Flam   Next stop through the Fjords was the small town of Flam, which is famous for having one of the highest railways in the world, and the stunning Naeroyfjord, itself a Unesco World Heritage site. We took a lovely leisurely boat trip through the fjord, before being driven to the Stalheim...

Alesund Third stop on our foray into the fjords was Alesund, a larger town spread out over many small islands. Having arrived at sunrise, we took another small boat through Horundfjord, and then returned to the town, where we ascended the 418 steps to the summit of Mount Aksla to see the view of...

Olden   Olden was the second stop on our trip through the Norwegian fjords.   Arriving at Olden we were met by wonderfully eerie mists lying low over the town.   We took a small boat along Lake Olden, arriving at a small restaurant to enjoy waffles and cream! We then were taken by...

Bergen   I recently returned from a cruise around the Norwegian Fjords. Our first port of call was Bergen, a large town notable for its fishing industry. The famous fish market was alas closed by the time of day we arrived, but we still managed to take the funicular to ascend Mount Floyen...

Jena and I met one evening last week did some shooting around Tower Bridge. Well, actually Jena did most of the shooting, and used my camera and prime lenses; I wanted her to experience the sharpness of the primes, and also help her capture some long exposures.. (She has a Canon, and I have a...

Jena's Marwell Zoo Pics   Jena took some great photos at Marwell Zoo during our visit there, and I have thus posted them here. She managed some neat compositions and excellent close-ups, at times using her macro...

Marwell Zoo   My friend Jena and I spent a day in Marwell Zoo in Hampshire last weekend. An excellent wildlife park, surprisingly big with large enclosures for most of the animals. The exhibits were very well set up for viewing with lots of glass and no prohibitive fencing. The snow...

Jena's Canary Wharf Shots. Jena got some very nice night shots during our Canary Wharf shoot. She made very good use of her mid-range and long range zooms and captured some very creative images.             Nice eerie shot of the...

Notting Hill Carnival 2011   One of those thing you have to do once and never again. I braved the heaving masses of wild herds and managed to eke out a few shots from this year's carnival, an absolute zoo. Wading through the swamp of beer cans, deafening music and burning jerk chicken took...

Sadly no X-Fighters in London this year as there were in previous years. So I have uploaded some of the shots I took at last year's event at Battersea Park. All images were shot with the Nikkor 70-200mm VRII, , ISO 800-1600, with the VR switched off. The image of the power station is an HDR...

Jena's Shot's Around St Paul's   These are all taken by my friend Jena who was with me shooting around St Paul's. She skilfully used both her 18-55mm lens and her 70-300mm zoom to capture the cathedral in interesting ways. The zoom lens in particular usefully compressing the perspective....

Shooting Around St Paul's.   After attending a small photography exhibition at the Tate Modern yesterday, my friend Jena and I decided to go shooting around St Paul's Cathedral and The Millennium Bridge. These areas have been photographed many times so it really challenged me to come up...

Spent a very hot and humid afternoon with my friend Jena shooting in Richmond Park. I have shot there many times before, but Jena hadn't really had an opportunity to get close to the wildlife there before. She managed to get some very good shots of the deer, nicely isolated against their...

Berkeley Skirmish 2011 Another great day spent with Sal, who I rather naughtily wrenched away from her pressing dissertation in order to attend medieval shenanigans at Berkeley Castle. But we both had a terrific time at the Berkeley Skirmish, enjoying everything from cannon and handgun...

Had an absolutely amazing time riding horses in the Bulgarian mountains and forests. Five of us went - myself, Genka, Petar, Donka and Genka's brother Encho. We had two excellent guides at Wild City Asenovgrad, Emo and Todor, and as I was the only member of our group with any horse-riding...