Because it's winter and because the sky was so heavy with snow, it got dark very quickly - well not really dark, but a sort of horrible mustard greyish colour. Anyway, it felt a lot later than it was and…
DelJanuary 26, 2013
...to go with the tatties to go with the Haggis, for tonight we are having a Burns supper. The language barrier between north and south causes some confusion as the vegetable we call "swede" is known as a "turnip" in…
DelJanuary 25, 2013
A return visit to the RSA for a de-brief with Michael. This time, I had a wider lens with me and was able to lie under the Benjamin Franklin lamp. It is a remarkable piece of science and as a…
DelJanuary 24, 2013
And they're off ... about 50 togs hit Trafalgar Square at 16.00 before heading down Northumberland Avenue, acrosss Hungerford Bridge and around Southbank. I don't have many images for the first hour. First, I had to nip home to dump…
DelJanuary 21, 2013
The tension is building as the 24 hour shoot is about to get underway. 1853 costume was an optional extra, and, disappointingly, not an option that many chose. However, Izzi (niece and youngest participant in the Shoot) entered into the…
DelJanuary 21, 2013
Well here I am all dressed up in my Victorian finery and ready to leave for the Shoot. MisterMac has gone to the pictures and so I have to take my own pic. I could have used the tripod and…
DelJanuary 21, 2013
And the stock shot for when I'm busy and on the road - the Costa on the dashboard shot, but today's is slightly different in that there are snow clouds looming on the horizon. Following Wilcey's advice, I have downloaded…
DelJanuary 17, 2013
Another reflection of Chelsea - a bit smoke and mirrorish (without the smoke, though). Well, there are only three days to go, but I've been doing normal stuff today and don't think I've done anything particularly 1853 ish apart from…
DelJanuary 16, 2013
Six days to go and most of the day has been sorting out things for the big day (this is taking on the proportions of a society wedding). I fear that I am going to resemble a Victorian Michelin man…
DelJanuary 13, 2013
Oh where were the holly and the ivy when I was doing the Advent Calendar? In Chelsea homes, I think is the answer. Anyway, with twelfth night come and gone, the holly is now unceremoniously dumped in a Waitrose bag…
DelJanuary 8, 2013
I was going with something else for today, but London 1853 (our 24 hour shoot in London on the 19th and 20th January) is taking off and I'm so excited about it, that I really can't think of anything else…
DelJanuary 7, 2013
Whilst I've been away, a new Japanese restaurant has opened around the corner. I was admiring the plants outside and was trying to work out if they were real. Indeed they are, but their interestingness has less to do with…
DelJanuary 6, 2013
Having just discovered the book "Dark Lens" by Cedric Delsaux, I've become something of a fan, so this is my homage to him. As I don't have a hotline to George Lucas, and so don't have the rights to…
DelJanuary 5, 2013
Where has the year gone? It doesn't seem like that long ago that we were doing all this to see in 2012. Definitely a day for being a flaneur and seeing all the preparations for the big Silvester party tonight!
DelDecember 31, 2012
An indulgent day. Champagne, goose and back-to-back episodes of Downton Abbey - what better way to spend Christmas!
DelDecember 25, 2012
Well you could have knocked me down with a feather! There we were strolling through Heathrow when I suddenly saw Brian's face beaming out at me from this poster!
DelDecember 21, 2012
This was one of the highlights (literally) of the day but the other is the momentum that our planned 24h hour photo shoot "London 1853" is gathering. Details on the RPS website here. This is going to be a marathon…
DelDecember 19, 2012
Rather a lazy, and thankfully uneventful, day. A picture of one of my favourite buildings.
DelDecember 16, 2012
The day dawned with that wonderful wintery light, so young James and I thought we would spend the morning snapping. Unfortunately, owing to the inordinate amount of rain, the common is like a mud-bath. Reversing the Bongo, I caught the…
DelDecember 15, 2012