Photo Art Blog- Creative Seeing – London Photography with Lou Smith Lou Smith Fine Art
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- Occupy London Protesters at St Paul’s Cathedral Lou Smith Fine Art
- FireWorks Display, London Photography Lou Smith Fine Art
- London Photography Tours – around London with Lou Smith Lou Smith Fine Art
- Photography: Architecture Lou Smith Fine Art
- London Photography – Beautiful Bokeh Lou Smith Fine Art
- Photography Zooming Effect Lou Smith Fine Art
- What a Day for a Day Dream Lou Smith Fine Art
- Thames Festival 2011 Lou Smith Fine Art
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Creative Seeing – London Photography with Lou Smith
The Beauty of Creative Seeing At last wonderful Spring colours are here! Soft shades of green illuminate the London landscape. Rain brings growth and reflections. Stunning in its simplicity of expression. Here is my Rite of Spring as London moves towards Summer. Photographs and content may not be used without permission. © Lou Smith 2012, [...]
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Photography Workshops London : Portraiture with Lou Smith
Book this photography workshop in London now! Capturing the Light in Portrait Photography Another great day of portrait photography. The light was fantastic for this photography course – filtered light breaking through the clouds. Perfect! To create this soft illuminated light on Ghazaleh, we directed light from a reflector to create soft illumination. Ghazaleh is [...]
Occupy London Protesters at St Paul’s Cathedral
Tent City at St Paul’s Cathedral Occupy London Protesters have set up camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral since October 15th 2011. The protesters are from the Occupy London Stock Exchange Organisation. Over 3,000 protesters gathered in the square outside the London Stock Exchange with the aim to occuppy it. London police stopped that from happening [...]
Posted in Street Photography
Tagged london photography, occupy london protesters, street photography, urban
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FireWorks Display, London Photography
FireWorks – The Wonder of Light Yes, it’s that time of year when all photographers turn their attention to the local fireworks display. Living in London, means endless opportunities to bag a few great shots at one of the many fireworks displays. With the words of old adds ringing in my ears, Light Up the [...]
London Photography Tours – around London with Lou Smith
Improve Your Photography Skills with Lou Smith Explore London’s finest architecture and cultural heritage during any of the London Photo Tours run by London Photo Tours and Workshops. Learn photography with expert and experienced tuition. Lou Smith is the lead creative photographer with London Photo Tours and Workshops The London Photography Tour for Women Only departed [...]
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Tagged london photography, photo tours, photography tours, Westminster
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Photography: Architecture
Shadows and Light The drama of light is a never ending pursuit in photography. Exploring a scene and looking for that, at times, elusive light source. Modern buildings are fantastic for reflecting light. Creating dramatic photographic images by exploring the impact of light, hidden, seen and not seen. Your lens sees more than you – [...]
Posted in Street Photography
Tagged abstract photography, architecture, london photography, reflections, shadows and light, trees
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London Photography – Beautiful Bokeh
Shadows and Light Walking with my camera on London’s South Bank I found this isolated location. Shadow all around me I looked for those fleeting pockets of light. Shimmering light in the background I set a shallow depth of field (f4) and softened and blurred strong highlights into a beautiful bokeh backdrop. Simplicity of shape [...]
Posted in Photography Techniques, Urban Photography
Tagged abstract photography, bokeh, london photography
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Photography Zooming Effect
Zooming in Greenwich Park What a beautiful day – last days of Summer. Blue sky but Autumn is approaching. Wild wind blowing and leaves turning brown. The last of the Green still showing. This shot was taken by using a slow shutter speed and zooming out at the same time as releasing the shutter. Zooooommmm….. [...]
What a Day for a Day Dream
Day Dreaming Guy The day was moving fast around this guy. The Thames Festival was hotting up – people rushing to take part in the Festival’s activities. But this guy sat just chilling. Taking in the view. Enjoying the River Thames and Westminster, reading a book and from time to time just stopping to [...]
Thames Festival 2011
The Thames Festival is always very exciting on London’s South Bank. Returning every year in September the Festival celebrates the cultural diversity of London. This is one huge party which runs all weekend. Traders display their vibrant stalls. This stall holder sold organic fruit. Red crispy apples, who could resist to take a bite? mmm…Don’t [...]
Posted in Street Photography
Tagged London, london photography, South Bank, Thames Festival, urban
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