Fran Carlyon

Laughing Stock (Rich Chapman)

Pat Lyons, beat poet

Tea Vision (Tim Keech)

Great to have the return of Tea & Oranges on Saturday night, now at the Fickle Pickle in Westcliff, with @francarlyon.bandcamp.com, Pat Lyons, Laughing Stock and Tea Vision.
FWIW, a few of my photos, many more available on FB.
#SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #gig #photography #Southend

My first time back at Southend's Railway Hotel since it reopened, there for the Tuppenny Bunters NYE extravaganza. Great to see them play back at their old home and be surrounded by plenty of the old regulars, amongst some newcomers
#Southend #RailwayHotel #gig #photography #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm

Great to be back at The Shacklewell Arms for the excellent German trio Painting on Friday night.
Lighting was a bit tricky with no front spotlights in use, relying on luminescent outfits/masks & background filler lights instead.
#photography #SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm #livemusic #London

A few of my photos from last night's excellent gig by Rosie Frater-Taylor at The Fickle Pickle Club, as part of this year's Southend Jazz Festival
#SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #jazz

A few of my photos from a great night at the Waiting Room in London with Beautify Junkyards, currently touring the UK, recommended.
#psych #kosmische #CanonFD #100mm #Sonya6500

Moreton Corbet Castle, UK
#Nature #Outdoors #landscape
#sony #sonya6500 #sonyworldclub #sonya6500camera #sonya6500club #sonyphotography #Photography

Moreton Corbet Castle, UK
#Nature #Outdoors #landscape
#sony #sonya6500 #sonyworldclub #sonya6500camera #sonya6500club #sonyphotography
#Wales #BlackandWhite #Photography

Wilddogs of the Lower Zambezi, Zambia
#wilddogs #sony #sonya6500 #zambia #wildlife #wildlifephotography #safari #lowerzambezi

Table Mountain from Bloubergstrand, Cape Town, South Africa
#capetown #bloubergstrand #sony #sonya6500 #zeisslens

The Milky Way over the Mississippi River Valley #sonya6500 #photography #astrophotography #lowlightphotography #lowlight #space #milkyway

Daisies at sunset #photography #sonya6500 #digitalphotography #sunset #flowers #mirrorless #35mm #zeiss

Hey SONY E-MOUNT users, this nifty #Rokinon 85/1.4 manual-focus lens is still available - it's SHARP! 🙂 This would be a great lens for portraits and candid moments! #PortraitLens #FastGlass #SonyA1 #SonyA7IV #SonyA6500

Photoshoot in Benidorm⁠
@gabriela.marian2⁠
#sony #sonya6500 #sonyworldclub #sonya6500camera #sonya6500club
#sigma56mmf14 #sigma56mm14 #sigmadcdn56mm #sigma56mmf14dcdn ⁠
#portrait #womenportrait #outdoorportraits #outdoorportrait ⁠
#shootmodel #shootmodels⁠
#internationalphotographer⁠

Long exposure of a drive by car with red tail lights and white-yellow headlights steak across the bottom of the image with stars above in a bright blue night sky and fireflies speckling the dark treeline just above the light streaks near the bottom of the image

We went to our closest dark sky park to observe nature’s lights for Independence Day (US) and this capture was my favorite of the evening.

Taken on #SonyA6500 with 20mm lens at F2.8 for 10 seconds at ISO 1000.

#Astrophotography #NaturePhotography #LightPainting #stars #Fireflies #NightPhotos

Leigh-onSea Railway Station, with The Shard and Dockland's buildings in London visible on the horizon

Southend pier, the longest pleasure pier in the world, stretching out 1.33 miles into the Thames Estuary. The Kent coast is visible on the horizon.

Southend pier again, with the Maunsell Forts and Kentish Flats wind farm on the horizon.

Bell Wharf, in Old Leigh

Some views from Sunday, atop the St. Clement's Church's 80-foot west tower, in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.
#SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #photography

Weaving in Purgatory, playing a violin

Wendy Solomon of Dave Woodcock and The Fixtures, playing bass guitar

Dawnette Fessey singing with A No Good Woman & The Kingsnakes. The crowd is reflected in her sunglasses

Ozlem Simsek playing a mini harp in St. Clement's Church, as part of Emma Reed's "Leigh In C" ensemble performance of Terry Riley's "In C"

A few of my photos from another ridiculously hot day, at Sunday's Leigh-on-Sea Folk Festival. With Weaving in Purgatory, Wendy Solomon, Dawnette Fessey and Ozlem Simsek.
#SonyA6500 #100mm #CanonFD #photography #LFF2025 #Essex

Drift at the Fishermen's Chapel

Isabel Inkcap in Leigh Library Gardens

The Ondines at Café Bar Hogar Del Mar

Veryan Weston, playing the chapel organ at the Fishermen's Chapel

FWIW, a few of my photos from a ridiculously hot day at Saturday's Leigh Folk Festival, with Drift, Isabel Inkcap, The Ondines and Veryan Weston.

#SonyA6500 #100mm #CanonFD #photography #LFF2025

Caroline Kraabel, playing her saxophone

John Butcher, playing his saxophone

Khabat Abas, playing her cello

Tom Mills, playing the Theremin

The final Konsztrukting Soundz until September at the Fishermen's Chapel in Leigh-on-Sea last night, with Caroline Kraabel, John Butcher/Luigi Marino/Mark Wastell Trio, Khabat Abas and Tom Mills.
#SonyA6500 #CanonFD #100mm #improv

Photoshoot in Benidorm⁠
@gabriela.marian2⁠
#sony #sonya6500 #sonyworldclub #sonya6500camera #sonya6500club
#sigma56mmf14 #sigma56mm14 #sigmadcdn56mm #sigma56mmf14dcdn ⁠
#portrait #womenportrait #outdoorportraits #outdoorportrait ⁠
#shootmodel #shootmodels⁠
#internationalphotographer⁠

The penultimate Konsztrukting Soundz at the Fishermen's Chapel before the summer break was quite something on Saturday, with RM23's debut and the Noisy Women Present collective.
www.noisywomenpresent.co.uk

#SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm #improv #Essex

Daltons Fen singer

Damo singer

Lois from I Knew These People singing, with Sarah playing bass guitar

Tea Vision

The final Tea & Oranges for a while last Saturday at The Moonraker in Westcliff, going out in style with Daltons Fen, Damo, I Knew These People & Tea Vision
#SonyA6500 #CanonFD #50mm #Westcliff #Essex

Silhouette of a bird perched on a branch with an orange and red sky

It’s called an anhinga or “devil bird”aka the snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey…

#Anhinga #WaterTurkey #DevilBird #SnakeBird #DarterBird #Bird #sonyalpha #sonya6500 #bealpha #Procreate #ProcreateArtist #GradientMapping

Video available at www.instagram.com/reel/DEd9qYe...

Back in February 2022, I crafted this custom Saffiano & Alligator cardholder. Now, three years later, it’s back in town with its owner. Seeing my work after years of real-world use is always a pleasure.

#photography #tools #leatherwork #leathercraft #sony #sonya6500 #sonyalpha

Black and White Portrait
#photography #sony #sonya6500 #sonyworldclub #sonya6500camera #sonya6500club #sonyphotography
#black #monochrome
#blackandwhitephography

#photography #tools #leatherwork #leathercraft #sony #sonya6500 #sonyalpha

Got these new cool brass thread snippers from Crimson Hides. Had to make a fancy case for them 😅

#leathercraft #leatherwork #handmade #brass #tools #photography #photos #sony #sonyalpha #sonya6500

I like to think that I'm just releasing the wallet from the shell cordovan. WIP

#leatherwork #leathercraft #wallet #wallets #photo #photography #shellcordovan #cordovan #sony #sonyalpha #sonya6500

Angela Hui Wai Nok playing a Korg synthesizer

Charlotte Keeffe playing her trumpet

LUFT playing saxophone

Bohman Brothers blowing through the wrong end of a horn instrument

A few photos from another evening of improv/experimental Konsztrukting Soundz on Saturday at the Fishermen's Chapel, The Bohman Brothers, Charlotte Keeffe, LUFT & Angela Hui Wai Nok
#SonyA6500 #CanonFD100mm #improv #Leigh-on-Sea #Essex #avant-garde

Just some casual bell skiver footage. I love this machine

#leatherwork #leathercraft #tools #wallets #machines #sony #sonyalpha #sonya6500

Painted vs burnished

#leather #leatherwork #leathercraft #wallet #wallets #handmade #details #sony #sonyalpha #sonya6500 #photos