One Way Photoblog

More from sunny Southend-on-Sea. The tiny speck of colour you can see on the horizon is this boat.

Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 100, focal length 11mm. Black and white version here.

These two work far better side by side, but the maximum width possible on this site is far too small, so I’ve had to show them one after another.

Both Canon 400D, ISO 400, focal length 50mm; top: 1/160sec, f/3.5; bottom: 1/200sec, f/4

I seem to be developing a bit of a liking for this kind of composition (see here, here, here, here and here!!) — must try to be a little more creative in future!

Canon 400D, 1/50sec, f/22, ISO 100, focal length 20mm

Office buildings on the Euston Road, London.

Canon 400D, 1/25sec, f/11, ISO 100, focal length 10mm

My final shot from my morning at the tattoo studio.

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

Tattoo inks lined up in the studio, and the studio’s resident sweet jar.

Both Canon 400D, ISO 400, focal length 50mm; top: 1/100sec, f/2.5; bottom: 1/60sec, f/8

Canon 400D, 1/60sec, f/2, ISO 400, focal length 50mm

Back in August I posted a few images from a morning I spent shooting at my local tattoo studio. I’ve only recently got around to editing the rest of them — this is the first of four more posts.

Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/2.8, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

OK, I know this isn’t a particularly imaginative portrait on my part, but it’s only the second time ever that I’ve been brave enough to ask someone I don’t know if I can take their photograph (the other occasion being this one).

More on the Big Issue here.

Canon 400D, 1/60sec, f/8, ISO 400, focal length 20mm

But can you spot the man out for a stroll in this picture?

Canon 400D, 1/160sec, f/9, ISO 100, focal length 24mm

A deserted Regent’s Park yesterday lunchtime — the weather has taken a turn for the worse since I shot this one in the same park a couple of weeks ago.

Canon 400D, 1/160sec, f/8, ISO 400, focal length 24mm

This is an archive image that I shot about a year ago. It shows four posters on the wall of our local theatre in Westcliff, which at the time had closed down due to lack of funds and was re-opening with this pantomime. It has remained open ever since.

Canon 300D, 1/125sec, f/7.1, ISO 200, focal length 55mm

Panik graffiti on the Rising Sun pub, Tottenham Court Road, central London.

Canon 400D, 1/250sec, f/4, ISO 100, focal length 50mm

Another one from Southend seafront. A few more versions at Flickr.

Canon 400D, 1/160sec, f/13, ISO 100, focal length 20mm, vignetting added in Photoshop

A second archive shot from the Brecon Beacons. It looks set-up, but it isn’t — we were actually lost!

Canon 300D, 1/200sec, f/6.3, ISO 100, focal length 18mm

I’m a little behind in editing my recent images, so I’m delving into my archives for a couple of days.

This was taking a couple of years ago, and I’m pretty sure it’s Cribyn, as approached from Pen y Fan, in the Brecon Beacons, south Wales.

Canon 300D, 1/125sec, f/7.1, ISO 100, focal length 18mm

The beautiful () Kent coastline, as seen across the Thames estuary, from Southend.

Canon 400D, 1/1600sec, f/14, ISO 1600, focal length 300mm, vignetting added in Photoshop

Canon 400D, 1/500sec, f/8, ISO 400, focal length 10mm

Two children walking along the beach with their dad at Southend, Essex, yesterday afternoon.

Canon 400D, 1/250sec, f/13, ISO 100, focal length 13mm, cropped at left

Southend seafront this afternoon.

I’ve cheated a little (something I’ve never done before on this photoblog - honest!) by adding a fake lens flare afterwards in Photoshop, to add interest to the sky.

Canon 400D, 1/200sec, f/10, ISO 100, focal length 10mm

It’s not often that we get blue skies like this in November, so I’m making the most of it.

Both Canon 400D, ISO 100; Top: 1/200sec, f/10, focal length 11mm; Bottom: 1/160sec, f/9, focal length 10mm, rotated

Blue sky and golden leaves on a beautiful November day, Regent’s Park, London.

Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/8, ISO 100, focal length 11mm

The new £800m Eurostar terminal at St Pancras International, officially opened by the Queen on Tuesday. From next week, high speed trains will run between here and France and Belgium.

Unfortunately the main terminal isn’t yet open to the public, so my choice of shots was somewhat restricted. Top: detail from the beautifully restored glass roof; and bottom: A Eurostar train ready and waiting on the new platform.

Both Canon 400D; top: 1/40sec, f/14, ISO 100, focal length 11mm; bottom: 1/30sec, f/5.6, ISO 400, focal length 20mm

I think I’m getting a little braver with these kinds of shots, although my comments here apply to this image too.

This family were posing by a Man Utd team photo in a shop window on Carnaby Street; it’s a shame you can’t quite see that the woman in the foreground is holding a camera.

I took this image and the previous two as part of a Way We See It series; click here to see thumbnails.

Canon 400D, 1/30sec, f/5.6, ISO 200, focal length 20mm

Canon 400D, 1/100sec, f/5.6, ISO 200, focal length 20mm