The Bank of England is a really photogenic location. It’s close to my current office but we are moving soon to the other side of Liverpool Street, so I might as well make the most of being close to Bank while I can. It’s a fantastic blend of neo-classical and art deco architecture. It’s well …
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The lion, the column and the wardrobe. OK, there isn’t a wardrobe…
I popped over to Trafalgar Square this week with my new 14mm lens. I really enjoyed shooting with the X-Pro1 and my new lens, but I’ll admit that the high dynamic range of the day provided PP challenges for any number of shots. I still really like Capture One, but a shot with the sun …
Some samples from the Fujifilm 14mm F2.8
Nothing too definitive as yet, just a few samples from my new 14mm lens. It seems very, very sharp and distortion free. It isn’t a 35mm equivalent focal length I’m familiar with (21mm) but it is wide, which is why I wanted it. All I can say is that I’m very happy with it thus …
Views from the Monument
I don’t know why I don’t walk up the Monument more often. Well, I do know, it’s because it costs £3 a visit, so it would get expensive if I visited regularly. The “Monument”, which is the monument to the Great Fire of London (and is known to Londoners simply as the Monument), is a …
A nice little runabout…
In my walk to the office yesterday I came across this lovely little “vehicle” as my mother would describe it! A Ferrari 599 GTB. I wouldn’t ever want to own one of these (it would be wasted on me and I would panic about scratching it every 3 seconds) but they aren’t half pretty …
Another diversion to Kings Cross
A short visit to Kings Cross this morning as a result of a train delay then diversion. The 70’s extension is now no more and the work to prepare the public piazza at the front of the station continues apace. Taken with my X-Pro1 and 18-55mm lens, processed in Capture One
Birthrights Launch (and some thoughts on flash photography)
Birthrights Launch Last night was the official launch of Birthrights, a UK organisation devoted to protecting human rights in childbirth. Birthrights is dedicated to improving women’s experience of pregnancy and childbirth by promoting respect for human rights. Birthrights believe that all women are entitled to respectful maternity care that protects their fundamental rights to dignity, …
The vanishing Post Office?
If you go anywhere in the UK you’ll find local people complaining that their nearest Post Office has closed and they now have to go a nearby town to post parcels etc. The rural Post Office network has been decimated. 2,500 sub-Post Offices closed between 2008 and 2009. Its urban counterpart has followed suit in …
A view down snowy tracks
Nothing much to this one other than a realisation that the foggy view down the tracks from my local train station this morning might make a nice photo…
Snow at the Tower…
I had a very tedious lunchtime queuing at the post office for 20 minutes, so I decided to head off to the Tower of London to get some time in practising with my X-Pro1. I really need the 14mm to turn up now, I have been fine with the 18mm and the zoom up till …
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