Under the Microscope

TG-4, f4.9, 1/100, ISO 1000, RAW

The microscope mode on the Olympus TG-4 is pretty cool and quite impressive on its own but with help of a raindrop on the phone screen it becomes even more fun.

Not an exciting photo and more something to show off he camera but I like it nonetheless.

4 Corner

GR, f8.0, 1/60, ISO 200, RAW

After posting only photos with people in the past weeks, it was time for a change so here is a simple architecture photo. I took this after meeting a friend for lunch near the Tower of London.

Penguins

Took this photo while out for a walk in the evening with the Panasonic GF1 and the Canon FD 50mm lens. It's funny how using these old cameras again feels so different now, still it's nice taking them out every now and then and see if it's still worth keeping them around.

I'm Back

After finishing my 'Round The World' trip and being back in London it was strange, at first it felt like I was still travelling and just at another place on my travels so I kept taking photos and walking around as usual.

Then after a very short time in London I decided to head to Germany and stay there for a few weeks, visit Photokina and try to see where to next.

The past weeks finally have seen me back in London and looking for jobs, going to interviews and selling some of my stuff on ebay to reduce clutter (after living out of a small backpack for a year everything not needed feels like clutter).

After taking hundreds of photos every day and over 60,000 photos during my trip I also took it a bit easier with my photography. That's not to say that I haven't been taking photos but I have taken many with my phone and didn't take a photo every day.

I didn't know how and when I would continue my blog but it always feels like there is something missing when I don't post.

Where and how to continue was a bigger challenge and I went through a few ideas but have now decided to just start with today's photos and back fill the days I have some good photos from the past weeks, including my Photokina posts and some series I have been taking on weekends.

Continuing from he lessons learned during my trip that less is always more and that gear certainly doesn't mater, I will not post the EXIF information to my photos because it really doesn't matter. If there is enough demand I will bring it back but for now I think the photos will mater more than the EXIF information.

There will be more updates coming from now on, both the daily post but also older posts that will appear to fill up the past weeks so I hope you are still following it and enjoy it.

More changes to the format or layout might follow and there will be adds since not enough people donated (but a big thanks to all who did!!) for the blog so ads will at least help me to maintain the blog.

Three Feet

LC1, f6.3, 1/500, ISO 100, RAW

Dusted my Panasonic LC1 off again and took it with me for a stroll around Greenwich. Liked the impressions left in the sand and tried two different compositions but preferred this one.

Day in London

Another beautiful day in London and with the benefit of not having to work, it meant I could go around London to take some pictures and see some things I usually don't get round to.

Took the Heliar 12mm and the GR lens with me but the Heliar stayed on all the time, I like the wideangle it offers and shooting at f8.0 meant I only needed to worry about the framing.

This is a series of some pictures I took today from different parts of London, starting near Liverpool Street, passing by the Barbican, Regent Street, the Saatchi gallery, Battersea park, Chelsea Bridge with a view of my favourite building in London and finally a slightly abstract picture of the Southwark Cathedral. I have a lot more pictures and locations but these show best my day and the photography I have been doing.

Transparent

GRD IV, f2.5, 1/125, ISO 80, RAW

Took this while having coffee at the Excel Center, had the GRD IV with me due to the small size and because it fits in a pocket without problems. Sometimes it's nice to be able to travel light and for this reason the GRDs are still great so can't wait to try the new GR.

Balls and String

Nexus 4, f2.8, 1/23, ISO 1200, JPG, Snapseed app

Just a picture I took while out for drinks, I used the Nexus 4 to take some of the usual party snapshots with the harsh flash that overexposed everything. The Nexus 4 handled itself pretty well and had less lag then the iPhone 4 some of the others had.
I took a few pictures with the GXR and GR lens at f2,8 with flash but manually focussing in darkness when you only see a grey screen and nothing to focus on is not easy (especially after a few drinks), it handled it very well when the focus was spot on and the flash worked really well, too.

Blinds

GXR A12-M, f4.0, 1/203, ISO 200, RAW, 135mm (Leica Elmar f4.0 90mm L)

Just had some fun with the lens flare of the Leica lens when the sun hit it through the window while having a pint at a local pub. I took some other pictures of the band playing but somehow liked this best since it's simple.

Glass

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/1520, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Jupiter-12 f2.8 53mm)

Took this near Edgware Road, I wanted something abstract for today.

'Sorry, that last hand nearly killed me'

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/60, ISO 2500, RAW, 42mm (Ricoh GR f2.8 28mm L)

Ok, I can't go a whole week without taking pictures of people in the one or other way, this is more a details of the building but still a person needed to be in the frame.

Lines

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/1520, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Took this at the City of London Museum while enjoying a walk during lunch.

Hiding

GXR A12-M, f2.8, 1/380, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Another entry in my orange series, I was specifically looking for orange things to photograph today while the last pictures just so happened to have orange in them. Think I need to do more of this and set myself some themes and challenges of things to photograph.

Reflection and Lines

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/23, ISO 3200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Took this on my way back home from the cinema, it was handheld at 1/23 so I was not sure I would get it sharp enough but it came out fine.

City Lines

GXR A12-M, f8.0, 1/470, ISO 200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Took this during lunch from the roof terrace at the One New Change building, I took a few landscape pictures and even a panorama with my Nexus 4 phone but this I liked best because it's more abstract.

I will have to return there with a wider lens and take some nice panorama shots of the City and St. Paul's.

Steel

GRD IV, f4.0, 1/1520, ISO 80, RAW

Sail Away

GXR A16, f5.4, 1/570, ISO 200, RAW, 75mm


After all the b&w pictures recently I wanted some colour and have made this picture a bit more vibrant than what i would usually do but it suits the subject I think.

Retro Light

GXR A12-M, f1.4, 1/125, ISO 951, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.4 35mm)

Behind the Glass

GXR A12-M, f1.2, 1/73, ISO 3200, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.2 35mm)

Not sure why but I really like this picture and reminds me of the scene from a movie, this is why I cropped it to 16:9 format.

Behind the Curtain

GXR A12-M, f1.4, 1/125, ISO 250, RAW, 53mm (Voigtlander Nokton f1.4 35mm)