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@michaeltoye
Happy New Year!
Blog wise, it has been a slow year and I do apologise. I haven’t made it to the streets and I’ve missed them terribly.
2015 has not been wasted though; this is my baby girl, born in May.
Don’t be fooled, she’s not brushing her 2 teeth!
So, I hope you all had as great a 2015 as I did and I sincerely wish you a better and more creative 2016.
Michael
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Practical Tips To Build Your Street Photography Confidence
Practical Tips To Build Your Street Photography Confidence #streetphotography
The noble pursuit of street photography requires a good measure of cunning and bravado. Of course, there is the ever present hurdle of luck and opportunity. Beyond knowing your streets, their patterns and ad hoc events, getting that wonderful shot is a guessing game.
When you are in the right place and you see the converging paths that will result in a great decisive moment, you need to be able…
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London's Streets in 2014
London's Streets in 2014 #streetphotography #london #leicaimages
2014 was an eye opening year for my photography. I realised I am still not capturing a real sense of London and I took quite a break to further think about the message to be conveyed in my images.
There were a few decent snaps though and here are some, in no particular order.
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Processing Black And White Images With Silver Efex Pro In Photoshop
Processing Black And White Images With #SilverEfexPro In #Photoshop #photography #tutorial
I regularly get asked how I achieve the look in my photography.
I start with incredibly flexible, albeit low contrast, monochrome RAW files from my Leica Monochrom. London is saturated with brick, tarmac and concrete, so my post processing will frequently separate foreground objects from the scene. The reason is the structure slider in Silver Efex Pro. Pushing structure in faces and fluid…
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From London's Streets
From London's Streets #streetphotography london #photography
I’m not sure why I chose to take this guy’s photo, but being caught taking the shot has actually made the shot interesting.
City Heat
Why this is a keeper is that it was baking hot and I distinctly recall being parched and in need of hydration. This guy, in boiler suit and gloves, is a contrasty harsh vision of the heat that day.
It could be my eyes too but, full size and from about 5 feet, the…
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From London's Streets #streetphotography #london #photography Wandering through Gerrard Street only to pause at this chap who was staring intently at one end of the street.
Sunny London Friday Afternoon
Sunny London Friday Afternoon #streetphotography #london
Walking round the West End and Mayfair, it was wonderful to witness tourists and London locals all soaking up the summer sun.
Kids and water! Whoever designed this monument to Bill Shakespeare knew there would be zillions of kids and their families in the summer.
Ye old drinking culture shot is a bit misleading, what with Londoners drinking each and every lunch time rain, shine, winter or…
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From London's Streets
From London's Streets #london #streetphotography
The challenging street photography continues with London’s ongoing meltingly hot summer. I’m not complaining, well I am a little about the harsh light, people on the streets are entirely different in winter and summer. Different like wanting to be outside versus having to be!
Incidentally, the London Suit will wear jacket and tie 46 weeks of the year. 3 weeks, at the apex of summer, they’ll…
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Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2014, by Smiljan Radić
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, 2014, by Smiljan Radić #london #photography
I don’t stumble through Lancaster Gate’s turnstiles by chance. When I join Ian Brumpton for spritely street photo walks I have ended up here. The one other reason is to visit the Serpentine Gallery and their new Pavilion each year. Here’s a shot from my 2013 visit.
It’s a fast 10 minute walk through the well tended gardens to the Pavilion so, in this 30 degree weather, drink plenty of water!
Smi…
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From London's Streets
From London's Streets #streetphotography #london
All of these photos were taken last monday, July 7. Each photo walk reveals even more diversity in London than I think I’ve seen in the last. Amazing.
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Street Photographers Are Too Busy To Stop!
Street Photographers Are Too Busy To Stop! #streetphotography #london
I’ve developed this habit, I’ve yet to decide whether it’s good or not, where I hold and point and shoot without stopping or literally stopping for a step-pause-click-continue. It has yielded a few shots I wouldn’t have got had I stopped, focused, framed and shot.
When did I get this impatient to see whether the scene would last 5 more seconds for me to take the picture properly?! Yes, these…
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From London's Streets
From London's Streets #london #streetphotography
A few from London during this most pleasant of sunny times. It’s not lost on me that the first 2 shots are underground, the next under cover and the penultimate is a guy looking guilty in the shadows. I, however, was in the baking sun between all these locations!
Have a great weekend all!
Michael
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The Mysterious Flickr Explore Page
The Mysterious Flickr Explore Page #photography
The Walls Have Eyes, #34 on Flickr’s Explore as at June 26, 2014
The majority of photographers whose work I have stumbled across keep a glossy but impractical portfolio page; mine resides at michaeltoye.com. For those photos that are pretty good, but fail to make the portfolio grade, we make use of sites like Flickr and Google+.
Personally, I gravitated towards Flickr because of the community…
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From London's Streets #streetphotography #london Tangents
From London's Streets
From London's Streets #streetphotography
This weathered gent is my final shot of a photo walk this week. Taken on the Central Line, heading to Bank.
Time Enough To Sleep
And a colour image! No! Well, I got a new phone and I was curious to see how it handles the streets. This is the only shot I took with it, but it holds up well in good light.
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From London's Streets #streetphotography #london This was taken in January on Brick Lane. Not making my first round of public releases, I've only just got round to processing it.
The Photographer #photography #leicaimages Taken in Venice, last August.