I recently provided volunteer event photography services for the Southend Half Marathon on the request of the organisers Havens Hospices. I was more than happy to give up my day to capture the event and a few subsequent evenings to process and upload the results. You are here for the photos I'm sure so I …
Inspiring Women, Building Britain
On Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of joining around 150 students, parents and industry figures at the second annual Taylor Woodrow Inspiration Lecture held in the grand surroundings of One Great George Street in Westminster - the home of The Institution of Civil Engineers. The theme of this years lecture - intended to put …
Paul Weller – Cliffs Pavillion
At very short notice - like 3 hours - we went to see Paul Weller at Southend's Cliffs Pavilion last night. Needless to say he was brilliant. Going was extra special as the tickets made an extra birthday present for my missus for Tuesday who last saw Mr P at the Cliffs on the farewell …
Revolution Round 5 London
Last Saturday afternoon the lad and I took ourselves up to the Lee Valley Velopark in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - aka the Olympic Velodrome or The Pringle - to watch the final evening session of the Revolution Series Round 5 track racing. It was a great experience. I'd not been inside the Olympic Velodrome before and have …
Hadleigh Legacy 2012 10K Race
Once again I took my trust Nikon out yesterday into the cold and mud - but thankfully sunny - Essex countryside to photograph friends old and new as they ran around a muddy field or two. On this occasion it was the 3rd running of the Hadleigh Legacy 2012 10K race organised by Castle Point …
Backstage at The Barbican
Last Tuesday was a fun packed day which included a visit to our site at Victoria Station and a trip up the Walkie Talkie building to visit the newly opened Sky Garden. From the Sky Garden I hot footed it over to The Barbican Theatre for a backstage tour. This cost me the princely sum …
Victoria Station Upgrade
On Tuesday morning I visited the Victoria Station Upgrade project in London to do annual reviews with two trainees working toward their Chartered Professional Review for full corporate membership of the Institution of Civil Engineers. They are two great candidates one male and one female doing equal roles on site and both are aiming to …
The Sky Garden @ 20 Fenchurch Street
This afternoon I had the great pleasure of ascending to the 35th floor of 20 Fenchurch Street aka The 'Walkie Talkie' building to marvel at the public Sky Garden and the views. My 1.5 hour booked slot commenced at 3.30pm and so I was able to see it in sunshine and to witness the sunset. …
Nikon DX vs FX lenses. What gives?
I'm confused. Last summer after much research and on recommendation on how good it was I purchased the Nikon 70-300mm f4.5-5.6 G AF-S VR IF-ED Lens to use on my Nikon D5200 camera. Now the camera is DX format (eg the smaller of the 2 sensors Nikon put in their cameras) and the lens is an …
2014 Photography
My photography has ramped up considerably in 2014 and much of it has been taking photos of local sporting events and primarily parkruns at various locations. Ive also been able to do some wildlife photography plus some odds and ends of concerts, landscape, art, and architecture. And I've not earned a single solitary sheckle for …
