts
'Three Fronts' Mentally I felt drained today so I forced myself to go out on a couple of photowalks. If I'm feeling tired or overwhelmed, getting outside, even if it's miserable, can help. When you have a busy brain, shifting your attention to dodging puddles and...
Church of the Terrace
'Church of the Terrace' I was up early this morning and went for a long walk. The sky was a white bleach and I stumbled upon a row of perfect terraced houses. The church peeped between the rooftops. It feels weird not posting in colour. I almost never think of it but...
The Mast
'The Mast' A fallow day, photography-wise, but the mast was pretty today.
Tall Birds Loitering Around a Giant Pile of Rope
'Tall Birds Loitering Around a Giant Pile of Rope' I took a different path on my evening when I saw this. Tall birds loitering around a giant pile of rope. I don't particularly love this photo, the composition is a bit mucky. But I remember the moment. It was so...
Dusty Sunrise
'Dusty Sunrise' For a few minutes the sunrise had a dusty, Mad Max feel to it today. I've been using my old zoom lens a lot recently. It's fine one off hobby shoots (I originally bought it for safari) but it only tends to gives me a hit ratio of around 20%, especially...
Spring Isn’t Here
'Spring Isn't Here' This is a sapling against a fairly mucky background, but every time I walk past it it's bathed in it's own light. I've really enjoyed the start of January. The clear blue skies, the misty days, the witchy moss and gnarled roots... ... but, I'm also...
Tree Line
'Tree Line' This continues my series of images that look-a-bit-black-and-white but aren't. There are definitely some 'better' shots from today's outing but I'm choosing this one because I fancied something calm and abstract. There was heavy mist today, which...
Stately Shadows
'Stately Shadows' I had an amazing, surreal adventure at a stately home for a special occasion today. As I wandered around the grounds snapping angles and shadows it struck me how few people were around. We had the place to ourselves, all the way to the horizon. It...
Sky Roof
'Sky Roof' Another beautiful, crisp January day. The reflection of the abandoned building in the canal looked pretty cool so I stopped a minute before catching my train.
Blue Shadows
'Blue Shadows' It was a beautiful day today. Brilliant blue skies. We left early and walked for hours. We noticed a coffee place on Google Maps with glowing 5 star reviews so we walked towards it. Quirky machinery and abandoned farm equipment lined the way. The kind...
Ghost Machine
'Ghost Machine' Today was one of the most enjoyable days I've had out with the camera in years. This beautiful, weird, witchy corner of the West Country is starting to feel like home now. I've noticed a shift takes place when I photograph an area repeatedly over weeks...
Water Forest
'Water Forest' It was a bitty day, photography-wise, but as so often happens when I'm least expecting it, something caught my eye. A copse of trees reflected on the water, as as the sky hit the golden hour. I've walked this way a hundred times but never seen the trees...
Moon Forest
'Moon Forest' A few weeks ago a full moon rose between perfectly two hills in a valley near me. It was sunset on a beautiful clear night. Reds, oranges, purple and a great, dusty space ball nestled in the hills. It's a spot I photograph almost every day....
Pink Signal
'Pink Signal' My obsession with the signal mast continues. Photographers talk about how you need something to anchor images, to give a sense of context and scale. A human silhouette looking wistfully into the middle distance. Maybe a glowing tent, nestled in a valley....
Block House
'Block House' I've wanted to take this shot before but the sky was always too cluttered. It's a Tetris of the architectural styles you find in this part of East London.
Modern Art is Rubbish
'Modern Art is Rubbish' I was happy when I saw this medley of (almost) primary colours splashed about on the pavement. I don't think it'll be strong enough for this month's final edit. The concept is there but it's not quite abstract enough. Too tethered to reality...
The Magic Bush
'The Magic Bush' It's strange out here, in the flats, after it has been scorched by the summer. Everything the colour of hay. It feels barren. The skies wild. I took a few shots this evening. None of them quite hit what I was after but this was nearest the mark....
End of the August
‘End of the August’ Goodbye August.
Cape Red
‘Cape Red’ A burst of red at dusk.
The Billow
‘The Billow’ Dramatic curtain in a field.
End of the Road
‘End of the Road’ In a field in Wiltshire.
Demo Meditation
‘Demo Meditation’ I don't love how this turned out but the kernel of an idea was there. I like the way this chap was lit up.
Wick Lift
‘Wick Lift’ Hackney Wick undergoing a major face lift,
Pink Park Pisa
‘Pink Park Pisa’ A Methodist church car park in Leytonstone showcasing their latest accidental art display.
London Zebra
‘London Zebra’ A sparse day today but caught this abstract in East London.
Stone Boxes
‘Stone Boxes’ It feels strange putting conventionally pretty things in this 'one a day' series. Part of me loves it. I'm passionate about capturing mundane moments and the strange, accidental alignment of things in everyday life... but I also love conventional beauty....
Sky Pollock
‘Sky Pollock’ A fleeting moment, during a beautiful sunrise, when an airplane trail crossed this strange, brush-stroke like cloud.
No Hot Chickens
‘No Hot Chickens’ A technical fault.
Sorry Jeffy
'Sorry Jeffy' Lots of Prince Andrew stickers appearing in London recently. This one by someone with a keen eye for colour and symmetry.
Swan Lake
'Swan Lake' I've shot this place a few times. It's a cove in a canal where a tiny little community has been built. They've expanded the space using delivery crates. The inhabitants might be Japanese because there's often a Japanese flag flying there. Today there were...
Tetris Calm
'Tetris Calm' I took 183 photos today. A few abstracts as well, which I quite like. I shot this one from an uncalm place, dangling my arms over the railings of an overpass, but the angles, lines and pastels make me happy.
Cocaine Carrots
'Cocaine Carrots' This moment came during a miserable walk on a sunny day along an A road. The framing's pretty rushed but I'm happy with the carrots, cocaine and suits hanging in the back of the car.
Birthday Train
'Birthday Train' It's rare day that I only take one photo. Today was one of them and I was at a birthday party. In the spirit of the 'one a day' project I'm posting what I have. Happy Birthday, James.
A Sermon From Eddie Balls
'A Sermon From Eddie Balls' It's thoughtful of Eddie - and shows strong organisational skills - to date his request.
Pants on Fire
'Pants on Fire' Summer is taking its toll on the trousers of East London.
Community Fails
'Community Fails' I've read this a few times and my brain still trips over the words. I think it's saying a nice and wise thing about community. If it isn't, I've failed. Either way, the colours are pleasing.
Ballet of the Marshes
'Ballet of the Marshes' I walk this route a lot and today for the first time these posts appeared, fully gowned, mid fox trot on the Hackney Marshes.
The Rubble Line
'The Rubble Line' Stratford in London is a great place to shoot because there's always something interesting going on. Mountains of rubble appear overnight. This is a strange time for my photography as I start the process of process of moving away from the metropolis...
Yellow Poo
'Yellow Poo' Got some pleasant photos today: swans, water, a beautiful vintage car. This was the one that stuck. Someone has walked miles up and down the canal dotting and circling every single dog poo with yellow spray paint and then writing 'poo' under it. The...
Cotswolds View
'Cotswolds View' Was in the Cotswold's today. Took a drive and snapped this.
Red Arrow
'Red Arrow' It's been a while since I posted art inspired by our ancestors' early work. Powerful use of red.
Man’s Best Friend
'Man's Best Friend' This appeared very briefly in Hackney Wick.
This Site Does Not Have Things
'This Site Does Not Have Things' This is a welcoming place and I felt at peace here.
Look the Other Way
'Look the Other Way' Someone had drawn a willy on a man's face, not far from here, and I wanted to post that today but this felt like a rarer find.
Red Cap
'Red Cap' There were more social commentary type shots from today's shoot but I'm a sucker for Brutalist architecture and dots of colour.
Trouser Suit
'Trouser Suit' I love moments like this. Unabashed public photo shoots. Extreme poses.
Artik Moon
'Artik Moon' Didn't take any photos until 8pm, when I suddenly realised I didn't have anything, and snapped the sky quickly. A last minute panic submission to stay on the one a day train.
Stay in Drugs
'Stay in Drugs' Like the Bee Gees song but harder to sing.
Happy Runner
'Happy Runner' I got a lot of shots today but this addition to the hoardings near Stratford station made me smile.
Beautiful, Peeling Mess
'Beautiful, Peeling Mess I love this wall. The people who live on this road probably hate it but it's always a beautiful, peeling mess and recently the tree bark has started mimicking it.
Camden Red
'Camden Red'
Street Santa
'Street Santa' The only photo I took today. Santa, wrecked, in the middle of summer.
Bodywork
'Bodywork' I'm not into cars but, looking at this series, seem to shoot them all the time. Mainly broken ones or old ones.
Bus Stop Alphabet
'Bus Stop Alphabet' Abstract bus stop happenings is another photographic series I'm working on. I've only got 4 or 5 in this series so far so I will 197 years old by the time the collection is finished.
Red and Green
'Red and Green' Rose petal and apple colour splashes in a Hackney algae puddle.
Master of Driving
'Master of Driving' Saw this and all I could think of was He-Man, Master of the Universe. I hope these two have met each other. Maybe at a superhero roundtable.
Bin Bear
'Bin Bear' I am haunted by this bear. The first time I saw him, 7 or 8 years ago, he was hanging out of a window in Farringdon. Since then he's appeared in, or dangling out of, a collection of different bins in East London. I like to think it's the same bear, working...
More Chairs, Less Problems
'More Chairs, Less Problems' The least aesthetically pleasing of today's shots but the one which most made me smile. The utility of chairs is underrated.
Be A Good
'Be A Good' I have a series of shots, like this, from the past 10 or 15 years where people have been given moustaches or devil eyes by creative wall scribblers (often outside Tescos, I've noticed). Hoping to put them together into a collection at some point.
Rusty Heron
'Rusty Heron' I hadn't realised, before doing this project, how much I love herons and how frequently I photograph them. They're such strange, delicate creatures. Never saw them as a child but in the last 10 years I've spotted them in the most unusual urban...
Careful Branch
'Careful Branch' Cautious messaging from the trees of Islington.
Morph Wick
'Morph Wick' A sighting of Morph on Hackney Wick.
Zone Ends
'Zone Ends' Thankfully this chap entered the scene wearing a red bandana. I was captured by the messed up sign but without bandana man it would have been boring.
The Fence
'The Fence' An ode to makeshift fences.
Halfway House
'Halfway House' I have a general rule where my photos of other people's art, like this, don't make the edit. So this is a bit of a stowaway. The last couple of days I've not had my camera on me as much as usual and only took a handful of shots. I'm posting them anyway...
Megaphone Billionaires
'Billionaire Chic' Part of an ongoing project where I document torn posters.
Orange Snake
'Snake of Orange' Shadowy abstract snakeathon.
House Move
'House Move' This was a day where I hit some luck. I took better photos than this with better light, composition etc but... I've picked out this one because I like the way it tells a story. A swirling, fleeting, chaotic scene that didn't exist the day before and had...
Concrete Heron
'Concrete Heron' I see herons everywhere in London. They are amazing. They look like strange, ancient relics. Urban pterodactyls, and I always stop and gawp when I encounter one. Thank you Brutalist backdrop.
Watery Wall
'Watery Wall' A puddle in a basketball court that's normally locked. I messed up the aperture, and some elements are not as sharp as I would have liked, but reflections are fun and have that house of mirrors charm.
Plastic People
'Plastic People' Metal music and plastic ponchos are the stuff of life.
Deconstructed Church
'Deconstructed Church' There are weird and wonderful things to be found in the Wolds.
Cow in Field
'Cow in Field' Being from the city it's a real treat to get to see and actual cow in an actual field. A somewhat placid, two dimensional creature.
Green Tumble
'Green Tumble' Feels odd posting something that isn't abstract, abandoned or silly but I spent a few days in the countryside and loved it. This is what green stuff and nature looks like.
The Blue Wall
'The Blue Wall' A smart car by a smart wall.
PS. Your Pigeons
'PS. Your Pigeons' I've never understood this graffiti. I have walked past it hundreds of times and always the PS sticks out. What is it for? Did the water level rise one day and mask something important? Today a group of pigeons framed the PS conundrum so I stopped...
Abandoned Boat
'Abandoned Boat' Reads: "This boat is not abandoned! This is our family's home that was set of fire. We are trying to rebuild" A sad story in a part of Hackney I walk past often. Noticing that an odd narrative has formed in the series of images from the last few days....
The Bend
'The Bend' Glorious form on this. Not your bog standard ruler straight depiction and strong detail with the smiley face.
Abortive Graffiti
'Abortive Graffiti' I've seen and recorded some strange graffiti - often angry, often divisive - in London but was surprised to see this in the UK. Spotted outside a car lot, next to some scrawling about god being disappointed with everyone.
Give Up
'Give Up' The world is littered with saccharine affirmations. Big fan of low motivation quotes like this. Thank you, Acton.
Sky Baskets
'Sky Baskets' I've had days, since I started this project, where I've loved the process of taking photos but not been massively excited when I've come to upload them. They've popped up on the screen and I've thought: "great, yet another shot for my 'happy rubbish'...
Best Ever Prawn Sandwich
'Best Ever Prawn Sandwich' This forms part of an ongoing project which follows my obsession with yellow lines. 'Best Ever Prawn Sandwich' felt quite bold proclamation given where I found it. Perhaps the owner of the sandwich was so bowled over by the exquisite taste...
Geometric Wick
'Geometric Wick' I like the art/graffiti on this building. It's not been there long, maybe a couple of years, but I always admire it when I walk past. A calm set of pastels and shapes to welcome you into the Wick.
Torn Faces
'Torn Faces' I have a series emerging, over the last decade or so, of torn faces. Rips, tears and general weather bothering make images that have been printed or replicated hundreds of times unique. They also retell whatever the original story was trying to...




























































































