Through the eyes of a travelling photographer
The UK Spring Bank holiday weekend is on presently, however as long weekends go, the bad weather has also arrived. Here’s a photo from Bethells, New Zealand, shot three years ago which I’ve previously made available in a triptych frame.
The Chislehurst caves, are a labyrinth of hand dug passageways, totalling 22 miles in length. Parts of the cave system are thought to be over 4000 years old, and once housed 15,000 people during World War II as an air raid shelter. More recently, concerts were peformed by Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix and other big acts for the acoustic qualities, until health and safety put a stop to such performances.
Due to the low light, ISO 6400 used on all these shots, with the Canon 1D Mk III
Something you shouldn’t be doing by live explosives
Showing detail of hand dug caves
A recent addition -Carvings done by a female NZ artist
Temple of Doom?
Zoom effect
What’s up doll?
Gollum
On the hottest day of the year so far – 27 degrees celsius – met up with a friend, Mitesh Tailor, of Clarity-Rebirth.co.uk and took a long walk around the streets of London capturing events/buildings/people throughout the city.
The death mask on the Tiki Love Truck – tile/mosaic ute
Lloyd’s of London stands tall
Old vs New (The Gherkin – St Mary Axe)
The Gherkin
Buckingham Palace
Westminster
Further along watched the skateboarders and bike riders doing tricks at South Bank
Whilst travelling, and moving around a lot, I’ve been using an Acer notebook for photo editing, but recently the mouse died on me, and was forced to use the touchpad recently – which is incredibly hard to use photoshop with. So set my sights on the Logitech VX Nano and was delivered this week from Amazon.co.uk. The USB wireless transmitter is incredibly small, and can stay permanently plugged in, without causing interference.
The May Day bank holiday weekend was a start to a long period of fine weather, Londoners have been long waiting for. Took the opportunity to take a walk around South Bank, Westminster and finally along Embankment ending up at the Millennium Bridge connecting St Paul’s Cathedral to Tate Museum across the Thames.
Bugatti Veyron – fastest accelerating production car – 0-200km/h in just 7.4 seconds
Millennium Bridge and Tate Musuem, with Thames at low tide
Ghostly figures walk along the Millennium Bridge
Westward to Blackfriar’s Bridge
St Pauls dominating the skyline over Millennium Bridge
Recently joined a group of local Londoners to meet up and take photos at various locations around London. The first place was Camden Market, on a very busy Saturday afternoon.
