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Haven’t been particularly inspired to take any photos for a while

Haven’t posted anything in ages, haven’t even been particularly inspired to take any photos for a while. Not sure why, maybe just busy at work or something. I have, however, been rocking on my bike and after a couple of falls, am beginning to get used to being locked into my pedals / cleats.

This pic was taken after racing across Waterloo bridge and scrambling over fences in the afore mentioned cleats to catch the sunset before it was gone. I had about 2 minutes of amazing light before it all started to fade and then it was back to the trip home.

I have the good fortune to be living and working in London, in an industry I love but but on top of that I am also lucky enough to work in a fantastic location. In the heart of London a busy somewhat gritty city, I get to work in an office backing onto the Islington canal. I have posted before about the canal but at the moment it’s springtime and all the water birds have hatched out chicks.

This little fella is a one week old gosling and while the photo is perhaps a little twee, almost certainly kitchen calendar circa 1980’s, I just had to post him. Not cute enough for you? Then here’s some more cuteness to make you sick.

A couple of weeks back I was talking about Battersea Power Station and how I’m infatuated with it. I’m not even sure why I rock on it so much. Maybe it’s a historical thing, or something to do with the fact that a city like London has/had such a visible source of power supply, back home the power stations are all a bit out of the way.

Dunno, when we first arrived in London I thought it was awful but now it’s probably one of my favorite structures in town. Well, anyway, I took a different way home from work to see how I’d go getting some pics from across the Thames. It would seem I’m not alone in my infatuation, turns out that’s where everyone goes to take their photos of the power station.

Anyway, I snapped a couple off but then felt a little cliché so will have to think about another way of looking at it. Mighty power station you vex me!

We spent Sunday cruising round the markets of East London with friends Dan and Bianca. Took in the Columbia road flower markets which were crazy packed, spialfields full of the usual crafty type stuff and finally Brick lane markets. We have been down Brick lane before but never really checked out the market as such. It was great! Loads of trash and treasure type stuff. Clothes, signage all kinds of things. Even this guy (above) arguing over the price of peacock feathers. Definitely a good day out, even just for people watching.

I’ve been meaning to scout around my area for photo opportunities for quite a while now. I live quite close to Battersea power station and am totally infatuated by it. Riding my bike home last night, I noticed that it was looking like a good sunset so decided to detour along the Thames path. There are loads of great photo opportunities down there. While I didn’t get any good shots of the Power station, I did scout some good spots for the future. On my travels, I snapped this one. Nothing great but a nice industrial silhouette coupled with a lovely sunset.