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Always enjoy shooting umbrellas from above and trying to include some form of geometry into the equation- if possible. Curvature seemed apt for this one, shot at the west exit of Liverpool Street station
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The London Design Biennale and the Malta Pavilion provided a great little setting for not only a game of Hide & Seek, but also a multitude of opportunities for street photography :)
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My luck was in with this one, two sets of cones, with the red and white tape were set up to zig zag up the stairs where some loose tiles required replacing. The Leading lines the tape provided and the low winter sun helped finish the scene off. Also straight out the camera all 5976 vs 3984 pixels of it :)
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Having fun with the flash which for me is the gonzo of street, where with a healthy dose of flash you end up injecting yourself into the narrative . I love Ralph Steadman www.instagram.com/steadmanart/ and his illustrations of the the great man’s books, and so along with Bacon, I take inspiration for these more hallucinatory shots. I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive... (an appropriate exert from the opening line of one of the greatest novels written)
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Always enjoy trying to shake things up think a little bit more about a shot and work an outcome that is just a little bit different. The song by the Pixies Where is my mind, had popped up on my shuffle whilst shooting and it sort of felt apt for this complex graphic!
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Having fun in Mass Transit, exposing for the highlights as the mass of commuters and travellers passed across a cross hatch of lights and shadows. I enjoyed how it picked out bits and pieces across the frame and the distribution of the highlights.
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A little Cordoban Complexity from the back streets of Córdoba and the old town, it looked as if the lads were taking on removal duties. Enjoyed the layers and complexity with the variety of expressions and actions across the uncropped frame.
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Pushing the drag on this one, to 1.5 seconds, which is a little on the extreme side, but the subject mostly holds together with the surroundings disintegrating nicely. She had a real Cleopatra look that I only noticed retrospectively!
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Couldn’t resist a few shots at the Calatrava building in Oviedo, a rather neglected and under-utilised example of his work. Derided by the local residence, this really felt like a white elephant in every sense of the expression, albeit a beautiful one! Footfall was pretty minimal aside from the odd dog walker and so I just waited and hoped, as was the case, that one past the little light Apex to provide the human element.
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Further up close and personal flash fun, in and around the streets of London, the thick glass of the glasses drew me in, for Conscious Stream.
Using a loaner M10 as the Reporter is still back in Germany being fixed!
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Further up close and personal flash fun, in and around the streets of London, Loved the Emo look half goth half Harry Potter!
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Further rumination on Burri in Flight to the Sun, with his 1960 São Paulo shot with his 180mm of the roof top and street way below being such a benchmark and inspiration for me. The low light and constant stream of people entering Liverpool Street from its north entrance gave me an opportunity for a little homage☺️🙏
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I have had an obsession with this particular tube stop in Valencia and whilst I’d taken a shot from here before I wanted to come at it from a different angle and get the person squarely within the complex light shadow strips. This go around I think I managed it so I can leave the good people who use this station in peace 😅 This is also the first shot I have ported over directly from the camera via the Leica app, to my phone, so it is clean out the camera with no crop, and I felt Urban Zebra summed it up😊
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loved the energy from this shot , Adrenochrome from the famous HST novel and those orange aviators being synonymous with the great man!
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Experimental settings, flash & panning on the open window of a limo and this was the result, a hallucinatory down the rabbit hole shot, with Go ask Alice, being an obvious title!
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Armada, so this chap was adjusting this aquatic sculpture, being directed by what I believe was the artist, not as easy as it seems!
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Aquaman, given his super jacket colour, forcing an outcome shooting with a super wide angle and flash from below the subject…shoot first then ask for forgiveness 🙏
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This kid was On the Run with his ball mid market, I was pleasantly surprised with the results of this snap shot, particularly the ball frozen in time and the expression of focus and concentration.
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An exercise in observation really, the dog was not as cute as he looks and was barking and straining at the leash, but I just kept on walking up on it, couldn't miss out on Doggo Double.
He did calm down eventually and we parted friends :)
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Must be going through a stripy phase 😅 with Dark Matter. Loved the diagonal light which harked back to one of my masters, Rene Burri and his shot at the health ministry in Rio. I also enjoyed the shadow cast by the passing subject which completed the symmetry. Hopefully we get a few more clear days with this beautiful autumn light🙏