So Simon managed to finished his 50 by 50 project. I haven’t actually spoken to him properly about it but looks like he’s enjoyed it. Just wondering what project is next? Nice to see all the images being posted each day too. Hope he’s got out of it what he wanted to.
Last month I collected my new Belk Tech Backpack. It’s a thing of beauty and tough as anything. A proper review coming shortly once I’ve taken some pics of the bag in daylight but for now here’s a few photos of the man who made it.
Awesome sewing machine and nice to own something completely custom and made by someone here in London.
Well first proper print done. I’ve finally got round to getting one of my images printed properly at The Print Space on the Kingsland Road. They did a great job and mounted it on an aluminium backing which looks amazing.
The reason for this? To celebrate Peter’s recent wedding. They both like it which is good and I think it looks great in their living room. Next one will be in our front room. Rubbish picture courtesy of Peter’s iPhone.
Work is pretty manic at the moment and quite a few late nights have been worked over the last few weeks. It looks like it’s going to be like that up until Christmas. After a very late night on Thursday I finally succumbed to the cold that seems to be doing the rounds (man flu). So after a bit of a sleep this morning I headed out to the Southbank to try and have a play with the D700 and also the new grip I’ve got for it last week. It’s kind of odd using it when doing portrait shots but nice to not have to throw your hands right over to reach the controls.
So it now looks something like this. Larger, more batteries and that set of vertical controls. Obviously it’s also a lot heavier. I managed to get a set of higher spec AA batteries which means I can get the full 8 frames per second out of it, although it’s not something I can imagine using that much for Architecture. It’ll definitely help when doing an all day shoot though to avoid taking a charger with me for lunchtime.
Here’s a few shots from today before I went home and got back into bed.
One of my favourite buildings, or rather collection of them, in London is the Barbican. I’ve been meaning to go and do some shots of it for a while now but never quite got there. I had the lens with me from a job on Friday so headed over there this afternoon for an hour or so.
The light was stunning today and lovely and warm but quite stark and contrasty. I played around with these for a while in Lightroom but ended up going for black and white in the end. Pleased with the few shots below.
Not a bad view from our new flat over London. I love the way the light changes during the day.
Still collecting together some of my photos from the last few months. On my recent trip to France with work we took a trip to see the incredible Abbaye du Thoronet. It is quite simply the most beautiful building I have ever experienced. Whilst it was a little crowded with tourists the strong shadows and detail of the stone are incredible. I managed to get through two rolls of film whilst there. I would love to spend a week there just watching the changing light and documenting it through photography.
Here’s a few of my favourite shots from the visit.
