Sky at night, actually dusk

So there it was,  I’d run out of potatoes,  that’s just short of a national emergency in my kitchen. Anyway en route to salvage the situation as I turned a corner thIs beautiful sky revealed itself. There’s something special about living in east London for some reason we occasionally get these special skies over the A406 the North Circular. 

So there’s two lessons learned, one don’t run out of potatoes and two always have a camera handy.

Just to put your mind at rest the potatoes, baked,  turned out to be a great success.

Night n’ day…

 Waldringfield, Suffolk.. I’ve mentioned in a previous post ‘a perfect Sunday morning’ sunshine, blues skies etc. But when the sun is reflecting on the river Deben change the picture to black and white and it introduces some drama as well. 

A day off from the gallery, a drive in the country, a perfect Sunday morning…peace and quiet in Suffolk. Just wandering along the banks of the river Deben, blue sky, birdsong and  just finished a full english breakfast., what more is there in life….
#suffolk
#peaceandquiet 
#riverdeben 
#waldringfield

Time flies..

Time flies as they say...
I originally started this blog as part of the 'daily photo' group, now time has flown by and other projects, other social media has taken over. Ten years later when curiosity urged me to look back at my work I was amazed to find almost a million people had stopped for a look at the site, 
So now I intend to bring it back to life, in a slightly different format, not daily anymore but with  regular posts not just about Wanstead but further afield and with a variety of my photographs...
As you can see from the photograph above I haven’t aged at all 😂, many thanks to Sharon Bonner for making me look decent in front of one of my favourite pictures in our gallery of a curious Spitalfields cat. 

I hope you continue to enjoy the site.

                              Geoff

 

 

 

A LITTLE CHANGE..

Wanstead Daily Photo is joining with Geoff Wilkinson Photography for a while, just click on the link to go straight through..just click here

OPENING NIGHT AT 84....

Saturday night at our Gallery was fantastic...The Mayor of Redbridge, Gurdial Bhamra kindly came along to announce the winner of the photography competition and draw the raffle tickets. You can get a flavour of the evening below and see the winning pictures later this week...

Many thanks to Chris D' Souza for the smashing pictures of the evening...

The winner Colin Murphy with the Mayor

WALL SPACE..

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..as you can see from the picture above the long awaited photography exhibition in now on the Gallery wall and open for everyone to see. The photographs we are exhibiting are by 13 local photographers and as I said the other day there are some smashing pictures to be seen. Each photographer is exhibiting three pictures one of which is of Wanstead, I am delighted to say we have thirteen completely different views of Wanstead. One of the things I love about photography is the way we all see things differently...

Although the exhibition is now open Wednesday to Saturday 10.30 till 5pm and Sunday 10.30 till 4pm the opening night is  next Saturday. 

If you live in Wanstead or just passing through stop for a few minutes and have a look as these lovely pictures...

We are also raising money for out local childrens hospice Haven House who do fantastic work. If you'd like to help with an online donation click here and go through to the donations page.

You can find the exhibition here:

Geoff Wilkinson Photography

Gallery eightyfour,

84 Nightingale Lane,

Wanstead,

London E11 2EZ

JUDGEMENT DAY...

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....not in that sense of course...What you see in the above picture are some of the photographs that we are putting on display starting September 3rd at the Gallery. They are all by local photographers, I can tell you there are some lovely pictures that will be going on the wall. The reason they are spread out over the floor? Well to add a little spice to the exhibition there is also a competition, I wasn't the judge I hasten to add, the winner, you'll have to wait until the opening evening 6pm till 9pm on September 10th to find out that. 

We are also raising money for Haven House a local 
children's hospice who do fantastic work. If you'd like to make an online donation to this very worthy cause you can just click here to go through to the Haven House donations page.

EVENING TIME...

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I had a stroll the other evening, nowhere in particular. I did however end up wandering past a floodlit Christ Church. The spire looked beautiful framed by the trees on Christchurch Green....

BUTCHERS...

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...unless you are a Wanstead resident you probably won't be too excited by the arrival of The Ginger Pig on our High Street. Wanstead folk are however especially as we have lost our old butcher. It's a great shop with a wonderful display and selection of meats, I can personally vouch for the sirloin steak, delicious. Being one of the world's leading experts on sausage roll eating I can say they too are just wonderful...

...anyway before I get too carried away raving about food I was also struck by this lovely brass name and pig motif set in tiles at the entrance. As I'm always telling anyone who will listen you must look up and look down not just straight ahead otherwise you might miss something... a very stylish entrance..

A LITTLE...

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....obessed when it comes to bridges. You may have seen this bridge before, its quite near my home. Some days the sun goes down and you get a magical sky behind it,  then it's transformed for a short period  from a bridge to a sculptural form...

.....and you should see the bridge I have just found, a picture later this week hopefully...

PEEKING....

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A lovely surprise earlier today... I came across this solitary sunflower peeking out from behind a tree in Wanstead High street. There by accident or design I don't know but it's certainly  very welcome...

A FLEETING MOMENT...

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I popped out for a stroll a little earlier, a wonderful evening, warm but not too much so. The half moon had a haze around it and just for a few moments there was a remarkable sky....

HEEEEEEERES JOHNNY....

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....if you are off a certain age you may well recognise the phrase in the title, it comes from the Johnny Carson show in America.

This is of course a completely different Johnny in the picture. I found him strutting his stuff and saying hello to anyone passing  in Woodford Bridge yesterday. He lives I believe in  Hairy Hounds the very handy pet and garden supplies shop. We had a little chat  but obviously it was a bit one sided although he did say 'hello' a lot... 

LOOKING EAST....

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Typically we all look to the West when watching the sun set, I think this applies all over the world. The other day I looked in the opposite direction towards the East and found this amazing cloud formation. I love the way the colour changes dramatically the closer you get to the horizon...

V SHAPED...

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There have been some fabulous skies over Wanstead lately especially at sunset. This evening was no exception, I really like the 'V' shape created by the trees with the colour behind and the clouds above....

WHAT....WATER TANKS !!!!

What  do you do with old, unwanted water tanks that you have salvaged from skips? Wanstead guerrilla gardner Marion Temple had a fabulous idea, you fill them with plants, paint them up and hey presto it's going to be another wonderful displays of lovely flowers next year. You can see them at the junction of Harrier Avenue and Mansfield Road just by Wanstead Station.....

CELEBRATION...THE QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY..

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I came across this wonderful couple as I left the Gallery late this afternoon, I just had to stop and ask if I could take their picture. As you may know there had been a 'Patrons picnic lunch earlier in the day in The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace with 10,000 people attending. This couple were just returning when I spotted them, they are Dennis and Edna Stinchcombe, both MBE's by the way, from Bristol but   enjoying the delights of Wanstead for a few days. They are members of The Royal Society of St George, the Patron being Her Majesty the Queen as you can see by the flags and hampers they had a wonderful time despite the rain...

SPOTTY..

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...it's very hard to resist photographing a car bonnet after a shower of rain..

LOVELY...

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...walking along Stanstead Road the other day I came across this beautiful Wisteria, with a little blue sky behind it seemed perfect...