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Old Londontown Here’s a fun photo I took while crossing the bridge on the way to Westminster Abbey. You’ll also notice it as one of the main shots featured in that video we put up on the StuckInCustoms YouTube video.A big reason I ended up tilting the photo wasn’t just to be quirky or artsy or whatever, but I felt like I really wanted that cool light fixture in the photo without losing balance. A normal shot ends up with the light and abbey quite prominent, but a lot of “dead space” in the upper left. I don’t know if I explained that right… I don’t mind white space in a shot, but I feel like it should still be balanced.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
An Awesome Spot for a Wine Bar I was over taking photos of that monstrous church over there before walking home. Luckily (I don’t always do this), I looked over my shoulder as I was walking down this little road with the wine bar. It seemed like kind of a cool scene, so I set up to take photos.Naturally, people always come over and ask what I am doing. It is very confusing to many people that someone would actually like to take a photo of all this. Sometimes I feel like photography is getting very mainstream and everyone is doing it, but then again, I see very few people out doing stuff like this. And, I guess it makes it even more niche if all these people are coming over trying to figure out what I am doing.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
The People Mover This is London, right? I'm embarrassed to say I can't quite remember. I processed and edited this photo as part of a bigger trip. I'm too lazy to check the EXIF and cross-reference the dates... even though that would have taken less time than writing this sentence. But, instead, I'm saying it like this to let you know that sometimes my memory fades a bit. Some spots I remember perfect perfect perfect perfect... and others fade away and drift into others. I'm not sure why memory works like this... why there are some things that are perfect and some that are fuzzy. The way that memory works in this incomplete way is interesting to me. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Grey London The two greyest cities I have been to are London and Vancouver. But the architecture is so different in both. I prefer bright and colorful architecture, especially in those environs. Sometimes with grey/white/silver/black buildings, I feel like I'm in some futuristic dystopian techno movie... something like... oh Equilibrium. Have you all seen that one? Anyway, this is kind of a cool building, despite it's greyness! There is that greenish element in the glass (not sure what it is) that gives it those interesting aqua tones... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
A Fun Night in London OMG... making 365 new photos a year is very difficult! I've been doing it for the past few years, and I hope I haven't made it look to easy... I promise I'm not pulling a "Scotty in Engineering", where I'm complaining about something that is actually pretty easy. But sometimes, I yell, "The ship's breaking apart captain!" -- and I really mean it! hehe... My next task with all these London photos is to go back and geotag the dang things. It's never-ending... the to-do list, you know. I wish we were about 3+ years down the road when there was some smart-web-service that could look at the composition and then auto-geotag. BTW, if you're into digital imaging and computer science, there is a million dollar business for you... extrapolate the location information and auto-geo-tag. People like me would love you and pay decent money for the service! :) - Trey Ratcliff Read more and see a new video here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Dead Tired in London I really over-scheduled myself on this day. It started out early and was 100% full of photography activity! I don't remember having a spare 5 minutes just to sit there and zone out.... I do try to plan a little zone-out time, but this day I didn't. I kind of build my day like I was playing an RTS game, making sure I never had any idle workers.After I got off the tube at Marylebone station, I exited into this scene. This is the little area I crossed every day to get from the tube into my hotel. It looked so perfect in the rain that I just had to take a photo...even though I was dog-tired.- Trey Ratcliff Read more, including a discussion on the difference between nonprofit and noncommercial, here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Big Ben at Dusk Halfway through the PhotoWalk in London, we stopped here at Big Ben to get a shot. It's a little tough for me sometimes to do this while on a PhotoWalk because I can't fully focus on the photography. I have to talk, explain, converse, answer questions, and the like. Don't get me wrong... I love all that stuff. But I do find it hard to fully focus on the photography side of the evening!- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Ghost from the Dungeon I was walking along the Thames river in London, following up on a lead that a reader told me about. There was supposed to be some cool hidden underground area that you can access from underneath one of the bridges that crosses the river. I never found it, but I did come across this place. Maybe you have seen it before if you are a local? If so, maybe you shouldn't ruin it for the other readers... let them uncover it on their own. Also, if you say what it is, it may ruin the nice mystery of it all, yes? Yes I'm sure since we both know what it is... - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
Spiralstorm This beautiful staircase was found in a small cloister while I was about to exit St. Paul's Cathedral in London. I took some extra time while I was over there for the workshop to explore places like this. There were only a few days extra, but I tried to make the most of it.I got shut down a few times while in the proper part of the cathedral, but I did manage to get a few shots in. As for this area, it was wide open and no one said anything. I always feel more comfy when I am not rushed and have time to set everything up! In this case, I used a 14-24 lens. I get asked a lot if I use filters on my lens -- but I do not. I don't even know if you can get a filter that fits this bulbous wide angle.- Trey RatcliffClick here to read the rest of this post at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The People Mover



This is London, right?

I'm embarrassed to say I can't quite remember. I processed and edited this photo as part of a bigger trip. I'm too lazy to check the EXIF and cross-reference the dates... even though that would have taken less time than writing this sentence. But, instead, I'm saying it like this to let you know that sometimes my memory fades a bit. Some spots I remember perfect perfect perfect perfect... and others fade away and drift into others. I'm not sure why memory works like this... why there are some things that are perfect and some that are fuzzy. The way that memory works in this incomplete way is interesting to me.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
here at the Stuck in Customs blog." href="javascript:openLB(1329624831,'',XLarge,'',1024,683);">The People Mover This is London, right? I'm embarrassed to say I can't quite remember. I processed and edited this photo as part of a bigger trip. I'm too lazy to check the EXIF and cross-reference the dates... even though that would have taken less time than writing this sentence. But, instead, I'm saying it like this to let you know that sometimes my memory fades a bit. Some spots I remember perfect perfect perfect perfect... and others fade away and drift into others. I'm not sure why memory works like this... why there are some things that are perfect and some that are fuzzy. The way that memory works in this incomplete way is interesting to me. - Trey Ratcliff Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.

The People Mover



This is London, right?

I'm embarrassed to say I can't quite remember. I processed and edited this photo as part of a bigger trip. I'm too lazy to check the EXIF and cross-reference the dates... even though that would have taken less time than writing this sentence. But, instead, I'm saying it like this to let you know that sometimes my memory fades a bit. Some spots I remember perfect perfect perfect perfect... and others fade away and drift into others. I'm not sure why memory works like this... why there are some things that are perfect and some that are fuzzy. The way that memory works in this incomplete way is interesting to me.

- Trey Ratcliff

Read more here at the Stuck in Customs blog.
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