by James Balston | Feb 21, 2012 | Home Cinemas, Homes, Leisure, Lighting
Asking how long it takes to photograph a house, is a bit like asking ‘how long is a piece of string?’ Is a single wide angle shot of each room all that’s required? Or does everything down to joinery details and fabrics need to be recorded? For some... 
by James Balston | Feb 16, 2012 | Gardens, Landscapes
“You should have been here this morning, we had the most beautiful hoar frost”, my cousin Jill emailed me to say. I had been planning to revisit Kent for my ongoing project documenting a garden in all seasons, but even with an eye on the forecast... 
by James Balston | Feb 10, 2012 | Offices, Workplace
I dreamed of majestic landscapes, as captured by the great photographer, Ansel Adams. The Rocky Mountains, The Great Plains, Yellowstone Park. Instead I find myself just off Oxford Street, at a centre for market research. For, Wyoming is the name of the business owned... 
by James Balston | Feb 2, 2012 | 1970s, Real Homes
I don’t often get to shoot ‘before & afters’, but when we went to stay with friends in their seaside bungalow, I couldn’t resist. The rather forlorn interior looks stuck in a timewarp circa 1975, so it was a surprise to discover that it...