I’m a Photographer not a Terrorist

See something suspicious? This was shot at the I’m a photographer, not a terrorist event / flashmob / protest thing last Saturday. Despite the thousands of photographers who turned out it was a fairly quiet but jolly occasion and there wasn’t a lot of incident. At one point the National Gallery security decided it would be a good idea to prevent people taking pictures from the portico – normally a good vantage point for tourists taking pictures of Trafalgar Square. Of course, this action didn’t go unnoticed and only encouraged the eager photographers to flock to the steps. Eventually the security guys gave up and closed the entrance. You can see lots more pictures in the flickr pool, including me (snapped accidentally by Cory Doctorow, fame at last) and another one of mine. [Pic]

Veriwide to ebay

I’ve put my Veriwide 100 on ebay. A bit sad to see it go but it’s not getting enough use. Click here to buy! Sold. [Pic]

Wobbly Bridge Auction

I usually post recent pictures in the blog but this one (from 2002) is in an auction in aid of Article 25. Their Art for Architecture fund raiser takes place on December 3rd. The photography section is a bit thin (only two pictures but nice to be alongside the spectacular Wired cover by Jason Hawkes ). You can find out more and download the catalogues.

I did a new scan of this and have decided to make it a limited edition of 50. The print is A2 size (42×59.4cm / 16.5×23.4in) and available mounted and framed for £250. [Pic]

Toytown UK

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had a job shooting architectural details at a bunch of London locations. It’s been fun seeing some new places, looking at them in a way I wouldn’t normally do and after the work was done it was also an opportunity to play – making pictures like this one. I feel a new series coming on. [Pic]

Another Workshop

I’ll be running the next street photography workshop on July 25 / August 8 – see the Photofusion site for more information. This shot was taken on the previous running when I was demonstrating how to be unprofessional by gate crashing someone else’s shoot. Here’s the gallery of participants’ pictures. [Pic]

Work

Click to enlarge. [Pic]

Meetup Group Talk

Yesterday I ran a kind of cut-down version of my street photography workshop for the London Photographic Meetup Group. They seemed like a keen bunch and during the talk, laughed in all the right places, which is always reassuring. Thanks to the organisers, Tom and Alex, for looking after me.

This was my first time using Stage Hand a super useful iPhone / iPod Touch app for controlling Keynote on the laptop over wi-fi – it worked well and I recommend it.

The All New

I’ve had the 5D Mk 2 since late last year but somehow managed to avoid posting any pictures here. This is one I shot with an old manual lens which I’m using just to make my life more difficult.

The dates for the next running of the Street Photography Workshop have been set (June 6 & 20) and I’m also starting a new, two-day video introduction course (May 12 & 19) mainly covering Final Cut Express. [Pic]

Favourite Corners No. 32

See also here in 2005 and here (2002).

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Fun for all the Family

I thought I should add a contribution to the current climate of financial panic with this game snapped on a local stall yesterday. [Pic]

Wait in the Magazine

This is one of two of my Wait pictures which were published in the latest LIP magazine. You can find it on sale at the Photographers’ Gallery and a handful of other places in London (see list on first link). It’s hard to be too excited about this because aside from the fact that the two chosen pictures don’t make a lot of sense on their own, they edited my text, without any discussion, including adding a line of observation at the end (“I do see them as still figures surrounded by bustling street life”) which I didn’t even make. Sigh. You can see more pictures from this series here along with my original text (which doubtless would benefit from editing but by someone else).

The recent Street Photography Workshop generated this gallery of pictures from the participants. [Pic]

Whenever You Can

According to this survey digital cameras are the most confusing gadget and 46% of us don’t read the manuals. I spend a fair amount of time teaching people how to use their DSLRs so don’t find any of this surprising. Compared to the simple, manual only, film cameras that I learnt on, the modern digital camera is incredibly complex with a horrible interface and for the novice, an indecipherable manual. [Pic]