It's A Square World - An equilateral view from an obsessive snapshotter

I wondered why I always take shots in the normal format chosen by the camera, and then crop, drastically sometimes, and I thought I would try an experiment. Had a trip out with Thena, and took a few shots as we wandered around around London.
Had a few definite aims, but not doing anything that I would call serious photography. In the company of family I find it best to just snapshot, which is actually what I do anyways, just taking longer to compose etc.
So it came to looking at my tally from the day, chucked out most of them straightaway in Lightroom, which is now my preferred workflow (don't you love that term, sounds so professional), as the duds "never the see the light of day", though I did keep the whole take before, I must admit, filling up hard drives. Now going through these now, but that is a boring long term thing, though turning up some surprises, as new techniques and visions have come into play.
So I "synched" a 1 x 1 crop in Lightroom on all the ones I was trying an edit, and then on the individual processing I was able to fine tune the crop to how I wanted it. What was astonishing was how the real estate of the shot was cut down, I would have done mostly portrait crops, as that seems to be my favoured format, so a lot would have gone anyway.
As an aside I seem to enjoy the process of taking photographs rather than processing, though having "Taken A Wider View" and making the looks I like, with less regard to how things should look in a pure way, it is now more fun. This experimentation is sometimes successful, at least it seems so to myself.I will be setting up the square format on camera definitely...
So what did I get ? A selection of these are below :

Alone Together

All Aboard

A Little Art Deco

Zaha Hadid Serpentine Gallery Close up

A little Art Deco

The Big Tree

Yard Sale Dancers, Granary Square

Zaha Hadid Curves

Florin Court Detail

Just Waiting

On the Water

Blue and White

Moved Out

Italian Gardens

Remaining I hope

At a Stretch

Tasty Treats

Don't Use In the Rain

"Put On That Red Dress"

The Milliner at Work

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.

Birmingham Browsing - A few shots from my recent visit

Having a love of the travel experience, which to me includes the planning, research and the journey itself, means that I now visit a few cities in the UK, foreign travel being too arduous .
UK cities have many areas that suit an inquiring photographer like myself, and I love to wander the streets, checking out the architecture, quirky scenes and take a lot of shots, some of which make the grade.
What to do with them is the problem, so the blog format appeals, along with Flickr etc, but I wonder if the experience of seeing the shot is actually the most enjoyable.
The shot above is the sort of quirkiness, I like, Dr.China, so descriptive, and that little shop can cure everything !

Getting the Look from one of the residents.

 

The £3.50 seemed good !

Curious poster on a blank wall

Empty chairs are one of my things, always take the shot.

Area due for "Regeneration" I suppose.

 

 

Railway Bridge given a treatment.

Almost an abstract look to this facade.

Okay, just has to be "Man at Work"

Busy Businessmen, I liked the numbers on the building, seemed applicable.

Brand Awareness

Homeboy with his excellent bike

Gallery shots I love too, some superb ones in Birmingham.