Recently I had to go down to London for some family stuff, and I got the chance to take my first trip on the London Eye. First impressions: damn, that’s one overpriced wheel! I remember something like £10,000 per rotation? 

Anyway, you sure get a damned wide view from up there, and I definitely recommend visiting on a clear night in summer because the sky brings a lot into the skyline photos. My other advice is to bring a polarizer, even at night – the reflections from the glass can really mess up your photos, and I didn’t have one. 

This is one of the better shots, taken with the 10-22mm lens. Any/all comments much appreciated!

This is my original iPhone bought on the release day over here in the UK. It’s served me very well for over 9 months now, and I’m sorry to see it go. However, it’s all for a good cause: the upgrade to the iPhone 3G.

Taking the shot was actually more tricky than you’d think. To get the blacks to look right, you couldn’t really use the ambient lighting with flash and we didn’t have any studio lights available. Instead, I pre-focused, turned off all the lights and fired flash only, bouncing to diffuse and get a softer light.

I had some black fabric which was okay, but with the dual flash arrangement we had going it was way too reflective. In the end, one of Mark‘s t-shirts turned out to be pretty good in providing a non-reflective background.