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Tom Barden Studio
@tombarden.co.uk
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I am a visual arts and history enthusiast based in London. I work on many projects across a range of mediums such as watercolour, photography, writing and exhibition curation.

All content is my own unless stated otherwise.

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Tom Barden Studio @tombarden.co.uk · Mar 10
Macro #photography is an area I haven't actively explored - never really had the right camera lens. Although I've had a couple of interesting photos that probably qualify for #MacroMonday - here's one of them!

#MacroPhotography #SpiderPhotography #Wildlife #Closeup #Photos #Nature
A spider sits inside the leaves of a plant. It sits on its web that has bits of discarded prey.
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A cyanotype of my #photo of #Rochester Bridge. I used acetate to print a black and white and them exposed to the sun for 5 minutes.

#Cyanotype #AlternativeProcesses #AlternativeProcess #Photography #CyanotypePhotography
Cyanotype photo of Rochester bridge. Colour is all varying shades of blue with water under the bridge and sky above.
June 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Canterbury Cathedral #cyanotype with a 5 minute exposure on ink paper. This is from one of my photographs printed as a negative on acetate.

#AlternativeProcess #AlternativeProcesses
#Photography #Medieval #Architecture #CanterburyCathedral #Cathedral
Cyanotype exposure of Canterbury Cathedral looking towards the east end and the high alter.
May 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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This week's submission for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Texture. An interesting beetle sits upon a rugged and textured log.

#Photography #Macro #Insects #MacroPhotography #Insect #Beetle #Nature #Wildlife
A brown bottle with a long spike coming from its head sits against a brown and beige coloured log. Close up photograph.
May 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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A very well educated fly!

#Oxford #Photography #Macro
A fly sits on some brown fabric with the word Oxford written on it.
May 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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It was great to hear this blackbird singing away in the sunshine. Even better to hear a second bird returning its calls.

#BirdPhotography #Birding #Photography #Birds #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Sunshine #Blackbird #UKNature
A blackbird sits in a tree with bright yellow-green leaves. It's beak is open as it is mid-song. A blackbird sits in a tree with bright yellow-green leaves. It's beak is open as it is mid-song. A blackbird sits in a tree with bright yellow-green leaves. It's beak is open as it is mid-song.
May 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The old Londpn City Hall on the South Bank of the Thames. The area looks really nice with the lush green trees during the #spring and #summer months.

#Architecture #Photography #Urban #BuildingPhotography #UrbanGaze #PhotoHour #StreetPhotography #London #Trees #BlueSky
A lush green tree partially obscures a modern building that is shaped like a leaning egg against a blue sky.
May 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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I know not everyone likes modern buildings, but there is something about them when photographed cropped in close against the sky that just works.

#Photograpy #Architecture #Photo #Urban #Building #London #ModernArchitecture #UrbanGaze #Glass #ArchitecturePhotography
A modern glass building is photographed against a pale blue sky.
May 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Old dock in London made new.

#Photography #Architecture #UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography #London #Urban
Boats sit in the old dock water while colourful buildings rise up in the background on the other side of the dock.
May 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Architecture and gardens at the RHS Hyde Hall Gardens in #Essex - a stunning garden landscape that you can easily spend the whole day enjoying.

#Photography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #Garden #Flowers #BlueSky #PhotoHour #MondayMotivation #Landscape
Yellow and green plants surround rocks in a rock garden in the foreground. While in the background two large buildings with triangular roofs and glass fronts stand out from the blue sky with wispy clouds.
May 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This week's #BlueSkyArtShow submission for #Lines is this geometric series of straight lines in black and white.

#Photography #Geometry #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #Mininal #Minimalism #BlackandWhite #Urban #UrbanGaze
A black and white image of the side of a building. To the left is a square opening with a diagonal staircase going through it. To the right is a large vertical rectangular vent with slats. A railing runs horizontal along the front.
May 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Cranes along the River Thames harking back to a time when the river was the lifeblood of trade and industry coming in from across the world.

#Photography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #History #Urban #UrbanGaze #RiverThames
A red victorian crane attached to a yellow brick building.
May 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Headstone Viaduct in the #PeakDistrict. Now part of the Monsal Trail walk, it was formerly a #Victorian viaduct for the Midland Railway to span the River Wye.

#Photography #Architecture #Viaduct #Victorian #History #Monsal
A viaduct crosses over a green landscape of trees and grass.
May 7, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Another #architecture #photograph with buildings reflecting the warm sunset on the South Bank of the Thames in #London.

#Photography #Urban #UrbanPhotography #BuildingPhotography #Sunset #ArchitecturePhotography
May 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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A photograph of an imposing London #building. Some of my favourite subjects are buildings. I enjoy modern and old, but modern blocky #geometry definitely lends itself to photography.

#Photography #architecture #London #StreetPhotography #urban #UrbanPhotography #MinimalPhotography
A modern building with few windows and a lot of grey cladding rises up towards the sky in this photo taken at ground level looking up the building in London.
May 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Slightly different 'spin' on the #Architecture #Photography during May. I didn't say it couldn't be animal/insect 'buildings'. These caterpillars spun a very intricate silk web, but I liked this singular supporting strand.

#caterpillars #wildlife #nature #InsectPhotography #MacroPhotography #Macro
Caterpillars climb down a single strand of web. In the background more web is visible
May 4, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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This week's #BlueSkyArtShow theme is #Green. And so I present to you this photograph from the Peak District I took during a cycle ride along an old railway.

#Photography #PeakDistrict #Architecture #Angles #PhotoHour #Trees #Nature #Urban #Photo
A metal girder bridge covered with green moss runs diagonally across the top left of the image whilst a road, partly blocked by trees, runs down the right side of the image below the bridge. Trees with bright green leaves fill the rest of the photo.
May 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Brutalist architecture on the South Bank of the Thames in #London. You can just see St. Paul's Cathedral's dome peaking up through the sunset.

#UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography #Brutalism #Photography #Architecture #Urban #PhotoHour #Brutalist #CanonR10
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Brutalist building in the foreground cropped heavily. The sky has a sunset with St. Paul's Cathedral's dome showing in the background.
May 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Following on from yesterday's colourful #photograph, I present this London building that I always think looks like a bookshelf!

#UrbanPhotography #Photography #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #Urban #London #PhotoHour #BuildingPhotography
Corner section of a building clad in many colourful strips.
May 2, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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May is going to be #architecture #photography month for me - essentially going back to my photographic roots! Starting with this colourful side door entrance!

#ArchitecturePhotography #PhotoHour #Geometric #colourful #colorful
A colourful doorway. The image is split into three colours equally. Left is red, the middle is teal and the right is purple. Inside the teal section two thirds of the top of a doorway are visible.
May 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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It's been a while since I last posted! Since then, I've picked up a #PentaxK1000 - my first #analog camera. Looking forward to sharing my first photos. I've not used the light meter, so wish me luck on the exposures!

#Pentax #35mm #photography #analogue #analogphotography
April 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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My submission for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme of #Peaceful

#Photography #Butterfly #Nature #Wildlife
April 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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A rare mobile phone snap from me! But I couldn't resist this shot of an imitation old-school sign alongside a #blossom tree.

#PizzaHut #Photography #PhonePhotography #SamsungGalaxy #Spring #BlossomTree #Signage #StreetPhotography #PhotoHour #FlowersonFriday
A blossom tree stands in from of a red pizza hut sign with bulbs.
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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An interestingly decorated red brick building in #Rochester. I always like how this brick colour appears to glow in the #sunshine.

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Architecture #Ornate #Urban #BuildingPhotography
A red brick building with white stone trim is ornately decorated. A large clock protrudes from the building to face either way down the street.
April 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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A tiny swallow perched next to a green door. Lovely birds - great fun to watch when they are nesting.

#photography #swallow #birdphotography #geometric #photohour #naturephotography #wildlife
A swallow sits on a metal hand rail in front of a green wooden door.
March 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Jir Moraih - The Great Wanderer. There are a few different species of Jir Moraih, all wandering the Jir Vollome desert. This has a shovel on its head to dig the sands, and long whiskers to probe for food.

#WorldBuilding #Fantasy #MythicalCreature #Charcoal #art #drawing #sketch #lore #monster
Charcoal and brown pencil drawing of a large creature. Cross between a dog and mammoth in stature. On its head is a giant shovel and coming from its nose are whiskers that probe the desert. It's back has armour to protect it from the desert sun.
March 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM