83/365 - 24th March 2013
You know that photography is taking over your life when you set your alram for 06:30 on a Sunday to go and take your daily photo. I wake up earlier for work and I am generally an early riser so actually, it was not too bed. Except for the snow!
Anyway, I decided to photograph Clapham North tube station today. I drove to another station on the Northern Line and caught the first train of the day to Clapham North. I spent some time photographing the tunnels and when I was happy that I had a decent photo, I went back down to the platform to wait for the return train. And wait and wait and wait. During the waiting time on the platform I was taking the odd photograph to oass the time. Clapham North is one of the few stations on the London Underground that has a central platform serving the trains in both directions. I had seen a similar photograph by one of my contacts Aaron Yeoman but I had not planned for this one and my camera was safely in its bag. Finally after about a 20 minute wait, I heard my train rumbling down the line towards the platform. As luck would have it another train was pulling up on the opposite side. I quickly grabbed my camera out of my bag, and set the settings for a long exposure so I could capture the motion of the arriving trains. I know there is some motion blur in the stationary objects but I was keen to get this shot and I don\'t really think it is too bad - especially since the focus of the shot is the motion of the trains. I literally took this photograph and jumped on my train. I will maybe post some of the other shots later today.
83/365 - 24th March 2013
You know that photography is taking over your life when you set your alram for 06:30 on a Sunday to go and take your daily photo. I wake up earlier for work and I am generally an early riser so actually, it was not too bed. Except for the snow!
Anyway, I decided to photograph Clapham North tube station today. I drove to another station on the Northern Line and caught the first train of the day to Clapham North. I spent some time photographing the tunnels and when I was happy that I had a decent photo, I went back down to the platform to wait for the return train. And wait and wait and wait. During the waiting time on the platform I was taking the odd photograph to oass the time. Clapham North is one of the few stations on the London Underground that has a central platform serving the trains in both directions. I had seen a similar photograph by one of my contacts Aaron Yeoman but I had not planned for this one and my camera was safely in its bag. Finally after about a 20 minute wait, I heard my train rumbling down the line towards the platform. As luck would have it another train was pulling up on the opposite side. I quickly grabbed my camera out of my bag, and set the settings for a long exposure so I could capture the motion of the arriving trains. I know there is some motion blur in the stationary objects but I was keen to get this shot and I don\'t really think it is too bad - especially since the focus of the shot is the motion of the trains. I literally took this photograph and jumped on my train. I will maybe post some of the other shots later today.