Today I was lucky enough to visit Coq D’Argent, a restaurant in the city on the roof garden of 1 Poultry in the City. 1 Poultry is perhaps one of the last buildings of the postmodernist architectural movement/style to be completed. It’s certainly striking, with its pink and yellow alternating limestone cladding. It has …
Monthly Archives: August 2013
Venice Simplon Orient Express
A very nice trip on the Venice Simplon Orient Express for lunch. A bit silly, who takes a train that goes back to its original destination (don’t answer, all those who, like me, have got half way to the North West on a Virgin train only to return to London)…? This was a ride on …
GH3 and my new black Oly 75mm
So I’m officially a fashion victim. I decided that a GH3 with silver lenses mounted just looked odd. In particular I’ve been lusting after the Olympus 75mm lens in black rather than silver. It’s always stuck me as a lens that would be great for stills and video. I found the black version for a …
Fujifilm XF 27mm lens: Some Impressions
This last few weeks haven’t offered many opportunities for photography. I moved offices about 2 weeks ago and frankly I’m still getting used to the new building and the wider area. What has turned up in that time was the rather impressive (but within its limits) Fuji 27mm lens for the X system. I’ve put …
Gigs
It’s that time of year again when blue flags come out and vast numbers of performers try their luck with the Mayor of London’s “Gigs” big busk competition.The Gigs busking competition has been running since 2009. Gigs takes place every year and is open to all Londoners aged 11 – 25, whatever musical style from …
Shoreditch Street Art with my X-Pro1 and Xf27mm
So it has been a funny old week in my new office, not a million miles away from Liverpool Street. We’ve had a dead mouse in a desk, builders playing a girder and spanner symphony across the road and a seemingly endless walk to the kitchen. It is however a considerable improvement on a building …
Bentley Speed 8 with my X100S
I came across this being displayed near where I work. It’s the Bentley that participated in the Le Mans 24 Hour race in the early noughties (though not the one that won in 2003, this is the one that came second). It’s a amazing looking car in the flesh. Taken with my Fujifilm X100S
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