adetorrent; photography, lifestyle.

Taking photos in 'golden hour' really does make a big difference, especially in a city like this one.  Yes, the building is a nice brass-coloured brick anyway, but when the sun is low in the sky it turns a brilliant gold hue.

Never mind the glass ceiling, ever found a glass wall between you and where you want to be? 

“Is that a Leica you’re wielding like a sword?” uttered the street snapper as I walked past him one chilled out afternoon in east London.  “I beg your pardon? oh this? It’s an Oly”.  He was then immediately less impressed and apparently more understanding of my nonchalant attitude to the camera.   You will occasionally see me holding my camera by the neck strap while walking, leaving it free to swing back and forth.  The gentleman used the wrong medieval weapon metaphor of course - the correct one would be a ball and chain.  He could also be forgiven for mistaking it for a Leica.  I’d by then pimped the thing up with a Leica Leitz style vented hood, and the self timer lever had snapped off in such a way that it left a Leica looking ‘red dot’ in the correct place. The Olympus 35 RD has been referred to elsewhere as the ‘RC on steroids’.  That’s basically accurate.  The lens on this thing is simply magnificent.  The aperture ope...

And here we have it, the last day of winter.  Tomorrow is the spring Equinox, signifying the rebirth, new life, new perspective.

Emerging from the cloudy uncertainty of yesterday, today I've got the tunnel vision of an eagle, with my goal sharply in focus.