Posts Tagged With: Manchester

Knob Creek and Bubbles

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Mark

Sounds like a minor complaint…

San Carlo Italian restaurant manchester dessert

Ice cream heaven at San Carlo

Louis Vuitton, Manchester

Giant Bubble Blower market street manchester

Giant bubbles blown in Market Street

More Louis Vuitton

Packaging food hall Harvey Nichols Manchester

Booze Box, Harvey Nichols

Categories: Design, Photography | Tags: food, Harvey Nichols, Instagram, iPhone, Knob Creek, Louis Vuitton, Manchester, Market Street, Photoshop Express, retail, San Carlo, Tadaa, Window display | 4 Comments

Pimm’s ahoy! We all piled onto a barge at Boothstown marina in Salford and went on a cruise for David’s birthday. There was a party on board, with booze, bumps and bridges along the way. We whistled at hunky firemen and scared the ducks. Almost a perfect day!

Karma 2.0

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Mark

Karma. The image of Buddha, sleepy eyes and a secret smile, universal force of balance. Benevolent and omnipotent. Or is Karma actually an angry gargoyle, spitting poison? Looking at these guys in Manchester’s Albert Square, a monument to Queen Victoria’s beloved, I wonder. They look so efficient, like Karma’s been upgraded.

Because I’ve noticed it works so much quicker these days…

Categories: Photography, Random | Tags: Albert Square, Fountain, Gargoyle, karma, Manchester, Mark Wallis, philosophy, The Vibes | 8 Comments

Northern Flower – digital painting

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Mark

This is Northern Flower, a shop in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. I did this digital painting as part of my Tour of the Northern Quarter series back in February, when the store had no signage. Since then, a rather cool Gaudi-style mosaic has appeared, so I’ve done an update because it’s such a great sign. Below you can see my source picture, which is a bit grumpy and grey…

http://www.northernflower.com/

Categories: Art, Design, Photography | Tags: digital painting, Manchester, Mark Wallis, Northern Flower, Northern Quarter, Photoshop, The Vibes | 13 Comments

Moroccan Bazaar

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Mark

There was a sudden splash of dazzling colour in St Anne’s Square in Manchester. Under the stubborn grey shroud of the Pennine Cloud Blanket was a buzzing Moroccan market. As I wandered through the lamps and rugs, I tried to recall my haggling skills which I learnt in the Canary islands, and practised in Dubai. I soon found out that my negotiation drive had disengaged long ago, returning to the default setting which is Polite English. ‘What’s your best price,’ is a great start but you have to follow it up with some quick thinking if you want to nail a bargain and I failed spectacularly. Twice. And all this while sneaking these pictures. The market is in St. Anne’s Square until Saturday evening (May 5th.)

It’s funny how I don’t carry my digital camera any more, now that I can Instagram my flat grey iPhone pictures to look like I spent hours developing them in a studio in Hoxton. Click on any image to enlarge them.