Snowdrops at Chippenham Park

We enjoyed a visit to Chippenham Park for the snowdrop weekend today in beautiful warm sunshine. The flowers were at their best. Images 4 and 5 show the difference in the image that you get from normal viewing height and from using the camera close to the ground.

John Lewis Project Part 2

Another shoot at John Lewis today - took Sadie and Meredith in as models for interaction with the children's department staff.

Leamington Spa Travel Lodge

 Leamington Spa Travelodge is probably the grandest TL I have stayed in. The conversion inside and outside has been very well done.

Southampton Museum and Art Gallery

 We visited Southampton SeaCity Museum and Art Gallery but found that photography was not allowed anywhere in these buildings - a definite no for future visits.

Wet New Forest

 It rained heavily all day Sunday adding to the already very sodden ground. On Monday morning we had a heavy snow fall but there was only a sprinkling left when I went for a walk on the Ober Water Trail. The warm colours in the swollen stream were intriguing especially where trees were reflected in the flowing water

Tablet photos

I thought I would try using my Galaxy tablet to do some photography as we have an Aperture evening where we are encouraging folks to bring iphone/ipad etc photos. Great fun to plan around with the ffects etc but think it would soon pall.

New Forest Welcome

 We had Friday morning free so Rikki and I had a quick introduction in the sunshine to a very wet underfoot New Forest. The greens are extra vibrant with all the rain so a conversion to monochrome seemed called for!

f4.0 Butterfly Portraits

 I stopped off at a butterfly house en route to Southampton on Thursday. The Sony demisted much quicker than the SLR so I used the former to take close-up views of some of the larger butterfly wings. The photo of the white butterfly on the left was taken with the Sony and that on the right and the final image with the Canon 20-200 at f4.0 aperture giving a lovely soft background.

John Lewis Cambridge

We did a preliminary planning visit to John Lewis in Cambridge to see get a feel of what the photographic project will involve. The mixed lighting will be a challenge but does create some very pleasing colour combinations. The moving staircases and the symmetrical layouts lend themselves to wide angles. The project will involve  photographing both partners (staff) and shoppers so fill-in flash may be helpful.

London Impressions

 The crowds of tourists in bright clothing worked well with a bit of creative blur giving a carnival feeling to the images in many cases. I don't like the streaked lights in the Westminster Bridge images and will try another time a bit earlier before all the lamps come on.