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The Dean's Staircase at St Paul's Cathedral in London has been described as the purest of all Sir Christopher Wren's creations. On one level purely mathematical in its aspect, on another twisting round like apple peel perfectly cut in an unbroken strip.
As with this type of tight structure, it was difficult to find an able that worked well and translated the staircases elegance. This was my best offering – hastily taken as for some unfathomable reason patrons are requested not to take photos. Why?
Considering this was a 0.5 sec handheld exposure I'm not too displeased with sharpness.
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Oh, look at this gem I snapped in the heart of London—where Bart Simpson and a classic red double-decker bus decided to photobomb each other! In the background, there’s Bart, up to his usual mischief, scribbling “I WILL NOT MISS SEASON 36!” over and over on a giant blackboard, advertising The Simpsons’ latest season on Disney+. I mean, if Bart’s that desperate not to miss it, maybe I should set a reminder too—Season 36 sounds like a big deal! But honestly, I’m just picturing Bart sneaking into London, spray-painting blackboards, and then running off to grab a fish and chips while Marge yells at him from Springfield.
Meanwhile, the iconic red heritage bus in the foreground is just minding its own business, proudly rolling through the streets like it owns the place. I bet the driver saw Bart’s billboard and thought, “Blimey, even cartoon kids are obsessed with streaming these days!” Maybe the bus is on its way to pick up some Simpsons fans for a proper London tour—imagine Homer trying to squeeze into the top deck, shouting “D’oh!” every time they hit a speed bump. Anyway, this clash of Springfield chaos and London charm made my day—hope it tickles your funny bone too!
Architecture in London: View From St Paul's
The skies were moody. The hail came down. Then the sun came out. So did the rainbow.
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This was a rather impromptu little long exposure taken on my phone from the 2nd floor of New Broadcasting House, looking over the piazza towards All Soul's church.
Rather than use a tripod to stabilise the 1 minute exposure time (using the incredible 'Even Longer' app), I just pressed my phone up against the window with my hand and held it there for a minute! This is the only way of capturing the piazza without lots of people in it as it's always busy ...
Architecture in London: Carnaby Street
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The Old Royal Naval College is the architectural masterpiece of Maritime Greenwich, London, designed by Christopher Wren and built between 1696 and 1712. The buildings were originally constructed to serve as the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, now generally known as Greenwich Hospital. The hospital closed in 1869. Four years later the buildings were converted to a training establishment for the Royal Navy. The Royal Navy finally left the College in 1998 when the site passed into the hands of the Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College.
60 Holborn Viaduct, London, the location of Amazon's head office in the capital.
Architects: Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
I've been back to this location a few times since my initial long exposure shot with my phone a few weeks back. Here's another take on the scene using my Fujifilm X-T2 ...
Another detail shot of the facade of the Monument Building in the City of London, this time reflected on the building opposite on a sunny April afternoon.
Architect: Ken Shuttleworth of Make
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Architecture in London: More London Riverside
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The view from across the river on the west bank of the Greenwich Peninsula. Like so many places in London this is a view that no longer really exists due to the constant progress and development.
I've recently managed to resurrect my images from 2014 on an old hard drive and I've given some of the a fresh processing in Lightroom ...
Another photo of The Avenue, or One Bedford Avenue, a development by Stirling nominated architects, Bennett Associates. It fronts Tottenham Court Road, Central London.
Taken during this year's Open House. Just came out of City Hall (queues were not bad at all - a mere 25 minutes) and felt the need to feed. There's a handy M&S near by and I knew that I wanted to take this point which I had previously made a mental note to take and coincidently I have seen two versions here on Flickr. Almost went for a B&W but resisted the urge as I have uploaded a few recently. I am quite happy how it came out.
Just found out that this area is apparently called 'More London'.
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The Caped Crusader’s pad when visiting London.
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A section of the Canada Water Library in London's Docklands. Architects: CZWG, 2012. Photo taken in September 2014.
Architecture in London: Leadenhall Market
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Another black and white view looking up at the curvaceous balconies of the 'Riverwalk' apartments, overlooking the River Thames at Westminster, in London. Architects: Stanton Williams.
Detail from the 2016 annual Serpentine Pavilion in Hyde Park, London, by Danish architect Bjarke Ingels' firm 'BIG'.
This structure is a magnificent cathedral of glass fibre.
Despite being in something of a creative doldrums at the moment with regards to my photography, I'm glad I took my little Sony RX100 pocket rocket out on an amble along the Thames at Battersea earlier, along with my trusty GorillaPod.
The conditions were kind and I managed to grab a couple of longish exposures of the power station in quite a nice blue hour light ....
Looking up at a building in Canary Wharf, East London.
Novotel Canary Wharf. Architects: Leach Rhodes Walker 'LRW'.
Another twilight shot from my recent visit to Battersea Power Station with my little Sony RX100 and GorillaPod. I quite like the illuminated 'shoulders' beneath the chimney stacks ...
Architecture in London: Switch House. Possibly the last one from this venue. Promise.
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Well chuffed with this one - don't think I have seen any other image of the Shard from this angle.
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Just discovered this building after waking up this morning and knew I had to go and visit it and take some photographs.
Another challenging location due to the light and the fact that a bunch of cranes and diggers were blocking it from the angle I'd planned to capture it ...
Residential corridor in the iconic Brunswick Centre. Brutalist concrete housing estate in the Bloomsbury area of central London.
The Shock of the New
This is another series of my images, this time that show how Modern Architecture has inbedded itself with the more Traditional styles. Some successful, some not to my estimation. But we’re all different in our tastes, you may even like them yourselves.
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A follow-up visit to the South Kensington area gave me an opportunity to break out my tilt-shift lens in order to capture this view of the main entrance to the Natural History Museum.
This is actually a vertical panorama from two shots taken handheld with a quick turn of the shift knob between each exposure. Although it is possible to capture in a single exposure holding the camera in the portrait orientation, the framing was a little tight, so I wanted the option to have slightly more room in the composition hence the two-landscape-shots-combined approach.
Much like standing in front of Westminster Abbey close up, you really have to be standing in this exact spot to appreciate how much this is to cram in with a 17mm lens.
Unsurprisingly this is a Grade I listed building, #1080675 at Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD.