More Architectural Abstractions...

Going to be a recurring theme for me I think, as I enjoy having an individual look to my shots.
Not groundbreaking, but the exploration of the technique will reap benefits in other areas, in music or festival images.
I do find it helpful putting them online to get an impression of them, and am batching up some for prints as well.
The handicap is I have such a big back catalogue of shots that they just don't looked at enough, keep promising to get a day or two of cataloguing but something else is more interesting.

 

 

My favourite at the moment

 

A few shots from Coventry and Melbourn

Took a trip to Coventry on Tuesday, with a couple of hours to see a few targets I had wanted to view.
Not a bad trip, but I felt rushed and that has shown in the output from the day.


However, will go back for a longer stay, as it is an interesting city, very friendly too.


I bit the bullet and sold my treasured RX100 so as I could get my hands on the RX100 II, with the tilting screen and new sensor. It arrived today, so in between showers of rain, I leapt out (well slowly sauntered) into the garden for a few minutes.
At frst sight it is a treasure too, the articulated screen will make so much difference in the variety of shooting viewpoints. I really missed the camera in Coventry, as I found the small camera so user friendly in taking incidental shots, quirky scenes, etc.

Purple Haze (had to be)

Tinkerbell - a delicate white Fuschia

Mirrored

A straightforward information shot showing old and new Coventry.

Photography Motto

These two guys wanted their picture taken

Blocks of Blue - Belgrade Theatre exterior

Love the Hair

Bagmen

A little trip to Imperial Wharf, London

The Architect's Eye photographic exhibition is at Roca London Gallery, renowned as being designed by Zaha Hadid and I visited on Saturday,  a two fold purpose as I wanted a few more shots of the Gallery and to see the prints "live".

Architects Eye
Well deserved winners, I particularly liked Venice 2 and Breakpoint..
The Gallery shots continue my theme of White Space, that is often grey, naturally. 

Shots taken with new Canon 700D bought to replace my heavy 5D, first time out with it, love the touch screen and live view.  On first sight it seems to be an ideal choice, I can still use all my lenses, with the crop factor giving me more zoom for tighter shots if required.          



 

 

Industrial Strength Black and Decker Drill

Pictures that have to be taken

Answers on a postcard, is this a scribble or a mysterious symbol

I expect, or at least hope, there are lots of photographers who wander around, which is the only way to describe it, take shots that come under this category, something attracts, and the shutter goes. 

Colours on this and the very odd neon sign.

Man in a hurry to get home, the shadow is the thing here.

Back To My Roots

I have been processing a lot of architecture shots lately, plus a few events and definitely felt ready for a change.
I have a couple of music festivals coming up in the next few months and wanted to revisit some of old shots to see what I could do. Image processing skills have developed a bit for me, so I found a few from my old image bank and worked on them again.
As usual, mostly monochrome, but sometimes colour is a realistic option, not often, as most stage lighting is a colour wash, particularly that red which presents major problems with noise (colour noise not sounds, the louder the better for me)
Still try to get blurring and sharpness together, for me the motion gives the pictures an emotion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Glasgow - A Grand City

Visited Glasgow for a few days, and haven't really put the time in sorting and editing yet, but these are a selection of the shots I have looked at.
Glasgow I much prefer to Edinburgh and will definitely go back, as I have had a good lookaround. I must admit the first time in a new city I love, as everything is fresh to the eyes.
The selection is arbitrary at the moment, I have to start disciplining myself to categorize them, and possibly look at a Blurb book, or simply a photobook.
Even being retired my time seems to fly by, with maintaining the garden, exercise time etc.

Walls and Windows