Listening

Low light conditions. low intelligence conditions – mine, not theirs!

Bits and Bobs

A colleague asked me to photograph some of her students … The dog always needs his picture taking … The light in room 313 was beguiling …

Buses and momentary lapses

After what seems like an eternity – I finally have a new (replacement) camera and lenses. The 7d is indeed a thing of wonder – the shutter release sounds like a tractor, and there will definitely be an adjustment period where I become fully acquainted with all its many new-fangled dials and buttons … but I loves it, I do. So for our first…

Some old faces

A peculiar night – some people that I worked with about 12 years ago. Haven’t seen most of them in the interim period. I’d like to say they really haven’t changed – but the best I can do is conceede they have changed in an alarmingly predictable fashion!

Blue Thursday

Time to get back on the horse – had my 550d stolen … but the 450d still works. Will stop sulking. Patiently waiting for 7d to wing its way from Hong Kong. Patience Patience Patience Anyway – this is kind of what it looks like on the way to a normal work day. With a bit of added blue. And the wrong WB just…

Steps retraced

This is where I was on Friday but didn’t really notice because I was either talking too much, or trying to keep up with James and Patrick – who are both eight foot tall and walk a bit faster than me… I had to ask for special permission to go into the recycling place – which was a bit exciting as the blokey in…

Market Twosies

Have always meant to do this – go to a market and make up lots of diptychs. Done. Very satisfying – next?

Barrowboy and Banker

Forecast

So – I am beginning to realise more and more that to be a really good photographer , for some kinds of pictures you really have to have an idea of what you want BEFORE you shoot. It’s not always enough to be in the right place at the right time. I want some fairly standard pictures of my High Street , a collection…

Sunday Best

Met this delightful trio on my wanderings. They’d been to The Church at the Grand in Clapham Junction. All properly wasted – but happy to have their photo taken by a random stranger …