Across The Pond

Dear London - Life gets on top of you...

Dear London - Life gets on top of you...

Well... where to start?! Yes, it has been a while... a drastically long period of time that feels like I may as well be starting from the very beginning in the land of blogging! Why? In all honesty, life has gone by in a New York second; a phrase I never truly understood until I got a job and joined the world of functioning New Yorkers...although I wouldn't really say I was functioning.

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Dear New York - The Rooftops of the World

Dear New York - The Rooftops of the World

Dear New York,

As a pre-christmas treat, I decided to buy myself an  early present in the form of a new 32 GB SD card for my camera. I have a bad habit of keeping photos that I like on my SD card, so I can flick back through them on my camera. It also serves as a useful backup for my laptop, external hard drive and my cloud albums (I know, I have trust issues with technology, but better safe than sorry!) This does, however, mean that the old SD card kept running out of space, and it was time to start afresh with a new one.

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Dear London - A Snowy New York Day

Dear London - A Snowy New York Day

As you know, I've been dabbling with portraits for a while now, but that apparently doesn't make me immune to some of the most rookie mistakes. I managed to sneak in a quick shoot before Christmas but was so absorbed by the wonderful, treasured, light that we were given on a mild December day, that I forgot to adjust my white balance for each new location. Because it was so bright, I couldn't see that the images were incredibly drab and nowhere near a true reflection of the colors I was seeing or the wonderful lady I was photographing. So, this week called for some pretty dramatic edits. 

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Dear New York - Portraits

Dear New York - Portraits

Dear New York,

Christmas is indeed here, and things are getting busy! Fighting against the crowds on Oxford Street to do some shopping (not an environment particularly conducive to  either photography OR actual shopping!) and making sure everything at work is squared away and ship shape before my nice long break

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