15 Saturday Oct 2016
Posted in London, Photography
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CAFC, CCFC, charlton athletic, Coventry City, Fans United, Fuji X-E1, Fuji XT10, protest, the Valle
Charlton Athletic and Coventry City fans joint protest against their clubs’ owners.
Protests against the Duchatelet regime have been going on for a while at the Valley (I took some shot of the Pinocchio Day protest back in February), but this one was a combined effort with CCFC fans. A decent write up of the background in the Telegraph (of all places).
13 Thursday Oct 2016
Posted in Down by the river, London, Photography
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Charlton, Field recording, Foreshore, Fuji XT10, Greenwich Yacht Club, london, regatta, Thames Barrier, thames barrier test
Up and out early (well, early for a Sunday morning) to meet The London Sound Survey and head down to the Thames Barrier in the hope of recording the dramatic sights and sounds of its annual test closure. It turns out, though, that the Barrier goes about its business very quietly and with little drama; good for London, I guess, not so good for field recording.
I got some photos, anyway, and after a diversion to Woolwich for breakfast and a walk along Powis Street, we returned to the river to check out Greenwich Yacht Club’s annual regatta and to check the state of play with the Barrier.
Regardless of the field recording outcome, it was a good morning: down by the river in good company, with interesting light; hopefully we’ll do more of this, but with more sound accompaniment.
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08 Saturday Oct 2016
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Caught these two on their break between pest control duties on Friday lunchtime. The hawk is a fabulously incongruous site amongst the suits and chinos of Canary Wharf.
06 Thursday Oct 2016
Posted in London, Photography
Shot on my iPhone, processed with Snapseed iOS app. A walking-from-cash-machine-back-to-the-office snap.
05 Wednesday Oct 2016
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black and white, Charlton Road, East London, Fuji XT10, Greenwich Peninsula, london, monochrome, Skyline
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Shot from Charlton Road, overlooking the A102 Blackwall Tunnel approach. The Olympic Stadium is already staring to disappear behind new developments (view full-size, squint and you might see the top of it just to the left of the Orbit). At some point I guess we can expect the Millennium Dome to get similarly obscured.
Here’s a similar view from 2010:
No buildings on the Peninsula between Dome and Greenwich Millennium Village, no cable car, no sign of the Olympic developments. I just wish the 2010 shot included the “eco” Sainsbury’s which has since been demolished (unthinkable at the time).
Putting this together tells me I should a) get a long lens for my Fuji, b) take these more often (and catalogue them better in my archives).
03 Monday Oct 2016
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28 Sunday Aug 2016
Posted in Down by the river, London, Photography
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cable car, Emirates Air Line, Fuji XT10, Jetty, london, monochrome, photography, River, Silvertown, Thames
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A breezy and occasionally damp walk along the Thames path, past the Emirates Airline cable car and the old jetty (currently Farmopolis), looking over the river to Silvertown.
27 Saturday Aug 2016
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Canary Wharf, Fuji XT10, london, London from above, SE1, Shard, Skyline, South London, tate modern, tate modern extension, Thames, urban
Thursday lunchtime, London was sweaty and the air murky, with the sun just not quite breaking through. A weird and kind of attractive light for taking pictures.
14 Sunday Aug 2016
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Angerstein hotel, antigallican, Charlton, East Greenwich, fire station, Frankie & Benny, Fuji X-E1, Fuji XT10, london, mirror shop, photography, photowalk, pickwicks, rose of denmark, SE London, SE7, south east London, Starbucks, woolwich road
I took my cameras for a walk along Woolwich Road between two landmark pubs, starting at the Angerstein Hotel; passing the landmark shops (‘mirror’, and ‘ass’); the unexplained shipping container of Holmwood Villas; East Greenwich fire station; Pickwick’s pub (recently closed); the motorway service station architectural vibes of Frankie & Benny’s and Starbucks; the Rose of Denmark pub; the out-of-town-shopping-centre-but-in-town incongruous mass of M&S and Sainsbury’s; Valley House (awaiting demolition); and finishing up at The Antigallican. The sun was belting hot and not particularly nice for photography, there was too much traffic, and there are far too many signposts and the like cluttering the view along there, but it was an interesting exercise; I might try it again in the winter.
10 Wednesday Aug 2016
Posted in Diversions, London, Music, Photography
Snapped on my way home from the excellent Caught by the River Thames festival on Sunday. Highlights of the event:
I hope they do it again next year.
NeilClasper 
