A ghostly experiment
Anyone would have thought I have too muck time on my hands… This one was very much an experiment created by setting the camera on a very long (50s) exposure and running around to the front, posing, letting off the […]
Read MoreSpring is coming
I was back on the Heath this week and, if the paths are well trodden, it’s a real pleasure to see the colour seeping back into the landscape – the bits those damn dam people haven’t dug up! Pryors Filed […]
Read MoreGreen Park
I had to do some maintenance on Lightroom yesterday, and ended up reviewing my photos over the last month. I’d been out and about in Green Park one day and the light was an unusual mix of diffuse and and […]
Read MoreJust leaving
I got a special mention for this in a photographic competition this month. I’m very pleased, even if it wasn’t a placing. It was on Hampstead Heath last week, and it was a desperate attempt to fulfil the brief of […]
Read MorePhotos for Suzan Swale
I spent a very satisfying and enjoyable morning taking some photographs for the website of Suzan Swale, the London Group artist. It was an opportunity to get out my tripod and a bit of lighting gear, and things worked out […]
Read MoreParrots!!!
I’ve spent months trying to catch a shot of the parakeets that are running wild around Primrose Hill and Regent’s Park. I hear them, and see them flying like bullets, and occasionally see one come to rest and flys off […]
Read MoreThe Puppets
I hardly give a thought anymore to the puppets my mother made when we were children, but today the light caught my one just right, and I had my camera in my hand…
Read MoreCherry tree at night
I’ve been meaning to take a photo in the rain of the cherry tree next door, as the contrast between the light and dark side of the twigs is so striking. The recent addition of blossom has make it more […]
Read MoreSwiss Cottage Library
I’ve been casting about for subjects whilst the weather is dominated by leaden sky, and took a few shots of the utterly familiar Swiss Cottage Library. I’ve been going there for as long as I can remember, but had to […]
Read MoreThe camera has a feature I haven’t used before…
The multiple exposure setting looks like fun. I wonder if I’ll ever use it!
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