Blog Archive 23

The Angel

25 March 2024

This is one of many works by Andrew Baldwin on display at Trinity Buoy Wharf, London E14. It’s usually pictured with the O2 (Millennium Dome) and London skyline in the background but here I chose to look up from below so she could take flight with the sun on her back.

Light Trails

21 March 2024

Here’s a shot of the A14 junction at Bar Hill. 30 seconds exposure has captured a good spread of light trails.

Marmont Priory Lock

19 February 2024

Having been closed for a few months Marmont Priory Lock on the Old River Nene at Upwell has been thoroughly refurbished, but is still overlooked by this slightly creepy Victorian-gothic looking lock-keeper’s cottage. I photographed Salters Lode lock further down river on the same afternoon.

Power Tower

5 February 2024

I’ve taken a few different shots like this recently, but this is my favourite at the moment. I felt very vulnerable the first time I lay on my back at the bottom of one of these metal monsters, but I’m getting more blasé about it each time.
I’ve found only a few occasions to use a fisheye lens since I bought it but shots like this make it worthwhile.

Family Heirloom

18 January 2024

Here’s my dad’s Ensign Selfix 16-20 Model II, vintage 1951. Hand crafted in London long before everything went Japanese. It’s still in perfect working order, but not tempting me to become a film photographer ever again.

More Vienna

23 September 2023

This is The MAK in Vienna, modelled on The South Kensington Museum in London, which was later renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The MAK has a fantastic collection of late 19th and early 20th century decorative arts and a lot more besides. Recommended!