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Rouge

I love this image. There’s too much going on in the background and around the potter, but you can sense his focus and concentration. Your eyes get immediately drawn into the centre of the picture and you’re painting the bowl … Continue reading→

London

17 Mar ’12

Taken from a pod on the London Eye earlier this year.

Clash

22 Jun ’06

This Nike ad has caused a bit of controversy recently, so I went to Oxford Street Nike Town to see if I could get some images of people reacting to it. Surprisingly most weren’t giving it a second glance. Update: … Continue reading→

Sheep Drive #1

18 Jun ’06

This is the sheep drive that took place in London on Saturday as part of the London Architecture Week. A flock of sheep we’re driven from Borough Market to Smithfield Market across the Millennium Bridge. Thousands turned up to watch; … Continue reading→

The Virgin Mother #2

28 May ’06

Although this is the same subject as the previous shot, I felt it was sufficiently different to post. I’ve taken advantage of the white cloudy sky and blown it totally here. I was aiming to add a more sickly, medical, … Continue reading→

The Virgin Mother #1

26 May ’06

This sculpture is called “The Virgin Mother” by Damien Hirst. It’s in the courtyard at The Royal Academy of Arts. The bronze statue reveals the woman’s skull, muscles, tissue and unborn child. It’s fascinating, slightly disturbing, but truly wonderful. I … Continue reading→

The Fake Tilt Shift Grainy Plastic London Photoshop Plugin

17 May ’06

I managed to find a good vantage point to get this shot of London. Then I used a fantastic Photoshop plugin to give me the fake-tilt-shift grainy-plastic-london look. Awesome.

Rampaging Elephant

9 May ’06

Finally, here’s the Sultan’s time travelling elephant that was following the little girl around London for three days. You can read more about the story here. I got so many shots of this I didn’t really know which one to … Continue reading→

The Big Little Girl

8 May ’06

Ok, so this is the *big* little girl. After coming out of the rocket you saw in yesterday’s post, she then walked and cycled around London for three days. The Sultan’s time travelling elephant was following and you can just … Continue reading→

They’ve Landed #1

7 May ’06

We’ve been invaded. Again! I’ve was so busy at work and home last week that I didn’t manage to post anything. Sincere apologies for that, I’ll try not to let it happen again. Although I did manage to get out … Continue reading→

They’ve Landed #2

7 May ’06

Time Flies

24 Apr ’06

Hopefully the last from my archives. Taken last year at the Chelsea Flower Show. Time certainly does fly.

Pot Of Gold

19 Apr ’06

This is another shot from the archives. I’ve come down with something ‘not very nice’ so didn’t get out today at all and I’m unlikely to tomorrow. Unless of course I’m inspired whilst shuffling around the house and feeling sorry … Continue reading→

Beckett Centenary Festival

9 Apr ’06

This was taken on Friday night in London. It’s a crop of the full image which you can see here. Jenny Holzer will be projecting poetry for the Beckett Centenary Festival on buildings around London every night this week. If … Continue reading→

Tennyson

3 Apr ’06

This was taken in The Great Court at The British Museum and if you’ve never been you really should visit. It’s a stunning space. When the sun is shining at mid-afternoon the shadows cast all over the floor are very … Continue reading→

Gum Street Art

30 Mar ’06

This is Ben at work and I suppose you could call him a street artist. He goes around London, Camden in this instance, painting onto chewing gum that he finds on the pavement. (He burns the top layer off first.) … Continue reading→

Groove

17 Mar ’06

Thanks for all the comments on yesterday’s image, I’m glad it was well received as it’s probably one of my favourites. Oh, and the title was a line from Puttin’ On The Ritz by Irving Berlin which was written in … Continue reading→

Lonely Rat #2

15 Mar ’06

I’ve been a bit slack with posts this week, so here’s two at the same time. Both of the same scene, but different perspectives. If you run out of ideas for a photoblog post, go Banksy hunting. This was spotted … Continue reading→

Lonely Rat #1

15 Mar ’06

Punk Rock! Not. (Anymore)

8 Mar ’06

Not a great deal to say about this one other than it’s something that caught my eye whilst I was walking along Oxford Street. I wanted to photograph someone who looked “Punk Rock” in front of this advert, but this … Continue reading→

Caged

28 Feb ’06

Apologies for the late post today, I’ve been struggling to get out with the camera again. Here’s another reflection shot that really caught my eye. I can’t seem to see much else at the moment. The building you see reflected … Continue reading→

Behead Banksy

27 Feb ’06

I went in search of a Banksy I knew was there and discovered this. Is he famous now? “The time of getting fame for your name on its own is over. Artwork that is only about wanting to be famous … Continue reading→

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.

22 Feb ’06

Two posts today. As I mentioned in the previous Tea & Biscuits post, I went back to Selfridges to watch them demolish the biscuit city and it was really fun. The artist Song Dong gave a little speech, then they … Continue reading→

Biscuit Tossing

22 Feb ’06