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Today’s photo:Low light under the bridge. An early evening shot, with light coming in almost horizontally into the arches of London’s Blackfriar’s railway bridge, with the piers of the old bridge showing on the left. This was the first LE shot with my new D750, taken in February 2015. It was a 4 minute shot,…

Some more London street shots exploring different areas of style – this time looking at the geometric form of the scene.     The weekend of my birthday this summer was pretty busy.  Crazily, the BBC Proms had scheduled three Wagner operas in a row between  Friday and Sunday (and I had signed up for…

The best part of the Pageant was at the end, when the orchestra and singers turned up, and in the pelting rain, belted out ‘Rule Britannia’ and God save the Queen’.  I got a short clip of this, and although a bit wobbly, it really captures the moment I think. [hana-flv-player video=”http://mcaughtry.com/WP/wp-content/uploads/Video/Thames_pageant/Thames%20Pageant.480p.flv” width=”570″ height=”320″ /]…

Today’s photo:Torre de Belém at dawn. A long exposure shot taken at the Belem tower in Lisbon as the sun rose, and before the tourists arrived. It was taken in March this year, and  reminds me what a wonderful spot Lisbon is. Must get back there pronto. Note: Click photo to enlarge – back button…

 Click to show full size & back button to return to this page Happy New Year! Here’s another in the Salt River series.  These two gents I think were waiting for a ride – which was going to come down a street along which the sun was nearly horizontal and in their faces.  I liked…

This is the first of a series of shots taken in the footsteps of the great Alex Webb, a photographer who I greatly admire.  Webb takes colour street shots of great chromatic contrast and with unsettling, but perfect composition.  Some of his very best work is in his book, The Suffering of Light. Even if…