Hyde Park, London
I’ve been to London’s Hyde Park quite a few times now, but I think my favourite picture from there is one of my earliest, looking through the trees of the park down to the Serpentine.
January 18, 2012
Canary Wharf, London
Canary Wharf, London
Who wouldn’t want to have this for a view? Cityscapes don’t get much nicer than the lights of Canary Wharf shining over the Thames.
(In accordance with my normal custom, I’d link you to the Wikipedia page for Canary Wharf, but wikipedia has gone dark for 24 hours in protest against the proposed US SOPA and PIPA legislation – I protest I whole-heartedly endorse. Oh, and here’s the official WordPress statement in support of the strike.)
December 1, 2011
Repost: Smithfield Markets, London
Smithfield Meat Market, London, England
Time for another repost from the archives. This picture in the Smithfield Meat Market was one of the first shots I took with my first DSLR. This photo was my first experience of the way interesting light can make an ordinary, everyday scene into something intriguing, and my first glimpse of how powerful a single figure could become in an image, regardless of their size.
November 9, 2011
Nelson’s Column, London
Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square, London
This picture was taken early one foggy morning in London, when the sky was almost completely white, and the top of Nelson’s Column seemed to fade into the mist…
(See more pictures from London on Journey Photographic here)
November 7, 2011
Bullring (II), Birmingham
Selfridges, Birmingham
The bulbous shape of the Selfridges building in the Birmingham Bullring Shopping centre reminds me of some sort of biotechnically-advanced alien spaceship, hovering over the city centre.
(See more pictures of Birmingham on Journey Photographic here)
