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Wandering Oxford Street and Southwark

Jasper — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:35:06 +0000

London is so good. One day I might go mad, quit my job and spend the rest of my life taking photos around London. We managed to cover a tiny amount of Oxford Street and Southwark before it got dark today – don’t know the areas well enough to find well-lit stuff yet. Also, remember to charge your batteries before going out shooting all day.

Oxford Street

Southwark

It’s difficult to make strawberries look bad.

Jasper — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:33:50 +0000

Strawberries are the best fruit. I’m not a huge fan of the taste, but look at those things. They’re so cute!

London’s Buildings

Jasper — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:54:52 +0000

I only had my camera out for ten minutes but there are some amazing buildings in the area we were in. I can’t remember what it was called, though. Dan…?

334: burgess road campus

Jasper — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:03:53 +0000

This is one of those areas that I’ve always wanted to get a few shots of, but it’s pretty far to walk it from my house, and the only other time I was near it was on a commute, and no-one stops when they’re commuting.

You’re going home. Now.

Annoyingly, I’ve become predictable even to myself, and I took a tonne of photos that I’ve already taken of other buildings before, so these are the “new” ones.

I don’t believe I’m at a stage in my life with my camera where I actually think these would look better with an overcast sky. Still, I’m not the sort of person to force it just because it’s what I want.

289: ah crap

Jasper — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:28:27 +0000

turn the light on, I forgot to take a picture!

248: Hospital

Jasper — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:14:10 +0000

Really nice morning this morning. Walking Charlotte into work, the sun was hitting this building just right.

With a decent amount of light and a steady hand, the iPhone camera isn’t all /that/ bad.

229: Trees

Jasper — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:02:33 +0000

Today, I wanted to create an abstract, moody forest effect using remote flash.

I don’t know why, but when I’m at the in-laws’ house, I always get in the mood for abstracts. This is the head of the bed in Charlotte’s old room, with the SB-800 firing at a 45° angle towards the camera, which is in turn angled up towards the flash at 45°.

This whole setup was a great exercise to show Nikon’s genius product design. As soon as you get pro glass, you need to pro flash setup. The on-board flash is set to command with "zero" output (obviously it needs some output in order to trigger the flash), but at this range, the lens was casting a shadow over my subject. Annoying. I’ve taken a look, and for a mere £200, I can get an IR trigger that won’t affect the shot. This will also be useful for when I start increasing the size of my flash army and getting umbrellas and stands.

Just as you think the expense is over, more mounts up. Bloody cameras.

216: Dried Flowers

Jasper — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:45:47 +0000

I wanted a new desktop background. Can’t decide if this is too busy. I’ve not had a photo as a desktop for ages.

214: New Years

Jasper — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:55:21 +0000

I’m old and married now, so I’m staying in with my hot water bottle tonight! And they say I don’t know how to party.

195 121208 – The Desert

Jasper — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:51:58 +0000

Playing about with some really high ISO stuff last night. I wanted to avoid using the flash. Sometimes, I really love high ISO, but it can ruin a photo if you’re not in the right frame of mind for it.

I need a D3 or something, then I can choose between noisy and not!