By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Love him or hate him, Jeremy Clarkson is leaving his mark on the motoring journalism world. Among his numerous aphorisms, one states that a carefully renovated cottage should always have a classic British car parked in the drive. His argument was made during one of the more extraordinary episodes of Top Gear ever to be […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
After visiting monumental religious edifices such as Winchester, Notre Dame or Ely, approaching Gloucester Cathedral is a little underwhelming. It isn’t showcased by beautiful surroundings, set on a mound or particularly large. So, the long drive from Oxford suddenly feels like a waste of time. Inside, however … is photographer’s paradise. Your first sight, when […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
With my son off to study in Oxford, I’ve been visiting the Cotswolds regularly for the past few months and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, so glorious is that region for photographers. A couple of weeks ago, I published photographs of Westonbirt arboretum, in Tetbury, thinking that little could beat the […]
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By pascaljappy | Travel Photography
Just returning from a visit to my son in Oxford with 800+ photographs of the Cotswolds in my cards (what’s that? New InSight Guide in preparation? Yess!). It’ll take time to process and organise all this but, given the date, why not start with a small sample of pumpkin carving and orange house decorating? Ready […]
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By pascaljappy | Opinion
Is this a travel photo ? It was made during a very recent trip to Oxford (England), yet depicts a samurai that appears to be laughing. Or shouting. Many will claim that samurai have no relation to Oxford and that this image, therefore, is not a valid travel photo, such as one of the Radcliffe […]
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By pascaljappy | How-To
I recently spent 12 days in London (yeah, Volume 2 of InSight: London is on the way, with touristy routes explored to complete the Off the Beaten Track volume 1!). During my scouting of Canary Wharf, a pedestrian passage immediately shouted Space: 1999 ! When I returned home a searched for images of the Eagle […]
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Idling a couple of hours away over the Festive Season with a book of steam railway images*, I found myself looking at this photograph and wondering just where the coal had come from that the train was moving and whether it was destined for the power station in the background. I looked on Google Maps […]
Continue readingBy pascaljappy | News
Andy said we would all have our fifteen minutes of glory. Well this is her chance. As we were walking in one of London’s lovely parks, we found this big house with lots of people around it. The crowd seemed to be waiting, as in anticipation of something of biblical magnitude. And it happened! Guys […]
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