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Alice in Wonderland Enfants Terribles.

For the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith.

Diamond Jubilee Westminster

This was as close as I could get in Westminster. The 600mm lens is not in my repertoire unfortunately.

Eurovision photo contest

I'm in Strasbourg this weekend on a mission to shoot European expats. Here's Evangelos Gintersos, Greece's representative, who works as a civil servant for the European parliament.

Hammersmith up high from a cherry picker

Carnedd Llewelyn, Snowdonia and Plane Wreckage

I took these pics last weekend. The last shot in this sequence shows part of an aircraft wing, the Avro Lincoln B. Mk.2 RF511 that crashed into the hills back in 1950. It's amazing parts of it are still there. Check out this link http://www.peakdistrictaircrashes.co.uk/pages/wales/walesrf511.htm.

We also spotted wild horses up there, the only ones still in the UK. Altogether an eventful day.

Check out Tim Ireland's excellent pics of the region here too http://timireland.blogspot.co.uk/

Scouts mag cover

Recent shoot for the Scouts magazine at Gilwell Park in Chingford.

Search for Gold Talk

Search for Inca Gold talk at Bath Spa University yesterday.

National Awards BIPP

Award from British Institute of Professional Photography's 2012 National Awards. This picture was taken in Sangay National Park in Ecuador last September, outside a local school.

Lee fields

...at Islington Town Hall

The Shard - almost there

Last train out of Newquay

35mm Home Development

Here is a slideshow showing the process I go through to develop 35mm B&W film at home. It's not ideal of course...would love to set up my own darkroom when I have the space...but I've never had a problem using the darkbag. I took this roll from my rangefinder. I knew the photos were slightly underexposed so I decided to push the development a little and experiment, and as a result got some quite nice contrast across the tones. It takes time of course but it's also fun and exciting. I've also included a couple of scans here.

Softbox

Sorry not a lot of blogging at the moment as I've been pulling some projects together.

I recently purchased the Lastolite Octa Softbox, the largest softbox I own at 90x90cm across. I've been looking for a truly portable large softbox for a while now and it fits the bill perfectly. Takes roughly 10mins to set up mind so you have to factor that into the shoot. It produces lovely diffused light, and is nicely balanced. You can also shoot speedlights through it with a hotshoe attachment. Travelling around London on public transport with all your gear means you need these sort of portable lighting solutions.

Bessa R2

Got a new camera! The Voigtlander Bessa R2 manual rangefinder with 28mm f/1.9 lens. Love it. Shooting quite a bit of film recently, on the Mamiya 645 too. It's a lot of fun when the turnaround time isn't a factor. I'll post some examples once I've done some developing.

NYE Fireworks 2012

I've recently moved to a new flat on Lower Marsh, overlooking Waterloo Station. Should have put this shot up earlier really! Good display albeit a little short in my mind.

The Pete & Boris show

Peter Andre and Boris Johnson singing shoulders, knees and toes with an army of toddlers down at Shepherd's Bush Library this morning.

Picture Postcard Paris

A couple of pictures taken at the Sacre Coeur with the Mamiya. Beautiful city Paris, if you didn't know.

Actor Tweetup Soiree

Some pictures from the first London Actor Tweetup event.

Maisie in Paris

Taken on my Mamiya 645 AFDII