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Through the looking glass
It’s a place to lose yourself with your camera and create an infinite mass of reflections, colours and abstractions of light. This is a sculpture made up of many tall pieces of mirrored glass, arranged like a small maze. This absorbing structure is found at Chiswick Park, a modern office complex set in spacious grounds in west London. A good place to work, a great spot to make some images.
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2014 moments #10
I’ve enjoyed sharing my 10 favourite photographs of 2014 with you over recent days. These are the shots that stood out to me and had a particularly strong sense of place and meaning. You can find a gallery of the top 10 after this, the final entry.
THE CENTRE OF WESTMINSTER
This is a piece of pure architectural opulence, captured at the Palace of Westminster in London. The nerve centre of British political life, I wondered if the likes of Margaret Thatcher had ever stopped in the Central Lobby and peered upwards at this sumptuous ceiling. I also spend a lot of time taking photographs with my head flung back – it’s worth it every time.
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2014 moments #7
A Happy New Year from mikeosbornphoto! I would like to share my 10 most memorable photographs of the past year over the coming days with you. These are shots that I am particularly proud of, while each evokes a sense of place and meaning from 2014.
REFRACTION IV
This piece of work started out as a simple moment of observation at my mother’s Essex home. A rainbow-coloured refraction reflected onto the wall. It was coming from the sunlight bouncing off the edge of a photo frame in another room. The joy of digital art came into play when I edited it, as the colours were intensified and smoothed out to remove the texture of the wall. And all this from something very simple and almost dismissed.
2014 moments #2
I would like to share my 10 most memorable photographs of the year over the coming days with you. These are shots that I am particularly proud of, while each evokes a sense of place and meaning from 2014.
DAISY ON BLACK
This photograph ticks many boxes. I finally invested in a macro lens in 2014, and discovered the joys of getting close small subjects, with nature and flora at the top of the list. I placed this simple flower on a black background which made its purity and vibrant colour stand out, and a Pop Art-style spin-off took shape. And it was taken in my mother’s peaceful, insular Essex garden during the summer warmth.
