Untitled by WendySStrauss

, originally uploaded by WendySStrauss.

London, August 19th, 2010 by The Gentleman Amateur

London, August 19th, 2010, originally uploaded by The Gentleman Amateur.

redscale018 by Hachi Gatsu

redscale018, originally uploaded by Hachi Gatsu.

Vadim Gusev, poet & artist for kids by Sasha Krasnov

Vadim Gusev, poet & artist for kids, originally uploaded by Sasha Krasnov.

Tune of the week

 'Ain't there something money can't buy?' by Young Holt Unlimited

Fantastic, funky Friday fun (can't think of any more 'F's...)

Lion 01 by Hellovon

The super-talented Hellovon has just put a new video up of him drawing the original for his latest print. I'm a big fan and already have one of his prints, sadly I can't afford this one so I'll just have to lust after it from a distance...

Untitled by akck

, originally uploaded by akck.

Jamie Lidell

I went to see Jamie Lidell at Koko last night with my mate Mard and he was phenomenal (Jamie, not Mard). I've liked his music for a while but never seen him live before, I've been missing out. He puts on an amazing show and his band were superb as well. Two drummers is probably a bit greedy but it did the trick. Well worth catching him if you get the chance...

Platonic Solids

I am far too dim to even begin to understand what these images are, or how they were made, but they still look pretty cool to me. They're from a site called Platonic Solids by Michael Hansmeyer and I found it from a link on the Processing site.

Tune of the week (Part 2)

 Told You So by The Freestylers featuring Petra

This is one of my all-time favourite tunes, I've been listening to this for years now. Take the classic Marlena Shaw track California Soul, mix up the beats a bit and add completely new lyrics and you end up with this little beauty.

Portsmouth FALL by seethrumoney

Portsmouth FALL, originally uploaded by seethrumoney.

Tune of the week

 Fools Rush In by She & Him

Fakir by pianococtail

Fakir, originally uploaded by pianococtail.

Films by Jon Workman

films, originally uploaded by deanandjon.

I think my friend Jon is in danger of being an even bigger camera geek than me. It's a worry...

Sarah, Bob and Robin

Sarah, Bob and Robin, originally uploaded by tom_gifford.

I'd forgotten how much I enjoy using my old 1950s Zeiss Ikon TLR, there's something really nice about composing images in a square crop. The lens isn't too shabby either which helps. 

Tune of the week

 Johnny Too Bad by The Slickers

You don't really need an excuse to link to a song that's as good as this, but I was reminded of it by Max Tannone's great reworking of Mos Def.

Fun by argijale

Fun, originally uploaded by argijale.

Wedding by stilpirat

Wedding, originally uploaded by stilpirat.

Jazz at The Montague Arms

Last Tuesday I finally got around to checking out the monthly open-mic jazz night at The Montague Arms in New Cross. Jazz, photos and beer – it's a pretty winning combination in my book...

I'd been tipped off by Rob at a Brockley Flickr meeting months ago that it was a great opportunity for photography and he wasn't wrong. It has a great atmosphere, everyone was really friendly and it feels very intimate. I don't think there are many places where you can get so close to the performers and snap away to your heart's content.

I like jazz anyway which is an added bonus, but it's well worth a visit regardless. The standard of playing (to my untrained ear) was pretty spectacular. It made me very jealous that I am so completely and utterly unmusical.

There's something about the nature of jazz that seemed to lend itself really well to the collaborative approach. There were three trumpeters, two piano players, two guitarists and two bassists whilst I was there and they all just took it in turns to play with the rest of the group.

It was all great fun and I'd definitely recommend it as a night out. I think it's usually the first Tuesday of the month so I'm guessing the next one ought to be on 7 Dec but I think Rob puts more details on his blog. The rest of my photos are here on Flickr.

Fireworks 3 by Matt Deakin

Fireworks 3, originally uploaded by Matt Deakin.

soon by rjrphoto

soon, originally uploaded by rjrphoto.

Papa by Belle de Wit

papa, originally uploaded by Belle de Wit.

Winter by Elizaveta Porodina

Winter., originally uploaded by Elizaveta Porodina.