Back on the beach at the side of the Thames
The tide was now well and truly out. Down on the beach we explored macro photography looking closely at the walls of the South Bank.
We could now reach the abandoned wooden pier.
For Instagram.
The pier formed interesting frames for images across the Thames to St Paul’s.
Then I took images using the phone upside down and focussing on the beach’s pebbles.
Around the National Theatre
South Bank Skatepark
Next I was practising locking a subject and ‘blurring’ the background by panning. This is something that I do all the time with my cameras but not my phone. This is definitely a technique that I have to practise.
From the images this is for Instagram.
Under the footbridge
Next I learnt how to get bokeh using the phone. This is a technique that I have subsequently used a lot…
Here I used Live and selecting Long Exposure for this image of the roundabout past the footbridge.
Café in the Crypt
We left the South Bank and headed up towards Chinatown and Soho. On the way we went into the café below St Martin-in-the Fields church. This was a very brief stop just enough time to admire the vaulted ceilings.
Chinatown
As we walked through this guy was have a smoke break.
The windows were even more steamed up as we looked for the shot of the cooks working.
Here are two pictures of me using Live and Long Exposure (shot by Jeanette)
