Burnished

Submitted by Philip Storry on Fri, 27/01/2017 - 07:46

As I post this at the end of January, Autumn seems a long time ago. This particular photo was taken almost nine years ago, so that's moot.

I was importing old photos into darktable, and this one struck me as one that had gotten away...

Courting Angels

Submitted by Philip Storry on Fri, 20/01/2017 - 08:00

As always, I'm a sucker for a nice alignment, and the contrails follow the building's lines quite nicely. Combnie with some subtle reflections in the windows, and of course I'm going to find this to be the best photo of the day!

Invisible Man

Submitted by Philip Storry on Fri, 13/01/2017 - 08:00

I had an idea for a project about "the invisibles" - about homeless people just being walked past, as though they didn't exist. This photo was taken for that project at London Bridge early in the morning, back in 2007.

SMWS Outturn 247 - Awaken the Senses

Submitted by Philip Storry on Sun, 08/01/2017 - 19:06

For the new year, the SMWS has started as they mean to go on - with a release of sixteen superb whiskies!

Vague Memories of Steam

Submitted by Philip Storry on Fri, 16/12/2016 - 07:57

Whilst reviewing some photos, I noticed that the clouds in this one were strangely appropriate.

SMWS Christmas Parcels 2016

Submitted by Philip Storry on Sun, 11/12/2016 - 13:58

The Christmas Parcels list was an odd one this year.

The individual bottles were great, but the parcels were all flawed - every one had a bottle in it that I didn't like enough that I couldn't consider it. That's the danger of parcels - sometimes great, sometimes frustrating.

Kent House Station Ironwork

Submitted by Philip Storry on Fri, 09/12/2016 - 21:54

What remains of Kent House Station has some lovely ironwork on its platform pillars, typical of the Victorian need to embellish.

SMWS Gifts for Giving Outturn

Submitted by Philip Storry on Wed, 23/11/2016 - 20:42

This outturn is a little deceptive, giving as it does 60 drams - of which 45 are simply a recap of the previous three weeks!

SMWS Thrilling Outturn

Submitted by Philip Storry on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 21:10

The penultimate November outturn has a number of older whiskies, and covers a great breadth of flavour profiles.

SMWS Heart-Warming Outturn

Submitted by Philip Storry on Mon, 21/11/2016 - 20:01

This is the first of three November outturns, which - combined with a surprise Halloween outturn the previous week - gives us a mammoth 60 whiskies before the Christmas period.