This may seem a boring exercise — depending on where you live, of course. But it needn’t be. What makes a photograph interesting is not necessarily the subject matter itself, but the artifice of the photographer.

Lunchtime in an Elizabethan setting

I have embarked on a project to photograph my home town of Exeter in Devon, England for the whole of the summer, in different lights and from different angles. The whole is designed to convey the gorgeous picture-book quality of this very ancient town.

I’ve found the best way to approach this project is by walking rather than driving around. When you walk, you’re free to divert down any interesting byway that may be impossible in a car.

I’m using a good quality compact digital camera : Advent 8MP, which I can slot onto my belt, plus a spare set of batteries. Nothing more.

Two things I’m looking for : the picturesque and the quirky. Both yield interesting images that others will want to look at. Here’s an example of the picturesque :

The Cathedral Close at Lunchtime — April

The next pic is definitely quirky. It’s Parliament Street, Exeter, which is little more than 2 feet in width. There hasn’t been a parliament in Exeter for a good many centuries, but the Council still keeps it up — just.

Super-slim Parliament Street, Exeter

Why don’t you try photographing your own home town?

You can see the whole of this set of images on our Flickr Photostream.