Catching The Rain

Phototrek in the New Forest

Way back last summer the kids bought me a voucher for my 40th birthday to go on a phototrek in the New Forest. After a failed first attempt thanks to storms back in November, I finally made it down there.

The treks are organised by local photographers Ian Badley and Barry Whitcher, under the banner of www.photonewforest.com/.

Turned out to be a great day, and although we didn’t get much sunshine the weather stayed kind to us. Would recommend these New Forest phototreks to anyone, beginner or expert.

Bookmark me:

Tags: new forest, phototrek, trees, winter

Exhibition at the National Theatre : after the wave

I’ve just seen on the London Photobloggers site that the National Theatre is staging an exhibition from today until into February entitled after the wave

after the wave, held jointly with some of Britain’s top news photographers, is a visual testimony to the incredible strength of the men, women and children who have lived through the tsunami and are beginning to rebuild their lives.

This one seems both worthy and worth seeing.

Bookmark me:

The Way We See It

The Way We See It is a fairly new site which gives a challenge every week – to go out and photograph a nominated London location. I haven’t been able to try it out myself yet as all the locations are in central London, but it looks like fun. Comparing your interpretation of a location, and trying to get that unique shot, are all part of the challenge of photography, and the results do show the difference between the ordinary and the talented photographer.

And if you don’t take part, just seeing pictures and learning about some of the more hidden parts of the city makes for enjoyable browsing. Just the names – Ironmonger Lane, Apothecary Street, Bride Lane, Sicilian Avenue to name a few – should be enough to entice you in.

Bookmark me:

londonist.com

One of my favourite sites used to be The Big Smoker, a blog about life in London. A year go it was changed to londonist.com, and though I don’t think it’s as good in some respects now it has gone ‘mainstream’, it’s still a good read.

127They’ve recently run a nice review of the new exhibit in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern (by Rachel Whiteread), which I’ll have to go to. Haven’t been there since the fantastic Weather exhibit (see left) ended a couple of years ago.

Bookmark me: