The Couple

On the same day that I took the picture of Tate Modern, I also took this shot of St. Paul's Cathedral and the Millenium bridge. I actually took quite a few shots as I wanted to capture the right moment.

This was edited and processed using GIMP (and paint [yes, the cheap free version bundled with windows!] --- to remove a few hot pixels).

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The Couple -- Copyright, Richard Ray... all rights reserved.

Until next time....

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London Town

This is my first attempt to do HDR processing on my pictures. I used Photomatix for the whole process.

I really like how this turned out.

The original photograph was taken earlier in 2010 but I held off editing this photograph until now.

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Tate Modern

taken outside Tate Modern earlier in December 2010, just before the recent heavy snow we had in London.

Tate Modern is an absolutely fantastic building. The building houses modern art and photography inside an old power station (ground floor is actually where the turbine was….. a colossal hall!).

For anyone interested in art, digital art, sculptures or photography, this is one place you should go if you're in the area! Personally, the visit has given me inspiration.
I now think even more before I take a picture, and I linger more over the picture before I begin editions.

As always... If you love this artwork, please purchase!

Until next time...

Green Gherkin

Green Gherkin has been my most popular work online to date, attracting quite a few reviews. The irony of this was that I almost didn't upload it for sale!

Green Gherkin was photographed and uploaded back in September.

If you like this, you may purchase via my redbubble account.

Money does not grow on trees!.....

I really like this picture, taken sometime in October / November of this year but only just edited and uploaded for sale.

This was taken in the South Bank, City of London, mere metres from City Hall (Office of current London Mayor Boris Johnson).

London architecture within the City is getting more and more interesting and even bolder. What I like about this particular image, is the range of designs and patterns converging around a solitary tree. This gave me the idea of the picture’s title: ‘money does not grow on trees!....’

The title came to me as I scanned over the corporate office buildings surrounding the tree and recalling the difficulties these days of making enough money to live on.

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Approaching Bishopsgate

I have just launched a new art collection entitled "Tomorrow's History."

This particular piece was taken in the present day (2010 -- this week actually), the second artwork in this collection of photographs.

This was taken in one of the alleys leading into Bishopsgate, City of London.
I wanted to make a new collection of art that’s taken in the present day, yet made to appear much older. My aim with this new collection is to really get viewers to think that the present day is actually tomorrow’s history.

Because you might not be able to see the abovee picture, i've included a larger one bellow.

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Until next time.....

New Iphone 4 Cases in the Zazzle store

I've just started adding my designs to iphone 4 cases, and I've started with my most popular design, the Green Gherkin.
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Miniature London

Its been a while since I made a blog post, but that doesn't mean I wasn't having fun taking pictures, editing them and posting them for sale!

Let me reinvigorate my blogging with one of my recent work. I have called this "Miniature London."
In actual fact, this is my shot of a sculptured work (the artist's name escapes me, but I will go back to check again) in Spitalfields, East London.

I've edited it to make it appear that it was done in blue oil paint. Im quite fond of the outcome.
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Until next time....

"Another Point of view"

I decided to call this picture “Another Point of view” as I wanted to capture the buildings on the other side of the road through the reflections on the metal post. Despite the passing car.

I absolutely loved how this picture turned out after editing in Gimp, a big improvement over the original. As you probably can see, I’ve sharpened it up a bit, added some motion blur in the car and changed the colour tone. Plus, I’ve added a bit more of a shine on the post.

"Green Gerkin"

A couple of days ago, I've uploaded this picture onto redbubble. I've received a number of comments and over 200 views so far. I thought that I'd share this via the blog too and see what you think.

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