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An architectural historian, born and bred in Edinburgh.
It won't be any surprise that I'm particularly keen on architectural shots, or at least shots that include a building of sorts... Buildings, and scenery... that's about it, really.
Slowly, but surely, I'm trying to improve my shots. And Flickr's just great for seeing how so many others do it better than you, and just forcing you to try just that little bit harder next time! Yay!
I don't do much post-processing in any of my pics. I only have Gimp, and don't even have the patience to use that properly (and end results often look worse in my opinion), so I avoid as much as possible! Also started using Aperture, but resisting the urge to use that to excess. Much more fun to play about with camera settings when out and about, I say... Not much fun cleaning dust from sensor, though... So removing dust spots is an unfortunate necessity at times.
I was tempted by HDR for all of about five minutes before I accepted that about 99% of the end results are horrible - even 'realistic HDR' pics look horrible to my eye. No, no, no. Wee bit o' dodge n' burn maybe, but what is the fascination with making things look like they are CGI from circa 1994? Oh, OK, it can be useful/acceptable if you are an estate agent...
Whilst almost all pictures on my Flickr account are low-res they are on a creative commons licence (Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs). I can also supply high-res copies of originals (mostly RAW) on request.
Slowly, but surely, I'm adding a selection of my photos to RCAHMS' Canmore database, which uses Flickr to store contributions: you can see mine here.
It must also be pointed out that any opinions that I express on Flickr (and there are a fair few!) are purely my own personal opinions and not those of any other party!
tom [at] itmpa.co.uk

If anyone wants to be truly thrilled and entertained for an hour, you can watch me on the 4th plinth...
Or, if you're really interested, a few of my favourites are on RedBubble!

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Contacts (69)
Groups (50)
- English Heritage Holiday Cottages 329 photos, 162 members
- Lochaber 254 photos, 42 members
- Loch Sunart 285 photos, 11 members
- BABI - Brutalist Architecture of British Isles 238 photos, 14 members
- Local Government Does Brilliant Things 784 photos, 68 members
- Be Homewise 6 photos, 25 members
- National Museum of Scotland 1,914 photos, 279 members
- Scotsman Steps 161 photos, 32 members
- Passing Places 106 photos, 13 members
- Pevsner Photo Competition 217 photos, 19 members
- Dun_flick_erine 763 photos, 47 members
- West Highland Railway 439 photos, 32 members
- The Water of Leith 822 photos, 58 members
- Stirling, Gowan, Wilford Architects 386 photos, 72 members
- Now Closed - AHSS Photography Competition 2011 67 photos, 24 members
- Pre-Adshel British Bus Shelters 307 photos, 48 members
- Highlands and Islands of Scotland 23,199 photos, 817 members
- Building Scotland 2,105 photos, 145 members
- Flickr Fotografias - Photo - Foto - 照片 - 写真 - الصور 68,976 photos, 3,239 members
- The Twentieth Century and Contemporary House 14,073 photos, 1,757 members
- Islands of Scotland 1,548 photos, 59 members
- CalMac 5,762 photos, 324 members
- red + rust 3,270 photos, 444 members
- Midlothian, Scotland 1,543 photos, 112 members
- ! Scotland 30,036 photos, 456 members
- Telford Churches and Manses 93 photos, 9 members
- We ♥ Arisaig, Morar and Mallaig 128 photos, 41 members
- Postboxes by Postcode Area 16,088 photos, 230 members
- Post, Letter & Mail Boxes 11,410 photos, 1,535 members
- Getty Images Call for Artists 473,842 photos, 81,326 members
- University of Glasgow 1,317 photos, 174 members
- Scottish Politics 1,184 photos, 102 members
- Dry stone walls 3,797 photos, 512 members
- Scottish Industrial Heritage 486 photos, 36 members
- wing mirrors 296 photos, 65 members
- Guardian Camera Club 22,127 photos, 10,994 members
- " U.K. PHOTO GALLERY " 219,586 photos, 2,699 members
- Edinburgh Photo Project 1,321 photos, 148 members
- Scottish Borders 8,580 photos, 405 members
- Edinburgh Trams 149 photos, 32 members
- Scottish Schools 285 photos, 42 members
- windows & balconies lovers 50,375 photos, 4,212 members
- University of Edinburgh photos 320 photos, 50 members
- Taking a "P" 537 photos, 177 members
- Photographic Guide To Scotland - GeoTagging Scotland 8,192 photos, 363 members
- Architect Sir Basil Spence 593 photos, 100 members
- North Berwick, Scotland 365 photos, 85 members
- East Lothian 7,433 photos, 452 members
- Perth, Scotland 2,101 photos, 168 members
- Barbican Centre 2,693 photos, 327 members
Testimonials (1)
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Gordy St says:
"Beautiful images and an imaginative eye. ITMP should sell his images commercially! And a thoroughly nice bloke, too."
3rd September, 2009
- Name:
- Tom Parnell
- Joined:
- January 2005
- Hometown:
- Edinburgh
- Currently:
- Dunfermline, Scotland
- I am:
- Male
- Occupation:
- Architectural Historian
- Email:
- tom [at] itmpa.co.uk




















