The weather has turned cold here in London and snow was falling on Friday and Saturday mornings. Foolishly I decided to wander over to westminster in the snow. I cannot claim the pictures are any good! While the snow didn’t make taking pictures very easy, the diffused light made for great pictures of near objects. …
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Farm in the City
Walking through the City at lunchtime I came across a small exhibition celebrating Britain’s farmers. This was all because the annual Evensong service arranged by the Addington Fund was taking place in St Paul’s that evening. The Addington Fund provides homes for farming families living in England and Wales who have to leave the industry …
Capture One – Some Comparisons with X-Pro1 Jpegs and LR
I never really understand why people have such negative attitudes about developments and technology that are designed to help them. That’s why I was mystified at the mixed response this week to the release of Capture One Pro v7.0.2, which included preliminary support for the X-Pro1 and X-E1. I had tested it over a couple …
Some lovely X100 shots from the Park
So today I went to the park with my family and in an effort not to cause too much trouble with my photography I thought I would take the X100. I can only say I was staggered by how good the results were. The X100 is far from perfect, it still lacks DR and resolution, …
South Bank at lunchtime
There are some places I love to shoot. One of them is the South Bank of the Thames, in the section not far from Waterloo. I can easily nip out for lunch, shoot there and be back in about 50 minutes. What’s not to like? One thing about it that’s great is the variety of …
Another trip to Whitecross Street
So again, I needed to drop a parcel in Whitecross Street, which is the nearest pickup point for the collect+ courier service “near” (or not so near) where I work. Nonetheless, if the street market is on it provides a great excuse for some fun street photography. You can really get into the crowds. Last …
Emirates Air Line
The Emirates Air Line is a cable car link across the River Thames that opened just before the London Olympics. I’ll confess I knew nothing about this Cable Car over the Thames before I saw a piece on the TV news about it when it opened. I was confused as to what it was and …
Skating at Somerset House
I wandered past Somerset House earlier in the week, curious to see the Cartier-Bresson exhibition there. Somerset House is 18th and 19th century building just off the Strand that was originally used as a government and later tax office. These days it is a major arts and cultural centre. During winter you can skate there. …
Happy New Year all
That’ll probably do at this time of night… Update 01 January 2013: a shot straight across a field into the sun seems appropriate on New Years Day even if it is covered in flare because I had left my filters at home. Taken with my X-Pro1 and 18-55mm lens and processed in Capture One.
Christmas in Wales
It’s that time of year again and as ever its always a good time to take pictures of family near and far. This year we went to Wales to visit my family for Christmas. The journey was fine except for Reading Services being flooded and similarly the stretch of road near the bridge under the …
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