street 232

going underground 3

closed due to refurbishment

interzone transition

It was only there for a moment, the peculiar light that indicates the formation of a transient entry point into interzone. Those people probably had no idea until it was too late and they were already inside.

call in highlights

I really like the light and shadows on this one. It’s got that Ray Metzker thing happening as well.

a man of the city 2

ground level

You can just see some glass of the Gherkin in the top-left corner

a man of the city

On a whim I recently took the Olympus 45mm f1.8 out for a stroll in the city. After the initial shock of using a telephoto for street shooting (it’s a 90mm equivalent on the GX7) I grew to rather like it. Not so much because I can shoot from further away but because it has a wonderful compressing, flattening effect, especially on buildings; they seem to almost pile up vertically. The Olympus 45mm is also a very lovely, super-sharp lens.

I walked for many hours and many miles during a hot afternoon and got nothing even remotely worthwhile and then, just when I was starting to ask myself what on earth I was doing wasting my time like this, I managed to get this shot. It’s these fleeting moments where it all comes together that make street photography so addictive.