Some lovely shots of my son in the garden with a fallen apple, having a moment of confusion with a plastic spade and having fun with some chalk (clearly he is a prodigy, writing his name and all that). Give it the right conditions and the X100 shines. It really isn’t so far away from …
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Olympic Torch Relay – City of London
So I had spent the last however long laughing at the torch relay. I couldn’t really understand what the fuss was about. Today it hit the city and, thanks to a delay to my train (thanks First Capital Connect), I wasn’t able to make it to St Pauls in time to see the torch relay …
City of London Japan Festival 2012
Today I visited the Japan Festival in Broadgate circle. I expected it to be the usual Broadgate event (a bit silly) but nothing of the sort. The quote below explains it better than I can. “March 2011 saw Japan facing an unprecedented serious of disasters in short succession which devastated cities and towns in Tohoku, …
1903 Di Dion Bruton 8CV
I often pop out at lunchtime, trying to find interesting things to shoot. It doesn’t always pan out – the stage at Broadgate for some kind of Japanese festival is still going up stubbornly slowly. Imagine my surprise when my other half told me that there was a classic car parked over the road from …
Crash, bang, wallop
Came across the aftermath of an attempt to drive through a bollard on my way home. More seriously, the passenger compartment was fine, the car much less so (nevertheless I have obscured the numberplate). No sign of the police or occupants. I reported it and carried on home.
Myddelton House Gardens
I visited Myddelton House Gardens in Enfield in yesterday’s sun and took some amazing photos of flowers and plants with my X-Pro1 and 60mm F2.4, a really lovely combination. I’ve never really liked the output from this lens before, which I can only put down to me being a bit fickle – it’s actually fantastic!
Travelling at a snail’s pace
I was doing the washing up when I looked up to see this fella on his was across the kitchen windows. All I had to hand was my E-P3 with the Panny 20mm mounted. I kind of like the result even though the edges of the snail blur away.
Wandering down the south bank between the showers
So, it feels like we might dissolve if its rains anymore in the UK. In a rare moment absent moisture falling from the sky I went for a walk along the South Bank. It’s always random there, but a lot of fun as well. Just hold on to your wallet…
A Social Exchange
I decided to wander down to the Royal Exchange today, but to focus on the people instead of the buildings. After hundreds of years, even if it’s no longer a commodities exchange, its still a meeting place and a place business gets done…
Surf in the City
Again on my way to the post office at lunchtime I came across another event in Broadgate Circle. This time it was a surfing contest amongst office workers. It was pretty amusing to watch the attempts to surf but even more amusing when people wiped out…
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