Josh Murfitt

A colour photograph of a ragdoll cat with blue eyes peering out of a window at the top of a cat tree, photographed with a shallow depth of field so only the cat's face is in focus.

We recently welcomed a new furry friend to our family. It's been a big change for him but he seems to be settling in quickly. Here he is on neighbourhood watch duty (self-appointed). #Caturday

I've listed a range of open edition prints on my Etsy store, carefully selected from my archive. After much research and testing, I've found a print-on-demand supplier to work with which means I can offer these at affordable prices, including framing options ☺️ www.etsy.com/shop/joshmur...

Pete Gardner - view from this side personal work

A random recommendation for this late evening: the photography of Pete Gardner. I found his work on Flickr some time ago. Brilliant work observing urban places and spaces, light, forms and textures. Like a massage for the eyes. petegardner.co.uk/copy-of-pick...

A colour photograph taken from a high vantage point looking over a cityscape of red-roofed buildings in Lisbon, Portugal.

A colour photograph of an old-style yellow tram in a street in Lisbon, with a large museum building partially visible in the background.

A colour photograph of the back of a donkey's head with its ears pointing up.

A colour photograph looking down a long, wide sandy beach, with a wooden fence zig-zagging along the foreground, and the sea with white breaking waves in the background.

Somehow I managed to distill hundreds of photos from a trip to Portugal into a handful of images for a new gallery on my site: joshmurfitt.co.uk/portugal

I used almost exclusively a telephoto lens on this trip. Perfect for picking out details in the landscape.

Indeed - I think a lot of people probably stop there for photos! I like your angle on it though, especially with the fog.

Snap!

A colour photograph of the window of a Kawaii cafe in Lisbon, with a large cuddly Pikachu character in the window squashed against the glass next to a menu with pictures of the food and drink available inside.

Squished Pikachu.

A colour photograph of a statue of a woman standing on a large plinth in a public park

A colour photograph of the Olympic cauldron, a circular flame with a large tethered balloon floating above it, with green grass and bushes in the foreground and a historic building in the background

A colour photograph of a group of sunflowers in a public park, with historic buildings and trees in the background

A colour photograph of the balloon of the Olympic cauldron in Paris, with a statue of a man on horseback holding a woman whose hand is reaching skywards, almost meeting the balloon from the camera’s perspective

In the Jardin des Tuileries, Paris.

Excellent light. It somehow looks like ‘morning light’.

A beautiful image.

Thanks Laurens. The colour version has a mixture of cool and warm tones which I find quite distracting. In mono it’s all about the light and shadow.

A black and white photograph looking down an enclosed, arched walkway by an old building with square columns

A photo from January last year that I didn’t post at the time. It didn’t really work in colour, but I found it again and tried this monochrome version, which I like much more.

A colour photograph of the surface of a canal with a block of flats, canal boats and a dark sky reflected on it, in soft evening light

Reflections on the Union Canal, Edinburgh. I like how the subtle movement of the water warped the straight lines of the block of flats, so they look almost like a bad AI render (in a completely natural and somehow pleasing way). Also, that light does wonders for colour.

A colour photograph of a view from a hilltop over a cityscape with the Firth of Forth and Fife in the distance, and tourists in the foreground looking at a sign

A colour photograph of a classical style gallery building with columns, with flower beds in the foreground

A colour photograph looking down a cobbled street with high buildings on either side, some modern and some older in style

A colour photograph of two modern buildings that look like offices, built close to each other with a tree entering the frame from the right

It feels like it’s been a while since I last went out with a ‘proper camera’ but here are a few phone pictures from around Calton Hill, Edinburgh, earlier.

I might present a serious artist persona on social media most of the time, but behind the scenes I'm mainly watching funny animal videos.

I absolutely adore trompe l'oeil paintings of printed images, & here's one of my absolute favorites: The Printseller's Window, 1883, by little-known English artist Walter Goodman, a pictorial meditation on modern image culture & photography's impact on painting magart.rochester.edu/objects-1/in...

I think it depends what you’re doing. If you’re a professional product photographer for example, you might want absolute sharpness and high resolution detail. But if you’re an artist, anything goes.

Also, I worry a lot less about high ISO noise these days as the reduction software has got so good.

No, I'm using KM95s.

There should probably be a charity pot for those pictures, like a jar in a pub for swearing...

Not one of those ones where only the red things are in colour? 😱

I should add, some very nice images of coastal scenes in general too…

A photographer who needs no introduction from me, but if you're not already following her, I'd recommend doing so for some spectacular and beautiful images of water.

Here's the print I made from that Toyobo plate recently. It's gritty and imperfect but I think I'm OK with that...

A square format print with a large white border and a rectangular colour photo in the centre. The photograph shows a churning sea with turquoise tones and white spray, viewed through wet glass.

‘In the Midst’ - giclée print - edition of 15. A photograph I took from a boat on a sea crossing a few years ago.

Featured in the Society of Scottish Artists online exhibition ‘Life With Water: 30 x 30 Online Edition’ - ssa.viewingrooms.com/viewing-room... online now until the 24th of October.

A black and white photograph looking over the Firth of Forth with rocks in the foreground, and islands on the near-horizon

A black and white photograph looking over the Firth of Forth with rocks in the foreground, and islands on the horizon

There are few things in the world I find more relaxing than looking out over the sea (or, failing that, any large body of water). Of course, it’s not just the sea; it’s birds, and seaweed-air, and islands and lighthouses, and the horizon, and all the other good things that go with it.

Black and white photograph of the exterior of a 16th century round dovecote building in a garden setting

Black and white photograph of the interior wall of a 16th century dovecot with equally spaced rows and ‘compartments’

Black and white photograph made inside a 16th century dovecot, looking up towards a central opening in the ceiling with concentric rings on the walls leading to the central point

The dovecote/doocot at Dirleton Castle & Gardens in East Lothian.

A colour photograph of a small blue plate with a cream doughnut and four small slices of pizza, next to a mug of black coffee and a glass on a green table top

A colour photograph of a restaurant table top with a barbecue grill in the middle, and plates of raw meat on either side. The hand of the person sitting opposite is using metal tongs to grill beef

A colour photograph of a plate on a cafe table top with two slices of cheese on toast and a green salad, a glass of orange juice and a glass of water

A colour photograph of a bowl of ramen on a restaurant table containing beef, vegetables and a sliced egg

A slight tangent from my usual content, but I posted a selection of snapshots of some of the amazing food and drinks we enjoyed on our trip to Japan last year: open.substack.com/pub/joshmurf...

A colour photograph looking down a narrow lane between old cottages, with a metal sign suspended above reading ‘Harbour Lane’ with mermaid and fish designs

A colour photograph looking over a harbour at low tide, with a row of five sailing boats moored against the harbour wall, and the red Forth Rail Bridge in the background over the Firth of Forth

A couple more photos from South Queensferry over the weekend.

A colour photograph of a harbour wall covered in yellow/orange lichen, with the Firth of Forth and the Queensferry Crossing bridge in the background

A colour photograph of part of a concrete harbour wall covered in yellow/orange lichen, with weeds and flowers growing from it and two objects resting on it; one a small assemblage of four pieces of wood nailed together, the other an unknown object which could be a piece of foam or polystyrene

Lichen covering an old harbour wall at Port Edgar Marina, South Queensferry, looking especially vibrant in today’s bright sunshine.

I think both work but yes the extra yellow and the contrasting green of those weeds at the bottom is a nice extra detail.