Steel City Snapper photography
35mm, medium format and large format film photography (with the odd bit of digital every now and then…)
City Hall, London was opened in 2002 and served as the headquarters of the Greater London Authority unttil 20221. It’s unusual shape was designed by achitect Norman Foster.
Olympus OM-1N, G-Zuiko Auto-W 35mm f/2.8 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
Taken on 29 November 2022.
I’ve been to London many times but have never really ventured south of the City – well, except one time when I visited Greenwich, but that was on a river trip, not on foot. As a result, while I’ve seen Tower Bridge in person, I’d never gotten close enough to cross it, so this was a first for me.
The bridge is one that always seems smaller to me than the others on the river for some reason, a perception thing. Perhaps it’s because it’s tall and that somehow makes it feel less wide in its span or something? Whatever the case, it doesn’t feel small once you get up close and its height and span become more readily apparent.
Olympus OM-1N, G-Zuiko Auto-W 35mm f/2.8 & Ilford HP5+ (@800asa). Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 8mins @ 20°
Taken on 29 November 2022.
The towers of the City of London loom above Southwark Bridge. The most distinctive is probably 20 Fenchurch Street, popularly know as the “walkie-talkie” seen to the right of the image. There are a number of other towers planned, including 1 Undershaft, a blocky-looking tower almost as tall as The Shard on the opposite bank of the Thames.
Working in the sky
Will people in future be
Working from home?
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 19 August 2021
On London’s South Bank, not far from Southwark bridge, lies this small beach beside the River Thames. Downstream, St. Paul’s cathedral can be spied, and then the modern towers of the City of London.
Imagine yourself
Wavelets lapping at the shore
Standing on a beach
Olympus XA3 & Ilford HP5+. Ilfotec DD-X 1+4 9mins @ 20°.
Taken on 19 August 2021
Jumping back six or seven weeks for today’s image, a shot of the City of London skyline taken from the South Bank at Blackfriar’s Bridge.
I like the way this has turned out – there’s a very slight haze on the tall buidings that gives a nice tonality to the shot. Even with a somewhat flat sky, I still think the image works well.
The handily-placed boat doesn’t hurt either. 🙂
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 & Fujifilm Acros (pushed to 400asa).
Taken on 23 October 2019
This was taken from the Golden Jubilee bridge over the Thames. It’s a double pedestrian footbridge with seperate walkways either side of the Hungerford Bridge (which carries rail traffic over the river and into Charing Cross Station).
The bridge that can be seen in the shot is Waterloo Bridge.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 & Ilford HP5+.
Taken on 23 October 2019
This was a photograph taken very quickly during my walk along the South Bank of the River Thames in London recently. The smart suit, bald head, and posture of this chap made for a nice composition. It was the last shot on the roll and I wasn’t sure it would come out (as a result of this, I loaded another roll and took a second shot of the same guy a minute or two later, albeit from a different position – I’ve not scanned that roll yet, so maybe I’ll share that picture in a future post). Luckily it turned out quite nicely.
Olympus OM-1, Zuiko 28mm f/3.5 & Fujifilm Acros (pushed to 400asa).
Taken on 23 October 2019
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