An exhibition of illustration inspired by fairy tales with artists and illustrators all with connections to the midlands. Featuring new work from James Bourne, Lee Crutchley, Herman Inclusus, Lizz Lunney, Mark Long, Mr Millerchip, Luke Pearson, Sarah Ray, Paul Roberts and Steven Silverwood.

Another Birmingham photography project for your weekend enjoyment. Birmingham {Viewpoint} is run by a chap called Pete and it works like this:

On a monthly basis, a subject will be published on this blog for those taking part. They will then have a month to photograph this subject and email their photographs to the email address below or submit it via the Contact page. The idea of the project is to see the different ways different people view the same subject.

The subject could be a landmark – such as the BT Tower, the Mailbox, the Bullring or a specific area – such as the Jewellery Quarter, the canal system or one of the many beautiful parks in Birmingham. I am open to suggestions of subjects from participants during the project as well, especially if you have a favourite subject that is off the beaten track.

It’s good to see a shout out to the Birmingham Loves Photographers get-togethers at 6/8 Kafe for motivating and inspiring this project.

I also like this project’s name for the chance to use {urly bra{ckets – an oft-neglected key on my keyboard.

Valentine’s Date: Lady Mail Man was written and directed by Dice Productions and filmed by 144. Second Home Studios provided some lights and that cafe is 6/8 Kafe.

Fast Food Dreams is an exhibition by Kristian Jones. You can see it at 6/8 Kafe today.

His work has also recently been featured all over Common, my favourite Mancunian bar.

UPDATE: Fused Magazine points out that the exhibition is on for the next six weeks.

Meanwhile, 6/8 Kafe have got work by Golden Boy, Lisk Bot and Miss150 adorning their walls until 19 November.

I’m not sure who’s behind this, but they’re doing it in conjunction with 6/8 Kafé, in fact it might well just be them – they’re pretty good at featuring photographers and such on their blog. These people are also threatening to run photography events around the West Mids too. If you’d like to be profiled then they say:

We’re looking for amateurs and pros to feature in the blog. The two requirements are:

• You are looking to further yourself as a photographer and use this avenue to promote yourself and others; both creatively and, hopefully, gain some financial return to develop your career.
• That you are being based in Birmingham.

If you are interested you can contact us by Asking Us on this page, onTwitter or Facebook

So get to it.