torrential rain

The art of rain

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An entire day of torrential rain ruins a photographer’s day out. This is the time to stay indoors and try to be creative with what you have. Water – plenty of it – running off balconies, roof windows and refracting the colours behind it. Usual everyday surroundings take on a different air, and the camera finds abstraction.

When the time comes to edit your shots, you can splash a little more colour there and create new landscapes. Here are the fruits of my rainy day play…

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Tall and wet

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Tall metal thirdsRecently, London’s winter has been one of storms from the Atlantic with strong winds and driving, torrential rain. One saving grace is that it’s been relatively mild.

These monochrome abstracts are of the newest office block here in Hammersmith, west London – tall, with acres of glass clasped together with metal.

On this grey and sodden day, the rain almost stuck to the facades and my camera lens was spattered as I peered upwards. When summer comes, this building will look sleek and piercing against a burning blue sky… we hope.

Storm spattered

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