What do you do with your pictures?
No, seriously, it's not a trick question. What do you do with your pictures? A brief sotry about putting some shelves up on the wall, but as that wouldn't really fit into a photo blog, it has been turned it into a blog post about the rotating photo exhibition at my Gallery Staircase. Does that not sound posh?
Read More100 Megapixel London sunset panorama
The London skyline at sunset is too breathtaking and wide to capture in a single photograph. So I stitched 13 together for a 100 megapixel wide panorama of the city. Now I just need to find a 100" frame and sufficient wall space...
Read MoreLong distance fireworks
Every New Year’s Eve there’s a beautiful fireworks from the London Eye. And every year there’s are hundred of thousands of people travelling into the city to view it (around 250,000 this year). Getting a good place with a decent view requires arriving hours in advance. The chances of getting sufficient space to set up a tripod, and not have is pushed over and trampled upon, are...
Read MoreFun day charity event 2011
Pictures from the fun-day fund raiser for Cancer Research, arranged by my good friend Jenni. A brilliant day where we raised £600 for the good cause.
Read MoreLondon from above, part 1
During my first evening tour in The London Eye, I got a series of "nice but no cigar" pictures of London's skyline seen from above. This post analyses exposure and records a number of lessons learnt for a future re-visit to this magnificient view of the City.
Read MoreHorizontal and vertical lines
A walk around town, searching for vertical and horizontal lines resulted in solely man-made structures.
Read MoreThe sunset that got away
Anglers do it. Hunters do it. But photographers often don't talk so much about "the one that got away". But sometimes it happens, and last night's attempt of capturing a sunflower sunset was just one of those times. But even if I didn't get what I aimed for, it was a thoroughly enjoyable evening with some interesting pictures.
Read MoreBovine beauties
An exercise about pictures where the subject is a single point or two individual points. A group of local cows kindly modelled for me.
Read MoreIt’s just a shadow of an illusion… from a dream
A good friend and former model, helped me understand the process behind a successful fashion shoot, and summed it up in a single, easy to remember sentence. This blog post elaborates on the the idea, and gives a few examples of emotions (hopefully) being communicated successfully.
Read MoreAssignment 1: Contrasts
This is my learning log for TAOP Assignment 1, Contrasts. The assignment asked me to make 8 pairs of photos, with each pair illustrating a contrast chosen from a pre-defined list of 20 different contrasts, such as "large/small", "high/low", "light/dark", and so on. Additionally I was to make an extra photo, illustrating one of the contrasts in a single picture.
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