Photography @ " Matrix House "

champagne reception this time.....
Top 40 achievers under 40 and a new location again as well..
Vine Street London W1

a small selection below....

nice H'ordeurves as well....

Matrix House just happens to be opposite
  Chris Beetles Fine Photographs ( link )

they specialize in photographic prints by the world's most sought after photographers........Prices range from £1400 to £50000+

this Picasso for example is £75,000 ! taken by Irving Penn
( link )

another print currently on the walls
Malcom X by Eve Arnold

( link )

it is nice to see original framed prints rather than posters or books...

you just smile nicely at the lady, press the buzzer and you're in.

just round the corner and up the road a bit is Regent Street...

and the Apple store...

a quick pop in....play with some toys...
but......
I'm waiting for the 25th March
and the big decision?

to iPad 2 ..... or not to?
watch this space.......

Photography @ " The Dorchester "

back at one of my favourite hotels.... The Dorchester

a hotel full of history (more details here)....famous visitors have included Sir Winston Churchill, General Dwight D Eisenhower and T S Eliot to name but a few.....
it opened it's doors on 18th April 1931....so this year it will be celebrating it's 80th birthday !

there is also a fabulous tree out the front called The Dorchester Plane (Platanus x hispanica)

more details here

 

 I was there to photograph The PAM awards...

this year's host was Alexander Armstrong...

good host...

various awards later...

great food but.... £17:50 for a glass of house red !
(Blackberry Phone Photo below)

 and the night's over by 1:30am
all that's left is to upload approximately 600 pictures.....match them with audio files for the names 

and the night's done....

250th f8 ?

I wish !
I seem to spend my photographic life at f2 and whatever shutter speed i can get at iso 1250.
Normally with my  24mm f1.4, 50mm f1.2  or  135mm f2

It’s amazing how times have changed with digital files compared to the quality of high speed film.
Ive been shooting indoor sports activities this time for a local sports arena.....

Gymnastics....

and Climbing......