Author Archives: Alison

In late April, I spent a long weekend in Venice. While there, we went sightseeing, exploring, got lost, saw an Italian opera, had lots of good food, and learned to drive a gondola! Definitely somewhere I’d like to go again. 

Autumn mist shrouds Canterbury Cathedral in the morning:

The last sunrise I photographed in Bermuda was at Horseshoe Bay, on the morning that Hurricane Irene made its closest approach to the island. Luckily, the storm was quite far away and only resulted in increased winds and slightly larger-than-normal waves. The sunrise also appeared to be more colourful than usual, and the waves were [...]

In June, I photographed the Kent Union SummerBall for the second consecutive year (to see the 2010 photos, click here). Similar to last year’s event, it was a fun-filled night with live music from Clacket Lane, Everything Everything, McFly, and Tinchy Stryder, as well as fairground rides, food stalls, and multiple bars. Here are a [...]

Yesterday, a new section of Cooper’s Island Nature Reserve was opened. Since most of the new section is coastal, I decided to shoot it this morning at sunrise. I could have picked better timing though – today has the longest daylight hours of this year, so a 4.30am wake-up call was in order! A few [...]

Spring has to be one of my favourite seasons Unfortunately, it’s essay time and I haven’t had much time to take many photos lately, so I took a few quick snaps of these pretty spring flowers with my iPhone. Hey, the best camera is the one that’s with you, right?

On June 5, Kent Union held the annual SummerBall on the University of Kent campus. This year’s attractions included fairground stalls, bumper cars, food stalls, studio photographers, several bars, and various musical artists. The main acts were Keynestock winners History of the Trade (unfortunately I wasn’t able to shoot Keynestock this year, so check out [...]

A few more photos from recent trips to Bermuda:

Gloda brought me some tulips I took a few quick shots, then played around with the editing of them. Here are the results:

Over spring break, Gloda came to visit me in Bermuda. We spent most of the time playing tourist, going to the beach, and getting drunk off rum swizzle One morning, we decided to get up at 5am to shoot the sunrise on Southlands Beach. Ironically enough, it was the morning after we were supposed to [...]