Category Archives: Galleries

Snowbound

11th July 2013Galleriesabstract, Iceland, landscape, river, snow, snowboundnickminers

A sequence of three images taken in Iceland last year, where a river was cutting through several inches of snow.
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Little Britain

7th April 2013GalleriesBretagne, Brittany, celtic, celts, clouds, coast, Cornouaille, Cornwall, France, gallery, photography, prints for sale, Quimper, sea, silhouettenickminers

A military monument at Cap de la ChÃ¨vre on the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, France (click to view full size)

Believe it or not, ‘Little Britain’ is one of the many names given to the French region of Brittany. This ties in with the French name for it, ‘Bretagne’, as compared to their name for Great Britain, ‘Grand Bretagne’. Settled by migrants from Cornwall and other Celtic regions of the British Isles, Brittany has its own distinct identity and even has its own language, Breton (or Brezoneg) which is very similar to Cornish.

I recently visited on a family holiday, staying in the region known as ‘Cornouaille’ in the south west of Brittany, near the city of Quimper. Some photos are online on my site, and all are available to buy as prints. Please feel free to have a browse by clicking here.

Fine dining

15th March 2013GalleriesAngler, Apex Temple Court, Birmingham, Bloomsbury Hotel, CitizenM, Corner Room, dining, Flemings Mayfair, hotel, Hotel Indigo, hotels, London, NH Kensington, restaurants, South Place Hotel, Town Hall Hotelnickminers

Many hotels pull out all the stops when it comes to their restaurants. Given that most of them are open to the public as well as paying guests, they are likely to be seen by more people than any other part of the hotel, so it makes sense to make them look as good as possible. Here are some of my favourites from the past year.

I should add that these photos wouldn’t have been possible without the lovely people at Hotel Tonight who had faith in me and signed me up as their London hotel photographer. In the course of my work with them I’ve been to some amazing places.

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CitizenM London Bankside's dining area — CitizenM London Bankside’s dining area

Flemings Mayfair's extravagant restaurant — Flemings Mayfair’s extravagant restaurant

The restaurant in the Bloomsbury Hotel, London

Top floor restaurant at Hotel Indigo in Birmingham

The Corner Room at the Town Hall Hotel, London

London's Apex Temple Court hotel — London’s Apex Temple Court hotel

Some more impressive hotel lobbies

12th March 2013Galleriesarchitecture, Birmingham, CitizenM, Conran, Hempel Hotel, hotels, interior design, interiors, London, South Place Hotel, Staying Cool, the Rotunda, Town Hall Hotelnickminers

Well, while I can’t quite match the impressive hotels seen on the Telegraph’s travel page, I CAN share with you some of the best ones I’ve visited in the past year or so. Here are some of my favourites, in no particular order.

The Town Hall hotel in Bethnal Green is full of Art Deco highlights, such as that cubic clock, the marble pillars and the star on the floor.

The Town Hall Hotel in Bethnal Green, London

CitizenM London Bankside is the Dutch hotel chain’s first London based property. Guests check themselves in on arrival, and can relax in this ultra modern, eccentrically-lit rest area on the ground floor.

The South Place Hotel was designed by the world famous Conran partnership with wonderful detailing throughout, like the photomosaic tiling on the pillars and the log-pile wallpaper surrounding the slate fireplace.

London's South Place Hotel, in Moorgate — London’s South Place Hotel, in Moorgate

The Hempel Hotel is a minimalist’s dream, and after dark the lighting in the lobby changes colour to match the floral arrangement on the reception desk.

In Birmingham’s Rotunda, the Staying Cool apartments have a sparse, narrow corridor as the lobby, illuminated by long aluminium poles with colour-changing LEDs set into each one.