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An old, familiar composition in Victoria, London. Revisited, reshot and re-edited. 📍 Nova Victoria In 2017, it won an award for the UK's ugliest building. Harsh 🤣 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 02 Profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black-and-white photo of two modern architectural buildings overlapping against a dark black background.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 05/10/2026

Good Monday Morning ☕️ Back from a little trip. The More London Riverside complex is a contemporary mixed-use development with offices, retail, and leisure space. It was built between 2000 & 2010 and designed by Foster + Partners. #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of a symmetrical glass building.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 02/10/2026

The Unsplash awards are running until 31st October 🏆 unsplash.com/awards I've got 24 entries in the Architecture category. 22 in Experimental and 2 in Nature. But most surprisingly, this is 1 of 10 photos shortlisted for Photo of the Year 🎉 #photography #architecture #apple #iphone #shotoniphone

A screenshot of one of the final ten images shortlisted for photo of the year in the Unsplash awards with some text about why it was chosen.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 30/09/2026

Quiet Photography. This post explores the tranquillity that calm, peaceful compositions convey. mikehindle.uk/words/quiet-... #blog #writing #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography

A set of six black and white photos demonstrating quiet photography with empty scenes and calm, silent compositions.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 28/09/2026

Quiet Photography 🖤🤍 A beautifully atmospheric, foggy day on Stanton Moor in Derbyshire yesterday. In contrast, a super-weird atmosphere around the Nine Ladies Stone Circle following a tragedy at the summer solstice event 😢 #blackandwhite #monochrome #naturephotography #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of the countryside on a foggy day.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 27/09/2026

It's me! This morning's hiking adventure 🥾 📍 Stanton Moor, Derbyshire 🇬🇧 #hiking #photography #outdoors #derbyshire

A photo of the back of me taking a photo of the glorious countriside in Derbyshire.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 27/09/2026

Nature's Film Grain 🎞️ 📍 Birmingham Botanical Gardens 🇬🇧 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (2x/48mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 03 profile) Enjoy your Sunday ☕️☀️ #blackandwhite #monochrome #naturephotography #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of the centre of a succulent with many geometric shapes.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 26/09/2026

A collection of lines, shapes and angles embedded in Brutalism 🩶 📍 The Roger Stevens Building, University of Leeds. 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 04 profile) Enjoy your weekend, people ☕️☀️ #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of a symmetrical set of steps leading down to a laboratory on a University campus.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 25/09/2026

Grey & Grey 🩶🩶 It turns out this building has a reputation for being a complete eyesore. It's also nicknamed The Dalek. 📍 Bridgewater Place, Leeds (2007, designed by Aedas) 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 04 Profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo looking up at a tall skyscaper with a moody grey sky in the background.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 23/09/2026

One more from Leeds Industrial Museum 🏭 Both times I've been here, it's been empty 😢 Do pop in if you're ever in the area. Lots of photo opportunities await 📷 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (Adobe Monochrome profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of an old Victorian bench in front of a brick wall with a single window.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 22/09/2026

Billions of Bobbins 🧵 📍 Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills. 📷️ iPhone/ProRAW (0.5x/13mm) 💻️ Lightroom (B&W 06 profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of a big pile of old Victorian-era bobbins.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 21/09/2026

Abandoned... Here we are in the middle of Leeds at 10.39am on a Saturday. For all of three seconds, this entire scene was completely empty. 28 Days Later vibes 🧟‍♂️ 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 02 profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #urbanphotography #photography #shotoniphone

A black-and-white photo of an empty city with tall buildings and a grey, overcast sky.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 20/09/2026

Love a grey, overcast day for shooting Brutalist architecture, and that's exactly what I was greeted with in Leeds yesterday 🩶 📍 University of Leeds (EC Stoner Building). 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 02 profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black-and-white photo of a brutalist building with a bridge going from one building to another.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 19/09/2026

Picked up this little beauty today after hearing about it on a photography podcast. The Mindful Photographer (Awake in a World With a Camera) - David Ulrich 📷 Seems to go pretty in-depth, with tonnes of advice and inspiration 🤩 #photography #books #blackandwhite #monochrome #shotoniphone

A set of four photos showcasing the book cover and some of the contents from The Mindful Photographer by David Ulrich.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 18/09/2026

A fresh edit of this one to match a reintroduced black-and-white theme on my website 🖤🤍 📍 The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge 🇬🇧 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 1 Profile) Have a cracking Friday, people ☕️☀️ #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

An ornate, symmetrical ceiling with a glass dome in the centre.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 17/09/2026

Monochrome Lightroom Profiles for Apple ProRAW Files 🖤🤍 I’ve recently embraced the power of profiles. Monochrome profiles, to be precise. New on the blog 💻 mikehindle.uk/words/monoch... #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #apple #iphone #blog #writing

A set of two black and white photos that use Lightroom profiles beiing discussed in the blog post.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 16/09/2026

The modern architecture equivalent of being stuck down the well. Help... 📍 The Cube, Birmingham (Designed by Make Architects). 📷 iPhone/ProRAW (1x/24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 12 Profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white modern architecture photo looking up towards an open ceiling with lots of geometric shapes.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 15/09/2026

Dark mode is back 🖤 It will follow your browser settings, but there's also a button in the footer if you need to switch 🤍 mikehindle.uk #wordpress #webdesign #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome

A set of four images of a portfolio and blog with a new dark mode feature.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 15/09/2026

Do pure black (crushed shadows) & pure white (blown highlights) belong in monochrome photos? 🧐 New on the blog 💻 Remove them? Add them? Leave them in? What's your approach, and why? mikehindle.uk/words/pure-b... #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #blog #writing

A screenshot of a photo open in Adobe Lightroom with an indicator showing areas of pure back / crushed shadows.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 14/09/2026

Blue Monday 🩵 A gorgeous marble wall given the blue monochrome treatment. Shot from the exterior of Sexy Fish, a Japanese restaurant in Deansgate, Manchester 📍 Enjoy your week, people ☕️☀️ #monochrome #photography #art #design #shotoniphone

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 13/09/2026

Looking up ⬆️ The historic private (apparently) chapel of the Duke of Rutland, dating right back to 1076. 📍 Belvoir Castle, Grantham, Leicestershire 🇬🇧 Not that private, being as any old commoner like me can walk in 🤣 #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #urbanphotography

A black and white photo of a perfectly symmetrical church ceiling.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 12/09/2026

Cheers Gerald. These are unedited, but not from the iPhone this time. I got a Ricoh GR IV Monochrome. Sure thing. Here's a screenshot. They're right at the top, above the Light section. On mobile, they're under Edit, then to the right, after Light, Color, Blur, etc.

A screenshot of Adobe Lightroom showing where the profiles are.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 12/09/2026

Popped over to Belvoir Castle this morning. For about an hour and a half, as I wandered around, I didn't see a single other visitor 😳 Even the folks who live there had all gone out for the day, so one of the staff told me. Creepy yet peaceful 🤣 #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography

A set of four black and white photos showing the interior design, architecture and contents of Belvoir Castle.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 12/09/2026

Aaaaaaand relax. Enjoy your weekend, people ☕️📷 📍 The John Rylands Library, Manchester 📚 #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A dark interior of a library with a window in the centre.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 11/09/2026

My mum's dog, Gromit 🐾 Another unedited test shot with the Rocoh GR IV Monochrome. #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography

A black and white photo of a Chihuahua sat in his basket.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 11/09/2026

Monochrome Photography Learning Resources. Although I’ve dabbled in colour photography lately, it’s only reignited my excitement for monochrome. So, to keep things fresh, I’ve been relearning the foundations and fundamentals all over again. mikehindle.uk/words/monoch... #blackandwhite #monochrome

A set of four black-and-white photos demonstrating the new techniques learned.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 11/09/2026

Calm amongst the chaos ☁️ 📍 Imperial War Museum North - Salford Quays. 📷️ iPhone (2x / 48mm) 💻️ Lightroom (B&W 11 Profile) Have a cracking Friday, people ☕️️☀️ #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

Black and white photo of modern architecture building with a moody sky background.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 10/09/2026

Excuse the randomness 🤣 A few more unedited test shots 🖤🤍 Think I'll be sticking with JPG on this. It's doing some sort of grainy film-like magic I've never seen before in a digital camera. #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #urbanphotography

A set of six high contrast black and white photos of various urban subjects.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 10/09/2026

First shot with the Ricoh GR IV Monochrome 🖤🤍 Very nice indeed! The tones, the grain, the contrast (unedited test shot). Lots of fun is about to be had 🙌🏻 Plus, hopefully it will keep me a bit more focused on monochrome photography 🤣 #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography

A high-contrast black-and-white photo of a Ricoh GR 4 box on a desk.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 10/09/2026

The Cathedral Church of St. John the Evangelist in Salford dates right back to 1848 🗓️ It was designed by Matthew Hadfield of Sheffield and underwent a full restoration in 2022. As you can see here, they did a pretty good job. #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black-and-white photo looking directly up at a symmetrical cathedral ceiling with neo-Gothic architecture.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 09/09/2026

The historic 19th-century bridges & railway arches of Castlefield in Manchester 📍 This area was used as the main filming location for Peaky Blinders series 6 and The Immortal Man film 🎬 📷 iPhone (1x / 24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 11 Profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #iphone #shotoniphone

A black and white photo taken from underneath lots of railway bridges with a footbridge going over a canal.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 08/09/2026

Symmetry & Skeletons - The Living Worlds room at Manchester Museum. The skeleton in the centre is a sperm whale that became stranded on the coast of Massachusetts, USA, in 1896. 📷 iPhone (1x / 24mm) 💻 Lightroom (B&W 12 Profile) #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of a symmetrical interior of a museum with a skeleton of a sperm whale hanging from the ceiling.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 07/09/2026

This is a cracking little podcast for anyone wanting to learn a bit more about black and white photography. Here's the Apple Podcasts link, but I think it's available on all of the usual places. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/m... #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #podcast

A screenshot of the Monochrome Mastery podcast showing info and episodes.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 07/09/2026

Blue Monday 💙 📍 Library of Birmingham 📚 Designed by the Dutch architectural firm Mecanoo and opened in 2013. Have a cracking week, people ☕️☀️ 📷 iPhone (1x / 24mm) 💻 Lightroom #monochrome #architecture #photography #iphone #shotoniphone

A blue monochrome edit of a modern ceiling light with a lift leading up towards it.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 06/09/2026

An experiment with Lightroom's Monochrome Profiles. A really simple edit, applying a profile (in this case, No. 6) to a ProRAW file with -0.7 exposure. Then just a touch of grain added at the end. 📍 The John Rylands Library 📚 #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #architecture #shotoniphone

A set of six dark images in black and white showing the interior of an old library with grand, ornate architecture.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 04/09/2026

The iconic Selfridges building at the Bull Ring, Birmingham. Designed by Future Systems, the building features around 15,000 discs inspired by a 1960s chainmail dress by Paco Rabanne. 📷 iPhone (1x / 24mm) 💻 Lightroom #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

An abstract architectural shot looking up at a wave of discs used as the exterior of the building.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 04/09/2026

Already have 🙌🏻 These were all shot with that...

A set of four black and white photos of trees, a window and a drainpipe against a textured wall.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 03/09/2026

How to shoot with purpose and intention on a mobile phone (when all it’s doing is trying to distract you) 🚨 mikehindle.uk/words/how-to... #photography #iphone #android #blog #writing #shotoniphone

A set of nine example images taken on an iPhone, mostly of architecture.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 02/09/2026

Stillness & Calm - The black and white version 🖤🤍 Really enjoyed working on this one with some new bits and bobs I've been learning about monochrome conversions and editing techniques. 📍 Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool 🇬🇧 📷 iPhone 💻 Lightroom #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of a boat under renovation sat on perfectly still water.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 01/09/2026

The Unidentified Flying Library has entered the Unsplash homepage. Repeat: The Unidentified Flying Library has entered the Unsplash homepage 🚨🛸

A screenshot of the Unsplash homage showing various featured images.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 01/09/2026

UFL (Unidentified Flying Library) 🛸 📍 Library of Birmingham 🇬🇧 Making use of the iPhone's Ultra-Wide (13mm) 📱 #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white edit looking up towards the upstairs levels of a library with a futuristic, sci-fi interior.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 31/08/2026

The Digbeth Colour Palette 🎨 Custard Factory, Birmingham 📍 "A vibrant new public artwork – The Digbeth Colour Palette – has taken centre stage at the Custard Factory and Gibb Street, paying tribute to the area’s rich history and unique character." #art #design #print #photography #shotoniphone

A colour palette painted onto the entrance to a building.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 31/08/2026

Nice shot, Jon 🙌🏻 Here's what it looked like last time I went up to that viewpoint 🤣

A fence at a viewpoint where the fog is covering the scene.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 31/08/2026

Good Monday morning ☕️☀️ 📍 St John's Beacon, more commonly known as Radio City Tower in Liverpool. Broke out the iPhone's 8x (200mm) for this one. Not bad, but not amazing, either. My old Pixel wins hands down for telephoto. #photography #architecture #iphone #shotoniphone

A tall, sci-fi looking tower with a radio city building at the top against a plain sky background.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 30/08/2026

A rare opportunity to pop my head in while it's open to the public for a short while. 📍 St George's Hall, Liverpool Went for the main attraction (The Minton Tiles Reveal 2026). Preferred this shot of the stairs leading up to it 🤣 #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #architecture #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of a spiral staircase leading up towards a ceiling window.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 29/08/2026

Back to the library 📚 A black and white edit this time around 🖤🤍 📍 Liverpool Central Library Enjoy your weekend, folks 🙌🏻 #blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #shotoniphone

A black and white edit of the glass dome in a futuristic library and stairs leading up to it and lots of spotlights.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 28/08/2026

Sometimes I like to go to our local museum and stare at this heat pump while pretending I'm in a sci-fi movie 🎬 📍 Museum of Making - Derby 🇬🇧 📷 iPhone 💻 Photomator #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #iphone #shotoniphone

A black and white photo of the centre of a heat pump with circles radiating outwards.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 28/08/2026

Irys: First Impressions 🤔 An app for photographers, by photographers, with a sole focus on still images. Throw in groups, competitions, known brands and famous photographers, and you've potentially got something pretty darn special. mikehindle.uk/words/irys-f... #photography #socialmedia #blog

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 27/08/2026

Featured on the Architecture page over on Unsplash 🙌🏻 unsplash.com/t/architectu...

A screenshot of the architecture page on Unsplash with various featured images.

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Mike Hindle @mikehindle.uk · 27/08/2026

Do iPhone Pro Models Need to Up Their Game? Quick Answer: Yes. Long Answer: mikehindle.uk/words/do-iph... #photography #tech #apple #iphone #blog #writing

A screenshot of the OPPO Find X9 Ultra homepage with a photo of the mobile phone perched on a rock.

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