Photos

I love taking photographs. I take photographs of everything and anything. From fancy looking buildings and pieces of art, to crazy looking people on the street and funny signs. Sometimes they’re rubbish, but every so often I capture something really great.

Anyway, what ever I take gets put up on my Flickr page. I also post a selection of my best work on my photography blog - KJGarbutt Photography - and I’ll also post some of my favourites on here.

I’ve been very lucky to have had (as of December 2011) 61,376 views of my photos on Flickr and over 4,000 views of my Photostream page and I’ve had several requests to use my photos in travel guides, blogs and websites.

Let me know what you think. If you hate them, tell me why and I’ll try to improve. If you love them, shower me with praise.

Click on the links below to jump to a selection of photos or just scroll down and enjoy…

Some of my best photographs…

New to Old

iLife Posters

52 Weeks, 52 Photos

Some of my best photographs…

Fountain, Edinburgh. This photo was taken on a short trip to Edinburgh a few years ago. It took a long time to get the light and amount of spray right but I think it is one of my best shots.

Fountain

Rainbow Rose is a shot of a rose my girlfriend, B, received from her dad when she was ill. Neither of us had ever seen such a thing.

Rainbow Rose

Garlic is a shot I took when I was experimenting with the Macro setting on my camera. I plan to have a series of similar shots with different household bits and pieces.

Garlic

Presidential Squirrel was a shot I took when we were in Washington DC and were visiting the White House. This little guy was just sat happily on the front lawn of the White House. I half expected Secret Service to escort him from the premises.

Presidential Squirrel

Pier is a shot I took when visiting the beach one day.

Pier

Path of Stars was taken when I was in Rome with B. The stars created a ring around the courtyard of a government building.

Path of Stars

Flower, was taken at the same time as Garlic. I was practising with Macro shots.

Flower

Lake District was taken when myself and my friends, Pele, Liam and Craig drove to the Lakes for a day out. In fact, that is Pele at the end of the pier.

Lake District

Rain Leaf was taken in Sydney, Australia. We were in an Apple Store and as we left I noticed this one leaf on the glass canopy over the doorway.

Rain Leaf

Stamens is close-up Macro shot of a lilly. The detail isn’t as good as I would have liked, but it’s a good photo nonetheless.

Stamens

Geese is a shot I managed to capture in Hyde Park. The geese were somewhat overly friendly and very inquisitive but I still had to tempt them with some bread.

Geese

New to Old…

I discovered the power of Photoshop a while ago and I’ve been playing around with it in an attempt to make some new photos look old, weathered and aged. I played around with some textures I downloaded from DeviantArt and added some scratches and film impurities. These are my first attempts at this kind of photoshopping. Hope you like.

An Ol' Morris Minor - Original

An Ol' Morris Minor - Old

St Peter's Basilica - Original

St Peter's Basilica - Old

Reading List - Original

Reading List - Old

Table & Chairs - Original

Table & Chairs - Old

Wing & Islands - Original

Wing & Islands - OLD

The full set is available here.

iLife Posters…

I got the idea for these off a blog I used to read but can’t remember the name of it now. With some fancy jiggery pokery in Photoshop I  managed to create one for each year at university and then one of a random selection of album artwork in my iTunes.

My iLife Music Poster - KJGarbutt

My iLife Uni Poster- 1st Year - KJGarbutt

My iLife Uni Poster- 2nd Year - KJGarbutt

My iLife Uni Poster- 3rd Year - KJGarbutt

My iLife Uni Poster- 4th Year - KJGarbutt

The full set is available here.

52 Weeks, 52 Photos

A lot of people on Flickr have started projects whereby they post a photo every day for the next year. I thougt about doing the same but decided to post one photo each week: ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos.’

This way I can spend a week perfecting the photo and choosing the right one.

My first photo, 1/52 Turnpin, is a close up Macro shot of the tail of a beloved childhood toy dinosaur, Turnpin.

1/52 Turnpin - KJGarbutt

My second photo, 2/52 Holiday Snaps, is a is a selection (a collage I suppose) of photos from mine and B’s trip to Boston. The full Boston set can be seen here.

2/52 Holiday Snaps - KJGarbutt

My third ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos’ photo, is all about being the odd one out.

3/52 - Gummy Bears - KJGarbutt

My fourth ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos’ photo, is all about the food I love.

4/52 - Spaghetti - KJGarbutt

My fifth ’52 Weeks’ photo is all about indecision.

5/52 - The Fridge - KJGarbutt

My sixth ’52 Weeks’ photo is all about the crunch.

6/52 Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner - KJGarbutt

My seventh ’52 Weeks’ photo is all about the different kinds of love- red love, green love, orange love…

7/52 Gummy Hearts - KJGarbutt

My eighth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the olfactory sense…

8/52 Princess - KJGarbutt

My ninth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about…well, it’s all about eggs!

9/52 Eggs - KJGarbutt

My tenth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the Benjamins (ignoring denomination, of course).

10/52 Pay the Bearer - KJGarbutt

My eleventh “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about those little guilty pleasures.

11/52 (Guilty) Pleasures - KJGarbutt

My twelfth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about relief.

12/52 Relief Givers - KJGarbutt

My thirteenth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about our stuff.

13/52 - His & Hers - KJGarbutt

My fourteenth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about taste and texture.

14/52 Chocolate Brownies - KJGarbutt

My fifteenth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about my morning routine.

15/52 Commuting - KJGarbutt

My sixteenth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is, as the name suggests, all about temptation.

16/52 Temptation

My seventeenth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about the mighty mini whisk that helps make my coffee taste so good.

17/52 Mighty Whisk

My eighteenth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about the sweet treats that aren’t just for children.

18/52 A Sweet Treat

My nineteenth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about escaping London for a long weekend and the cute little surprises en route.

After the train conductor had checked and punched our tickets, we realisedhad he had done so with an apple-shaped punch. So cute.

19/52 Single Apple

My twentieth ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos’ photo is all about the travelling B and I do, the shoes we wear and the photos we take.

20/52 Traveling Feet

My twenty-first “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about the many different loves I have for B.

My twenty-second “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about the things I see when I’m out with B. Ha! That rhymes.

My twenty-third “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about the early mornings you have to do when you have a job.

My twenty-fourth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about comfort and style.

My twenty-fifth “52 Weeks, 52 Photos” photo is all about strolling in the park at dusk with B.

My twenty-sixth ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos’ photo is all about the times when you really just gotta go.

My twenty-seventh ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos’ photo is all about new seasons, changing colours and falling leaves.

My twenty-eighth ’52 Weeks, 52 Photos’ photo is all about breaking rules.

My twenty-ninth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the views we see when we’re out wandering.

My thirtieth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about those things that are so so tasty that you just don’t care how bad they are for you.

My thirty-first ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about those things that go perfectly well with those other things (see photo 30/52).

My thirty-second ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about…well, it’s all about giant guinea pigs!

My thirty-third ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about all things retro.

My thirty-fourth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the little things I do for my BBB.

My thirty-fifth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the cooler things in life.

My thirty-sixth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the Dollar (and holidays!).

My thirty-seventh ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about safety, security and a nation’s desire to know as much about you as possible.

My thirty-eighth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about cute little toys that get lost, but hopefully find a new home.

My thirty-ninth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about those things that taste so good, but make you feel so bad.

My fortieth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about my morning routine. And the fact that people never listen and use the full length of the platform.

My forty-first ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about taking a few moments each day for one’s self. For me, this usually happens on the toilet!

My forty-second ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about one’s identity and having it printed in a handy little maroon book.

My forty-third ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about making and baking something tasty…and star shaped!

My forty-fourth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the power of protest.

My forty-fifth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about strolling around the City at lunch and soaking up the sights, both above and below.

My forty-sixth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about those things that are just cool: motorcycles, leather jackets, Steve McQueen, smoking in black and white films…

My forty-seventh ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about my lunchtime work around the City of London and the fact that the weather controls much of what we do.

My forty-eighth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about wanting to be a kid again…and be able to wear penguin jumpers!

My forty-ninth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about using your imagination. For example, seeing a tree instead of orange peel.

My fiftieth ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about learning a new word.

My fifty-first ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about perspective. And the fact that it actually does rain in the desert.

My fifty-second, and final, ’52 weeks, 52 photos’ photo is all about the joy of finding a street named after yourself, or the one you love.

The full set is available here.

All my photos can be found by searching for “KJGarbutt” on Flickr or by simply clicking here.