In the Realm of the Underwhelmed

Toytown UK

Gary — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:26:44 +0000

Over the last couple of weeks I’ve had a job shooting architectural details at a bunch of London locations. It’s been fun seeing some new places, looking at them in a way I wouldn’t normally do and after the work was done it was also an opportunity to play - making pictures like this one. I feel a new series coming on. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Toytown UK

Another Workshop

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:48:10 +0000

I’ll be running the next street photography workshop on July 25 / August 8 - see the Photofusion site for more information. This shot was taken on the previous running when I was demonstrating how to be unprofessional by gate crashing someone else’s shoot. Here’s the gallery of participants’ pictures. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Another Workshop

Work

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Click to enlarge. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Work

Meetup Group Talk

admin — Sun, 17 May 2009 21:05:03 +0000

Yesterday I ran a kind of cut-down version of my street photography workshop for the London Photographic Meetup Group. They seemed like a keen bunch and during the talk, laughed in all the right places, which is always reassuring. Thanks to the organisers, Tom and Alex, for looking after me.

This was my first time using Stage Hand a super useful iPhone / iPod Touch app for controlling Keynote on the laptop over wi-fi - it worked well and I recommend it.

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Meetup Group Talk

The All New

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:43:59 +0000

I’ve had the 5D Mk 2 since late last year but somehow managed to avoid posting any pictures here. This is one I shot with an old manual lens which I’m using just to make my life more difficult.

The dates for the next running of the Street Photography Workshop have been set (June 6 & 20) and I’m also starting a new, two-day video introduction course (May 12 & 19) mainly covering Final Cut Express. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

The All New

Favourite Corners No. 32

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:39:39 +0000

Fun for all the Family

admin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:44:51 +0000

I thought I should add a contribution to the current climate of financial panic with this game snapped on a local stall yesterday. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Fun for all the Family

Wait in the Magazine

Gary — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:21:15 +0000

This is one of two of my Wait pictures which were published in the latest LIP magazine. You can find it on sale at the Photographers’ Gallery and a handful of other places in London (see list on first link). It’s hard to be too excited about this because aside from the fact that the two chosen pictures don’t make a lot of sense on their own, they edited my text, without any discussion, including adding a line of observation at the end (”I do see them as still figures surrounded by bustling street life”) which I didn’t even make. Sigh. You can see more pictures from this series here along with my original text (which doubtless would benefit from editing but by someone else).

The recent Street Photography Workshop generated this gallery of pictures from the participants. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Wait in the Magazine

Whenever You Can

Gary — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:07:19 +0000

According to this survey digital cameras are the most confusing gadget and 46% of us don’t read the manuals. I spend a fair amount of time teaching people how to use their DSLRs so don’t find any of this surprising. Compared to the simple, manual only, film cameras that I learnt on, the modern digital camera is incredibly complex with a horrible interface and for the novice, an indecipherable manual. [Pic]

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Whenever You Can

Turbulence

Gary — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:28:12 +0000

I’ve recently rebuilt this site and a lot of the older blog posts are currently a bit broken. Apologies also if you got a dump of recent posts in your RSS reader today. Let me know if you spot any other oddities. Things should be straight again by next week.

In the Realm of the Underwhelmed - the photography blog of Gary Alexander

Turbulence