Hi, Hola, Bonjour , Ciao , مرحبا, 您好, bok, hei and welcome.

My name is James Murray and I live in London, England but love to go exploring in foreign climates. Coming from a design background I look at photography as an extension of this, recording the lifestyles and architecture that make up are world.

My passion for photography started when I first picked up a film camera (wow I miss the darkroom), capturing the moments of my accident filled childhood. I transferred this passion into my studies mixing in all of my design influences to create my own style.

Architecture and photography are the perfect blend each complementing the other. As a HDR (High Dynamic Range) enthuiast, I use this technique to enrich my images.

I have worked as a photographer since 2010, taking photos of the enviroment that I lived in around London, selling images as artworks and to companies. In 2011 I worked for Disney on their cruise ships with the big mouse himself. Onboard I worked as a portrait and wedding photographer, learning new techniques and feeding my travel bug.

Every photo is a memory; there is no better way to capture it then how you see it, not how the camera sees it.

 

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Reflection in the Orb

The strange egg shaped orb should be familiar to anyone who follows this blog or lives in and around London. It is of course the mayors office located next to Tower Bridge that also can be seen in the photo.

Its great that we get sunny days in London but I wish (like all photographers) that I had the power to call in clouds when I like. The great thing about being in London all the time is that you get many opportunities for different moods of the same scene. 

Have a good weekend and I’ll be back on MOnday.

Does someone Segest a show?

My cleaver title is meant to tell you where this photo was taken…. no really you didn’t get it from that? Well its an amphitheatre in……. Segesta. NO I hadn’t heard of it either but it is a great place in Malta with 2 Greek ruins. 

Positioned on Mount Barbaro, the archeological site, about seventy kilometers southwest of Palermo, reflects the presence of several ancient civilizations. The Elymians from Asia who settled in Greece in 1200BC.

I will post a picture of the temple at a later date. Enjoy the weekend everyone.

The Scoop

The Mayor’s office has always been an interesting building to me. Mainly because someone once described it to be as a sliced egg which now just stays in my mind. The tripod police came up to me shortly before taking this photo saying that I’m not allowed to take pictures. Try telling that to all of the tourists around me snapping away. I thought it was because of my tripod that they stopped me but apparently it was only because I was taking pictures.

Anyway after I sneakily grabbed one more shot that turned out to be the best one of the area. You can see the men in blue coats by the entrance of the office. I might go back there with a bigger tripod just to annoy them at some point.