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Mike Hindle
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Mike Hindle Photography - Derby, UK 📷 Sony a7C II & 50mm F/2.5. Unsplash & Unsplash+ Contributor. Graphic Design, Commercial Print & Distribution at Leaflet Lion.

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Did you know Apple Photos has all of this in it?

And it works with RAW files too.

Other than masking, it's not that far off from all the tools that you get in Lightroom. Powerful stuff 🖤

#apple #photography #editing #blackandwhite
A screenshot of a leaf photo open in Apple Photos, showing the editing options available.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Brand new for art rock band, The Erasmusbrugs 🎸 Building Bridges.

If they existed, I'm sure they'd use this for their artwork 🤣

The Erasmusbrug edition of the kaleidoscopic photography series (Rotterdam 🇳🇱).

#blackandwhite #monochrome #music #vinyl #art #artwork #photography
A mockup showing how a photo would look as a vinyl album cover.
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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Sigh 😔 Can't even cancel my Adobe Stock subscription without having to pay.

I think I'm fully done with their bullshit after this.

Corporate greed and creativity don't belong in the same sentence 🚫

#adobe #design #graphicdesign #art #illustration #photography
A screenshot of a cancellation page for Adobe stock, showing that £83.96 must be paid to cancel.
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Export your artwork for a commercial printer with #Affinity.

1. File - Export

2. Select PDF (press ready)

3. Double check:
• Raster DPI is set to 300
• Colour space is CMYK
• Include bleed is on

4. Export - Check over file and send to printers ✅

#print #design #graphicdesign #art #illustration
The affinity logo on a black patterned background with 'export your file for a commercial printer' written underneath.
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Over a million views and 5000 downloads for the Liverpool Crown Court edition of the Kaleidoscopic Photography series 😳

unsplash.com/photos/symme...

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #art #design #affinity
A screenshot of an abstract architecture photo uploaded to Unsplash showing the number of views and downloads.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Erasmusbrug 🇳🇱

1️⃣ The final addition to part one of the Kaleidoscopic photography series 📷

2️⃣ Part 2 (Dublin, Belfast, Amsterdam & more) starts in December.

Happy Sunday ☀️

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #art #design
An abstract black and white symmetrical photo of Erasmusbrug in Rotterdam.
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Cringe 😬 This morning's project was photographing this awkward buffoon 🤣

I'm writing a blog on the Canva AI tools in Affinity. Here I used background removal and portrait lighting. Plenty of other useful bits in there too.

Happy weekend ☕️☀️

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #affinity
A self portrait of the post author in black and white. He's smiling awkwardly as he hates having his photo taken.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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What a rainy old Friday that was 🌧️🌧️🌧️

Home. Dry. Tea. Music.

Belle and Sebastian - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance (2015).

Aaaaaaaand relax...

#nowplaying #music #blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #artwork #design
The album cover for Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance by Belle and Sebastian with a black and white photo of three people with crutches and a gun.
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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The Botanic Moon 🌕🪟🪴 Another one shot through the gloriously artistic, textured glass at Oxford Botanic Garden. Fun fact, this is the oldest botanic garden in the UK.

📷 Sony A7C II & 50mm F2.5 - Circle & editing added afterwards in Affinity 💻

#blackandwhite #monochrome #photography #affinity
An abstract black and white glass texture with a white circle in the centre representing a moon.
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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If you are socially adept and enjoy healthy relationships, there's nothing for you here.

Ill-advised by Bill Nighy 🎧 Absolutely brilliant!

#podcast #entertainment
A screenshot from the Ill-advised website with information about the podcast.
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Officially recommending Affinity to all of our commercial print clients at Leaflet Lion now.

So much better than the tools they currently use (usually a free Canva account or Microsoft Publisher).

#affinity #print #design #graphicdesign #art #artwork
The affinity logo with 'for print set up and design' written below over a white patterned background.
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Another one that would work pretty well as an album cover 🖤

My kaleidoscopic rendition of The Shard, London 🇬🇧

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #london #vinyl
A vinyl record mockup showing how a photo would look as the front cover.
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Trance DJ and producer, Armin van Buuren has gone all classical on us 🎼

It's quite remarkable. Music for the mind and soul 🤍

#nowplaying #music #classical #artwork
The album cover with a contemporary black and white photo of the artist mixed with graphic design elements and the title.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Mellow Sunday Sounds ☕️

Jack White - Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 (Third Man Records) 🖤

#nowplaying #music #photography #blackandwhite #monochrome
The album cover for Acoustic Recordings 1998–2016 by Jack White with a black and white photo of the artist with a guitar.
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Experimental Textures 🖤

📍 Oxford Botanical Garden 🇬🇧

Shot through the warm, beautifully artistic glass that houses the plants 🪴

#blackandwhite #monochrome #nature #photography
A set of four abstract black and white textured images of plants through the old, worn windows of a botanical garden.
November 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Album Cover Love ❤️

Cracking open the weekend with some good energy ⚡️

Blondie - Pollinator (2017) 🐝

Artwork by the one and only Shepard Fairey (Obey).

Have a good one, people ☕️☀️

#illustration #art #design #graphicdesign #artwork #music #nowplaying
An illustrated album cover for Pollinator by Blondie with the band name, title and a bee on a flower with a red and off-white background.
November 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Same building. Different perspective 🩶

Liverpool Crown Court, once again - The outie version.

This addition to the Kaleidoscopic series can be found on the Architecture and Experimental pages over on Unsplash.

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #art #design
An. abstract black and white symmetrical architecture photo of a brutalist building.
November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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What's up, concrete fans 🩶 This addition to the Kaleidoscopic series is the first one made entirely in Affinity rather than Photoshop.

📍 Liverpool Crown Court, designed by Farmer & Dark (1984).

Currently featured on the Unsplash homepage 📈

#blacklandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography
An abstract symmetrical architecture shot in black and white.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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10'000 downloads 🤯 Yikes!

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography
A screenshot of a black and white architecture photo on Unsplash showing that it's had 10'000 downloads.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Forgot how good this one is 🤩

Klaxons - Surfing the Void (2010).

#nowplaying #music #album #artwork
The album cover for Surfing the Void by Klaxons with a cat wearing a cute little orange astronaut outfit.
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The Four of Diamonds ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆

A new take on some of London's landmarks (and a random apartment block for good measure).

Clockwise from top left:

• The National Theatre
• Apartment block
• The Gherkin
• The Shard

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #photography #london
A set of 4 abstract architecture photos that all contain a diamond in the centre.
November 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Adobe #Illustrator files in the new #Affinity app ℹ️

10 stock vector/ai files opened ✅

9 working perfectly ✅

1 with issues (3d style, mesh/warped shadow effect causing lines that aren't meant to be there) 🚫

90% success rate. Not bad at all 🙌🏻

#illustration #art #digitalart #design #graphicdesign
Four screenshots of Adobe Illustrator files that have been opened in Affinity, showing that they open perfectly.
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Good Monday Morning 🩶

Another one made from a new apartment block on Albert Embankment, London.

Featured on the Experimental page over on Unsplash 🙌🏻

Enjoy your week, people ☕️☀️

#blackandwhite #monochrome #architecture #art #design #photography
An abstract black and white symmetrical architecture photo.
November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Spotted in Liverpool today 🤭

📍 Pig & Whistle (pub 🍻) - Home of the McCartney steps, renamed when it was suggested that Paul McCartney may indeed have sat on them once 🤣

#blackandwhite #monochrome #typography #photography #thebeatles #liverpool
A black and white photo of an entrance sign painted on a wall, with Not a brothel since 1875 written underneath.
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Good Sunday Morning ☀️

Really been looking forward to this one. Of course, being MONO, it doesn't disappoint 🩶

MONO - Forever Home: Live in Japan with Orchestra PITREZA

Pure energy emotion ⚡️

#music #nowplaying #album #band #artwork #photography
The album cover for Mono - Forever Home with the title and an image of the band playing live.
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 AM