Uluru photo published by National Geographic Deutschland
Waiting patiently with my camera and tripod for the sun to set, I was more than a little disconcerted by the storm clouds swirling around overhead, thinking they might spoil the shots I was about to take. How wrong I was…
Welcome
Imagine, if you will, that my image library started out as a collection of printed photographs, gathered into stacked boxes and stored in the garden shed. All the photos were there, and people could look through them if they really wanted to, but it was quite hard work and most people couldn’t even find the shed.
Print and Photo Sale now on!
The Print and Photo Sale, offering a discount of 20% against all purchases from www.laucala.eu, runs from 29 November to 31 December 2010.
Flamborough Head
On a map of the UK, it’s that little spur that sticks out about half way up the east coast. Because it sticks out, there’s a lighthouse there, and I’m quite a fan of lighthouses.
10.155 Action packed
The last full day of any trip for me always seems to be the most frantic. I spend half the time mentally noting things I must do, places I must see before the end of the trip, then suddenly it is the end of the trip and the mental checklist remains.
10.154 Stormy sunset
Sunsets can be so difficult to photograph, at least in any way that does them justice, but I think the added cloud cover and the moisture in the air added such an extra dimension this evening.
10.153 Xàbia
One thing that truly stood out in Xàbia – initially like a sore thumb – is the church near the port. Rising slightly above its neighbours, built of plain concrete and adorned with what appear at first to be spikes, Our Lady of Loreto church could not possibly be more incongruous.
10.152 Sierra Helada
The path became a climb, rising steeply for about 15 minutes where it seemed that the crest was forever just out of sight, until, suddenly, it just stopped. The ground levelled out for all of about 2 metres, and then fell away, hundreds of metres to the ocean below.
10.148 Bottled Victory
Despite living in London for many years, I’ve never really taken a lot of notice of the empty “fourth plinth” in Trafalgar Square. Built in 1841 to hold a statue of William IV, it remained unused owing to a lack of funds. And has remained empty pretty much ever since.
10.137 Greenwich Park
Greenwich Park – one of London’s Royal Parks since 1427 and open to the public since the 18th century. I paid just a brief visit early this morning en route to a meeting, but wished I could have stayed a while longer.
10.136 Public hanging
With just a small nod to my previous employment, I thought the juxtaposition of a noose with the offices of Canary Wharf seemed to quite nicely illustrate the ongoing “public debate” about those dastardly City bankers…
10.133 Elephants in London
The registered charity Elephant Family has organised a campaign called Elephant Parade London 2010, whereby hundreds of brightly decorated elephants are being installed in all manner of places around the city for a couple of months, to raise awareness for the endangered Asian elephant.
10.64 Spring flowers
More signs that Spring is on its way here in Cyprus, this time in the form of tiny white flowers in the garden. This one small tree has hundreds of them, each no more than 1-2cm across (these photographs were taken with a 100mm macro lens), with lots more in bud.
10.58 Flying geese
Flying geese. Above the clouds! And no, I was not airborne myself while taking this shot, although it really does look like it.
10.57 Waiting for summer
I did think that these straw sun shades looked quite funky, and the stacked deck chairs rather forlorn. Just think, in a few weeks from now, people will be fighting over these…
10.54 Looking down
I love flying. Not just because it gets you somewhere else pretty quickly – I enjoy the journey itself, particularly when I can look out of the window and try to guess where we are at any given point. Mealtimes aside, I can spend entire flights just gazing in wonder at the view below.
10.51 Skegness energy
Standing on a windswept beach for a while is an excellent way to revive, after a 5 hour drive! I did not however expect the view of a very large wind farm looming on the horizon.
John Morrison
In a past life, when I worked in the City, I was fortunate to be invited over to our office in Pfäffikon, Switzerland for a couple of days, primarily to attend an event marking the retirement of John Morrison, then our CEO.
10.31 Spinning wheel
The Merlin Entertainments London Eye (I had no idea it had stopped being the British Airways London Eye, so I learned something today…) is one of London’s most fun tourist attractions and is well worth a visit.
10.23 I’m a Photographer, not a Terrorist
Photographers of all ages and calibres gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, to protest the frequent abuse of anti-terrorism legislation (Section 44, in the UK) against them.
10.22 Beneath the Thames
The Greenwich foot tunnel has been open 24 hours a day since 1902, so it was about time that I paid it a visit.
10.20 The office
Making up for lost time / posts / days / whatever, today we have a second post – a quick shot of “the office”.
