May 05, 2008
Tourist bus
Tourist bus in bank on a sunny May day.
April 18, 2008
Photographers' rights
One of the things people are finding harder to do, not only in London but in other cities, is to take photographs in public. Officials ignorant of the law - including some police officers, sometimes seize cameras, force people to delete images or worse, even detain them. The only worse scenario is that this type of thing will actually become legal.
It's a small step, but I've signed Adam Jones's petition (you can too, if you're a UK resident or citizen) to ask Downing St to clarify photographers' rights.
Edit: My mate Mike Slocombe at Urban75 has posted a good guide to
Photographers' Rights and the Law. Check it out!
April 15, 2008
Steamy Sloane Square
While shopping in the King's Rd on Sunday, the hot newly sealed road coupled with the sudden downpour of rain caused a steamy delight.
Disclaimer: an annoying bin was obscuring the on the first shot, frame and I photoshopped it out. You may not notice it in this small version. But I know it's there!
April 06, 2008
Olympic flame whizzes past
Hundreds of people gathered around St Paul's Cathedral today before the Olympic Flame made its way down Fleet St to St Paul's Churchyard.
There were all sorts of people here: children welcoming the flame, peaceful pro-Tibet protesters here to voice their anger with China's hold over Tibet, families, tourists and Chinese students waving Chinese flags. There was music from the Scots Guards and random religious clergy.
But whatever the reason for being there, the flame unfortunately didn't make it off the bus and to St Paul's after all. Police decided to shove the flame on a double decker bus (after dallying about for 15 minutes) and whiz it past everyone as they apparently thought it safer.
I didn't see any immediate cause for concern from the protesters, who even had floats. The Chinese students next to me were tentatively/coyly saying "China... China!" in response to the "Free Tibet" chants across the road, but not in an aggressive way.
Very underwhelming. Here are a few random photos. In the first widescreen shot you can see in the middle background the Tibetan flag. The bus is holding the flame.
Freeze frame
Woke up this morning to see more London snow (yes, it's April!) so I walked around the city so see what I could find, and took some photos at the Barbican and around Aldersgate St...
Oh, and today the Olympic torch has been moving across London amidst much controversy and it'll be passing by my way in a couple of hours, so who knows what'll happen...
March 24, 2008
Primrose Hill, Easter 2008
I haven't been able to get any decent photos of the snow falling, and it hasn't really accumulated around central London. It's falling right now, quite lightly, and the flakes are kind of small, but it's pretty to watch!
Yesterday morning I walked through Regent's Park and on to Primrose Hill to see if there was any snow action. Apart from a few flakes here and there, it was just very cold!
Also -- I've turned comments off again. Sorry. The last post I made received 1000 spams! I need to upgrade this site and give it a revamp as it is now 4.5 years old.
March 22, 2008
Snow!
It's been a winter without snow. But finally - in late March of all months - there is a little bit of it coming down right now outside. Probably not enough to make a lasting impact (or indeed to get any good photos out of...) but it's still nice to see a few flakes!
March 04, 2008
After the rain
Puddles in Regent's Park, after a downpour last month.
March 01, 2008
Buy one get one free
A discarded pair of shoes in London last month.
January 08, 2008
Sunday in Hyde Park
Went for a walk on a crisp winter's day in Hyde Park; entering at Marble Arch where a lacklustre Speaker's Corner was being held (one toothless old guy boasting about his sexual prowess, and the usual Christian/Islamic debates). I walked through to Kensington Gardens. The light was cinematic and strong.
PS: After getting spam-bombed again I am going to turn comments off after a couple of days - sorry about that - and will explore how to transfer this site to a new content publishing system.
December 18, 2007
Merry Christmas from London Photos!
Hi all,
Thanks for visiting the London Photos blog in 2007. I know there hasn't been a prolific range of photos this year, partly because I spent a third of the year travelling abroad rather than staying in London! I do hope that I'll be able to upgrade this supremely ancient site which is still running a 2003 version of Movable Type, and actually migrate all the images to the new version successfully. Part of the reason I haven't been updating as much, apart from taking less photos, is because this website is quite clunky and prone to spam - I've recently reopened comments though!
An identifying sticker worn at a London Christmas party that entitled the bearer to free food and drink
Another thing I hope to have ready in early 2008 is a self-published book of London Photos that includes highlights of images I've produced over the last four years. (Off topic: if you're interested in a novel for teens 14 and over, I've written Drive to Nowhere a mystery/adventure novel set in the Australian bush and suburban Sydney starring the teen daughter of a rock star - check it out and maybe buy a copy if you're interested :))
December 01, 2007
4.50pm at Crouch End
Waiting for a bus in the rain at 4.50pm. It gets dark early in London nowadays! Winter is approaching fast.
Another leaf
Another leaf - in Camden
November 14, 2007
Hoxton, 4.30pm
Walking home from The Grocery at Shoreditch at 4.30pm, I noticed these bright lights in front of a converted electricity showroom. The place is apparently now some trendy club, but I was just interested in the outside.
I hope to take more photos later this week that aren't using mobile phones. I've got a busy weekend that will take me to Battersea, South Bank and Crouch End. I need to charge up the old DSLR!
November 03, 2007
Autumn leaves
Autumn leaves, outside School of Oriental and African Studies, London
November 01, 2007
Green bottle, reflected
Whitecross Lane, EC2. A few minutes of intense light. Happened to pass by this green beer bottle's reflection on the white wall.
Fire engine access
Yesterday, in front of the School of Oriental and African Studies where I saw an exhibition featuring Chinese photographs from British collections - recommended!
October 24, 2007
Shepherdess Cafe, City Road
First time we'd gone here to the Shepherdess Cafe on City Rd, despite going past it many times. A little more expensive than other nearby places, but service was good and quick. Felt absolutely stuffed afterwards - chips, eggs, beans, mushrooms, toast and coffee, which I was unable to finish only because the serving was so massive - I did my best though!
If anyone can help me find out how to turn off the very loud CLICK sound emitted by my mobile phone (Sony Ericsson K750i) when I try and take a photo with it, do tell.
Anyway, what else? Oh - we got free chewing gum afterwards.
October 23, 2007
Rainy bus 153
I'm sheltered inside one of the quietest but most convenient bus routes in London, the irregular bus 153.
Experiment! BTW I'm opening comments on this, just to see if it still attracts spam - I really need to upgrade the 'back end' that drives this site but it's so much work.
Photographers' rights
Steamy Sloane Square
Olympic flame whizzes past
Freeze frame
Primrose Hill, Easter 2008
Snow!
After the rain
Buy one get one free
Sunday in Hyde Park
Merry Christmas from London Photos!
4.50pm at Crouch End
Another leaf
Hoxton, 4.30pm
Autumn leaves
Green bottle, reflected
Fire engine access
Shepherdess Cafe, City Road
Rainy bus 153
Free range eggs - 20p each
NYCLondon blog
Photo London
One Way Photoblog
London Photographers' Gallery
Urban75 London
Dave Kelsall
Sean McManus
Rob's Photobook Guide
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Sealand up for sale! Topshop emporium Go to Stonehenge Sealand revisited - tonight on BBC2 Southend-On-Sea Day Trip Robert Frank at the Tate Churchill's Bunker, London Open House Day Little India, London Greenwich Foot Tunnel Mario Department store shelves Treehouse, Regent's Canal Little Venice A London Canal walk Hula Dancers at MTV Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Hyde Park, London Barcelona Pics Part 1 Blast from the not-so-distant past: Sealand Primrose Hill, fallen leaves Primrose Hill in the autumn Almost that time of year... Blaine's box Tottenham Court Road Tube Mrs Wilde the candy floss seller 2 miles from Hampstead A trip to the zoo...
Landmarks
Happy World Pinhole Day! Marketing Suite St Paul's Cathedral Guildhall, great hall Tourists at Guildhall, London Walking the Circle Line City Abstract Lower gate closed Aldersgate St Office Space City of London, reflection view Somerset House, earlier tonight More Gherkin / Swiss Re / 30 St Mary Axe photos X Marks the Spot City Hall interior - office space and spirals Erotic Gherkin (aka 'Swiss Re' building), London Inside the foot tunnel Piccadilly Line, Easter 2004 Swiss Cottage Tube, London Trafalgar Square George W. Bush Protest British Museum
Laundromat
Laundrettes are all the same Service Washes Laundromat 1
London Life
Steamy Sloane Square Olympic flame whizzes past Buy one get one free Sunday in Hyde Park 4.50pm at Crouch End Hoxton, 4.30pm Green bottle, reflected Fire engine access Rainy bus 153 Abandoned piano, Brick Lane Mayfair, shoes Hospital and Trisha and clothes Open House Day: Marketing Suite inside Memorial Sheep drive through central London The Sultan's Elephant visits London John Soane's Museum Jerome St, E1 Demise of the SX-70 film Underground at the Old Abbatoir 'One more thing..' London iPod video launch London Open House Weekend Shaki's Newsagents Along the canal London United - Trafalgar Square vigil London photos Tuesday 12 July 2005 Business as usual Terrorist attacks Won! Surrealistic juxtaposition Colour after Klein, Barbican A head at Notting Hill markets, London Decommissioned bunker Snowy taxi Jerusalem Tavern, Clerkenwell Brooms Blue skies in London? Odd! Barbican light Wandering around Brick Lane View from City Hall No posts! Number 13 Bus Primrose Hill Lomo Hat ladies, Notting Hill Munch meets Sars Broadway Market Canary Wharf Regent's Canal Selfridges slaves Selfridges Jesus Selfridges shoes Light switch World of Ikea Jumble Sale Letterboxes Kilburn High Road Abstract Kensal Rise Through a pinhole The New Year Sales Tsumani of singlets Fireworks at Primrose Hill Baker Street Greasy Spoon Another Olafur Eliasson Weather Project photograph! At your beck and call Farringdon Lane
Nature
Autumn's here again Do not feed the pigeons Winter's on its way out... Fitzroy Square, London Daffodils in the snow, Barbican, London Early afternoon light Hampstead Heath Cabbage Mile of Lavender Finsbury Park, London Hyde Park Snow Bench, Regent's Park Mute Swans, Regent's Park A flower at home Regent's Park
Non-London
Photographers' rights Been away, been hot Parisian Street Montmartre, Paris Eiffel Tower, rain Narita City Not A London Photo (2) Long warehouse A frozen room A day trip to Brighton
People
Singing in Spitalfields Visitors Chicken Pox Big Dogs Wedding Old man Betsey Islington Kid Happy New Year The Olympic 2012 announcement: It's London! Hampstead Heath Circle Line Photographed Walking man, Westbourne Grove No Swimming sign, Hampstead Heath Henri Cartier-Bresson Dies Ridley Road Market, Dalston, East London Camden Girls Blaine-baiting
Photos
Photobook auction on 18th May Update on photography exhibitions in London New York revisited Updated photos at NYCLondon Venus passes the sun London Eye, Venus Current and upcoming London photo exhibitons Drainpipe in the summer Item of the week Brown Sauce on Baker St
Polaroid Manipulation
Piccadilly Circus Polaroid Manipulation Barcelona Polaroid Manipulation Abbey Rd Polaroid by Kim Gilmour St Pauls Cathedral Polaroid London Telephone Box Leicester Square, Empire Theatre London Tube Map, Manipulated Trial and error with Polaroids Jubilee Bridge Trafalgar Square Lion, plus Polaroid close up! Cutty Sark, Greenwich Tower Bridge, Thames Walthamstow, E17 Who needs Photoshop...? SX-70 Polaroid Manipulation, Nelson's Column, Trafalgar Square More Polaroid Manipulations of London Millennium Bridge... Van Gogh-like?
Stuff
Merry Christmas from London Photos! Taking a little break Photo London next month Dusty lorry New photography exhibitions Sunday afternoon PhotobookGuide.com is born! Bye little flat... JUST MOVED Another London blog! London snow photos on display Christmas time In business! Need a recharge Watch the space Hayward photo exhibitons open New Yorker's London Pics Greetings! New Hayward Photo Exhibition Tosca the cat: Gratuitous cat pic Springtime and photos! FUNNY SIGNS Whether the weather... First Time Here? Make your photos huge! Lack of posts! My new book is here! Will it snow in London? Busy busy Citigroup Photography Prize 2004 Nominees Happy birthday to me! Back from Barcelona Merry Christmas everyone! Rob wins at the Guardian Weblog Awards! At home Digital cameras are the new lighters Grosvenor House Hotel Things to do this weekend? Hundreds of Belgian visitors? Motel room; plant Gay Lego men
Veg Food
Shepherdess Cafe, City Road Free range eggs - 20p each London Photos is back! Where are the photos? Vegan Barbeque Strawberry Fields Yellow rice, chick peas and mock abalone (gluten) Tempeh Burgers how to make vegan pizza
Weather
Primrose Hill, Easter 2008 Snow! After the rain Another leaf Autumn leaves Changing seasons Peeing snowman Rain, rain rain in London An afternoon at Spitalfields Heatwave in London Most polluted street gets makeover! Fitzroy Square, footprints There one minute, gone the next Walking in a Winter Wonderland Tantalisingly Close To Sticky Snow Pinch of Notting Hill Houses of Parliament After the snowfall London evening, snowtime! Cold glass window More Olafur Eliasson at the Tate Modern Olafur Eliasson at the Tate, smoke and mirrors Taxis & payphones in the snow A Snowy London Morning