29.07.16

I love this close up image of the London Eye. Not because of the camera angle or because the subject is the London eye but because I managed to capture an aeroplane in the frame by accident. I didn't notice it was there so when I looked back at this image I noticed it and I managed to capture it perfectly. I decided to edit this image in black and white and added an orange photo filter on top because I wanted to make this image look historical and vintage, which it does. I love the overall image, it looks great and it looks like a photo that has been discovered from the early days of London (of course the London Eye wasn't built then!) I knew how I wanted to edit the image straight away and I am glad I did it because it looks fantastic.

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27.07.16

Honestly this is one of my favourite images from all of the images from the London Photoshoot. I love this image because you can see the stunning sights of the London Eye, Parliament and Big Ben. This is a wide angle shot and I wanted to capture one image with all three fabulous tourist attractions in one picture and I managed to achieve just that. I also love the boat that isn't directly in the centre of the frame but the timing of it and the positioning of it. I guess what I have managed to capture in one image really sums up London, but London is massive and this is only one area. The photo was slightly underexposed so I had to play around with the levels. I also played around with the vibrancy to bring out more colour from the image as it was a bit dull due to the weather conditions. Overall this is a fabulous image and it is one of the best from the day.

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25.07.16

The Big Ben! The last time I was in London, I never got to see the Big Ben up close. This time I made sure I did and it was absolutely beautiful. I really love this shot due to the Big Ben and the building on the left just cropping in. It is a wonderful landmark to visit as well as it being right next to Parliament. I would recommend anyone touring London to go visit the Big Ben and also Parliament. This image has come out great due to the composition and the crop. I always use manual settings on my camera, The aperture was F/29 and ISO was 1600 as the weather was very dull but still gave me good opportunities to take advantage of the good lighting to capture some great images in the city of London. At times I struggled to find the right aperture, shutter speed and ISO as I didn't have a lot of time to find out the perfect settings at the time, however looking back at the images, most of them have come out amazing and the others I can always edit.

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22.07.16

I took this picture on the bridge heading towards London Eye. I thought I would try to take a different image from the usual landscapes pictures of London. This man was playing on the side of the bridge and with his permission he allowed me to take his picture. Now sometimes, they won't let you but this man was a kind man so I also gave him money to buy food or maybe a drink. I love this photo. As you guys know, I love to turn an image in black and white and keep some colour in the photograph, I was deciding whether to keep the instrument in colour or himself in colour. Now keeping him in colour is something I haven't done before and so when experimenting with both styles, I preferred this one as it's different from my usual edits but it actually looks amazing and even more dramatic at the same time. I didn't want to take too many pictures of him so I only took the one or two, but this shot came out well so I'm glad he allowed me to photograph him.

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20.07.16

The London Eye! One of the popular attractions in London, attracting people from all over the world to experience it and to go on it to view the whole of London. This was taken from the other side of the bridge which you need to cross in order to get to it. You cannot miss it! Just looking at the Eye is fantastic. But capturing it is really something else. I didn't get the chance to go on it because I was running out of time but next time I go, I will definitely go up there and try capture images from the top of the London Eye. Parliament isn't too far from the London Eye and because me and my mate have never been up close to it, we decided to go visit as close as we could and I will blog those pictures when I get to them, so keep a look out for those! But the London Eye is fantastic, I would recommend anyone who visits London to go on it and experience the city view from a high vantage point.

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18.07.16

I just had to take a picture of the underground tube sign. Its really common in London but it is popular. If you are a tourist in London, one of the things that you look for are the signs. It is associated when you think of London. It is a simple photograph but effective. It sets the location of where I took the photo and I just wanted to share this photo with you all. Not the most interesting photo but as I said it's something that I couldn't resist taking a photo of. London Bridge one of the most popular areas of London, which is why I decided to take the photo of the sign there.

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15.07.16

This was taken in one of the underground tube stations. My friend who is another photographer, captured a similar image and told me to give it a go and so I did. I just love it. Although he didn't make his black and white, I did. It just makes the image more dramatic and it is the perfect location for a tense and dramatic image. I love the composition of the image and it just looks like an abandoned location. The black and white effect helps it to make it look abandoned so when editing you have to think of what you want the image to look like. Also you need to have a clear idea of how you want to edit it, that way you'll edit it the best way and have a really cool effect. You can edit one image in multiple ways but for this image I thought a simple black and white filter would work the best and in my opinion it has.

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13.07.16

The Shard! I had the pleasure of going to the top of the shard and had an amazing view of London. This is what the shard looks from a close up view, it looked stunning. Shame about the weather though, it was a bit too dull for me to capture an astonishing image. However, I do love this image due to the detail shown in the image plus the camera angle. Although I couldn't do much about the camera angle I took the photo with because it is one massive skyscraper. I would recommend anyone who visits London to go up the shard and relax. It is one of the best places to be when visiting. The building from the outside is so cool itself, just how it is built and the shape is so unique, I loved the experience of being there. So being able to photograph it was a bigger pleasure for me as it is one places in London that I've always wanted to visit since it opened.

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11.07.16

My first ever London Post! As soon as I got into London, we wanted to book tickets to go up to the shard because, well why not?! Anyways, so after we booked the tickets, we came out of the building and looked up and had an astonishing view of the shard. I wanted to get a cool perspective of the building and looking at this image, I think I got a really successful image. Considering this was my first ever picture taken in London, I am really happy with the outcome. The only thing that I wish was different was the sky. It was completely dull and I would have preferred to have blue skies to make the image even better. I know you can add skies in Photoshop but I prefer to not edit a lot in my images. Plenty more to come!

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08.07.16

As I was looking through my pictures, I found this beauty. I really love this image because, the clock tower which is one of Leicester's most historical architects, is directly positioned in the centre of the frame. Not just the framing but the lighting too. The sun light directly hits the top of the clock tower and just makes it a beautiful image. I just really love this image and wanted to share it with you all! Now this will be my last post that will be from my Leicester shots because as I have mentioned in my last post, I will be going to London and visiting key areas like the Shard and Parliament. Hopefully you will all enjoy the shots from London, it is my first time properly exploring London and hopefully I will get some amazing photographs to share! :)

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06.07.16

This was from a short and simple photoshoot, which I did with my brother in the garden on top of the shed. I love this image. The camera angle works really well and I manipulated the image and made it black and white because I thought it would create a more dramatic atmosphere. The clothing he is wearing is from @lmdnuk which is their Instagram. The photo works really well as a tense photo due to him facing the other way and the black and white makes it more subtle and more obvious in what I wanted to do. He wanted these photos but since I loved this one shot, I thought I would do a blog post about it. I am starting to try do some more portraiture work, and I have started to plan where and who I will be taking pictures of so keep a lookout for those pics!!

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04.07.16

This was taken a while ago in a side street in the city centre of Leicester. I have posted a blog with a similar image to this, but this image has a different camera angle so therefore it is in a way a different image entirely. I thought because the area was all dirty and it was a rough environment, I would desaturate the image, then I decided to add a bit of colour to the image, It actually worked really well and I love the final outcome of the edit. It is really simple to use this effect, just desaturate the image and use the history brush tool to colour a certain area of the image that you want to be coloured. There are many areas of town in which I need to explore and to photograph. I will be doing that shortly, but this weekend, I am off to... LONDON! So after the weekend has passed, I will be posting my photos from my journey in London for a couple of weeks!

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01.07.16

One thing I learnt about photography when studying is that you need to use different camera angles to get some unique pictures. Like this one here that I took at Watermead. I do love this image because of the natural light that hits the beams in the frame of the image. I would recommend everyone to try different camera angles so that you don't have the same boring camera angle in every picture. When going for angles like this one, it can also be macro photography because you have the main subject in focus and everything else blurred or has a little bit of focus. This is small depth of field where only one thing is in focus, large depth of field is when everything would be in focus, for example all the beams and grass would be in focus.

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