My blog posts have been mainly about travel and documenting the places we have visited. The last couple I have made strictly photo oriented.

This photo essay was a fun look at a  vintage and antique fair here in London.

It's a different way to look at the sights and sounds around you.

As a verified pack rat and collector of all things I find interesting. I have conquered my addition with a recent move and purge of 20 years of accumulated stuff. Tools, wood, antiques etc. Now when I visit fairs, to conquer the urge to fill those empty voids not only on my shelves but my psyche as well, I turn to making photographs.

At this recent Vintage Fair in Hackney in London, I was struck by the variations in color and textures and turned toward documenting that.

The juxtaposition of the different colors, materials and textures was an interesting capture.

Cat hangers under vaulted ceilings to the close up look and colorful jewelery and boxes full of vintage thread spools.

Costume jewelery not only makes for an fun and intriguing fashion accessory, it also provides fodder for interesting and graphically different images as well.

Color, texture and just the surreal visage of the mini royal guard piqued my interest. All these items are exactly like you see them nothing was moved or arranged to exact a feeling or look.

It's weird, I know but there was something about the torso and vintage sweaters hanging about that was appealing.

A strategic rip in a thermal hoodie offers an surreal look at color and texture.

Vintage pearls snaking across wonderfully muted but, vibrant colored fabric makes for an interesting  vignette

Sparkly, bedazzled belts,  and magnified clip-on earrings.

Wood and fabric, two natural materials that work well together. Rough and rustic or colorful and refined.

All the images were created with a Canon G12, my preferred camera for in close and intimate work. It's small, has a great file size and is not intimidating when working on the street. It's unobtrusive size is the perfect camera for the street photographer, who wants to be in on the action without drawing attention away from his subjects.