Bomb Damage at Tate Britain

I went to Tate Britain the other day. Walking along Atterbury Street you can see a lot of bomb damage to the wall. This photo shows part of the damage dating from World War II. The gallery was hit a few times during the almost nightly raids. Apparently the art work was safely stored elsewhere except for a piece outside that was too large to move, Truth by Frank Dobson. This survived a near miss in May 1941.

Wedding in Plaistow

I photographed a wedding at Newham Registry Office a few weeks back. The office itself is in the old Passmore Edwards Library. The room the service takes place in is decorated very nicely. I took this photo in the waiting room. The bride was unaware I was taking it so she has a natural smile. I like the photo as it is so natural, so did the bride, which is more important!

Cover Shot

At the end of August I did a shoot for a magazine called Vanity. It is based in Ilford, so not far from me. I've done quite a few shoots for the magazine and its advertisers before. However, this one was going to include the cover. This shoot took place at City Pavilion in Collier Row, which offered plenty of scope for locations even though it was open at the time. The whole thing was for adverts for Gul's Style, a designer fashion store, also based in Ilford.
This is one of my favourite shots. The outfit is fantastic and from my perspective I have lit the model nicely but kept the exterior correctly exposed, which is the trick in photography and not that easy. This isn't the cover or one used in the adverts. I'll probably post some of those later. Obviously when I do this kind of work I can't place it on my sites until the magazine is published.

Life Guards on The Mall

Being a Londoner who spends quite a bit of time in central London I've seen the Household Cavalry a few times. Not taken many pictures though. A few days ago I was walking by the Mall and saw the Life Guards coming along. I had my small camera with me so took a couple of pictures. I think this is what is called the Short Guard. The Long Guard is when the Queen is in London and consists of 15 soldiers. The Short Guard is for when the Queen isn't in London and consists of of 12 soldiers. It doesn't look like 15 in the picture.