I have recently noticed that when I am photographing, my camera instinctively turns to a vertical position. I am not sure why this subconscious act is. Perhaps when shooting landscapes it allows large amounts of foreground and background or perhaps the camera feels more comfortable in my hand in this way, however I do this a lot. As a portrait photographer, you would think this is a good trait to have, however the reality is, modern portraiture is not necessarily good in a vertical format. Most people have a horizontal space on their wall they want to fill, so trying to correct my vertical inclinations on a daily basis is sometimes difficult.

Anyway, here are a few vertical landscapes from my honeymoon in Mauritius a week ago.

Cornish chains

Seeing as St.Ives is a small fishing village, there are a lot of boats, rope and chains laying on the beach, in the harbor and generally everywhere you go. Here is a selection of chains I found while in there.

winter, blue skies and sand

After 2 or 3 weeks I've decided to pull my finder out and put up some more photos from my stag-weekend in St.Ives. This small selection is from an afternoon spent on the beach. As you can see, despite being there in March it was bright and sunny.

sand and railings

PHOTO OF THE DAY

On 30th July 2010 I my photo was awarded "photo of the day" on lomography.com.

I took a screen grab of this, however forgot to do anything with it; so here I am doing something with it. It's not the highest achievement in the world, but I am pleased Lomographic Society International liked it enough to make it "photo of the day".

Taken with a Lomo LC-A + loaded withTruprint (200 iso, 35mm) film in Sirmione, Italy.

L'escala

These are some of the shots from a recent trip to L'escala in Spain.

Just a shot from last summer, more to view here.

snowsnowsnow

After fun and games and rolling in the snow we embarked on a winters walk down to the beach. More photos available on jpgmag.com (see links)

My Jem