Independent Birmingham

Founder and all-round good guy Joe, of Independent Birmingham recently contacted me to 'Capture winter/festivity' in Birmingham. This sounds simple, but trying to capture the essence of winter and the Christmas feel in Birmingham is a lot harder than you may imagine. Apart from 'missing the point' for quite a while, it was very hard to capture the spirit due to the lack of good old fashioned frosty weather to make everything look festive. That and time constraints meant that capturing Birmingham in the midst of the festive season was actually quite a challenge. looking forward to seeing which images are finally used but here is a selection of 'potentials'...