One Way Photoblog

Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/4, ISO 200, focal length 50mm

Coco, Devonshire Street, Marylebone.

Canon 400D, 1/400sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, focal length 50m

This is St Nicholas Church in the village of Canewdon, Essex, which is supposedly haunted.

I liked the little glowing light at the window, and was hoping someone would appear silhouetted in it, but unfortunately no-one was around (not even a ghost)

Canon 400D, 1/80sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, focal length 11mm

Boris Johnson today won the vote to stand as the Conservative Party’s candidate in next year’s election for London mayor. I work in London but as I don’t live there I don’t get a vote. If I did I most certainly wouldn’t be “backing Boris”.

It looks like he has a good PR campaign though; I spotted these posters in central London yesterday.

Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/11, ISO 800, focal length 70mm

Another shot from Southend’s main strip, Marine Parade.

Canon 400D, 2.5sec, f/8, ISO 100, focal length 50mm, tripod

Bright lights in the tackier side of Southend’s seafront.
I set the saturation to maximum in-camera, a slow shutter speed, and panned slowly.

Canon 400D, 1/2sec, f/6.3, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

One lunchtime I went out with Christopher247 to take a few shots; we couldn’t decide what to take pictures of, so he set me a theme — ‘circles’ — to interpret however I wanted. This was what I came up with in the half hour or so we had.

Both Canon 400D, ISO 100, focal length 50mm
Top: 1/160sec, f/3.5; bottom: 1/125sec, f/3.2

This is a little different from my usual style of shot; I thought I’d try something new. More from Praed Street at The Way We See It.

Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, focal length 24mm

More from Praed Street.

Canon 400D, 1/125sec, f/8, ISO 200, focal length 31mm

Canon 400D, 1/125sec, f/8, ISO 200, focal length 36mm

This image is from a small series I took for the Praed Street entry at The Way We See It.

Canon 400D, 1/125sec, f/7.1, ISO 400, focal length 53mm

Hadleigh Castle, one evening last week.

Canon 400D, 1/125sec, f/16, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

As I left work last night, there was a beautiful pink sky; I had 4 or 5 minutes to take some pictures before it disappeared. Although I have brightened this shot a little, it’s not by as much as you might think — the sky was actually quite pink. I set the exposure bias to -2/3 to make it a little darker, and used the camera’s user-defined style setting to make it more saturated.

Also notice the helicopter to the right of the BT Tower.

Canon 400D, 1/160sec, f/3.5, ISO 400, focal length 50mm

This was taken in Lavenham, Suffolk, this weekend.

Canon 400D, 1/250sec, f/11, ISO 100, focal length 70mm, brightened in Photoshop

More reflections, near Euston station.

Canon 400D, 1/4000sec, f/2, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

I bet I know what he wants to be when he grows up…

Canon 400D, 1/250sec, f/4.5, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

These are my final shots of graffiti on the back of Chalkwell station.

Both Canon 400D, ISO 100
Top: 1/125sec, f/8, focal length 10mm, cropped at left
Bottom: 1/250sec, f/4.5, focal length 50mm

The wall is the back of Chalkwell station on the footpath towards Leigh, and it faces out across the Thames estuary. I think the cyclist had stopped to take in the sea view.

Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/10, ISO 100, focal length 20mm

Dogs playing on the mudflats and seaweed near Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

Canon 400D, 1/400sec, f/7.1, ISO 400, focal length 20mm

Deckchairs on the seafront at Westcliff, Essex.

Canon 400D, 1/160sec, f/9, ISO 100, focal length 16mm

More from my Sunday morning stroll, at Chalkwell, Essex.

Canon 400D, 1/320sec, f/5, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

Canon 400D, 1/320sec, f/5, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

Cobblestones at Old Leigh.

Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/4, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

Colourful fishing nets lying around on the wharf at Old Leigh.

Canon 400D, 1/80sec, f/9, ISO 100, focal length 20mm

On Sunday morning we took a little stroll along the seafront from Westcliff to Leigh, which takes about 40 minutes. Over the next few days I’ll be posting a little series of shots I took along the way.

This couple are enjoying the view over the Thames estuary, Leigh-on-Sea.

Canon 400D, 1/640sec, f/10, ISO 400, focal length 20mm (fast because I forgot to change the settings from the previous shot!)