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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.

 

Stacky Theme by Andrew

Wow some of you may be thinking. Perhaps not at the photo itself but the fact that it is not my normal HDR edited image. Most of my photos from Occupy London around St Paul’s Cathedral I didn’t process in my usual manner. Instead I just edited them in Lightroom. Fir some photos I prefer this method as not all photos merit a HDRing (a term that I want to get out there more).

Anonymous are back and tinkering with various media sites. For those of you who do not know who they are a quick google search will bring you many answers. For those of you who want a quick explanation, Anonymous are a global hacking group made of people from around the world. They take justice into their own hands, hacking for political reasons and important matters. To read of there most current hacking head on over to Gizmodo.

Anonymous are represented by the logo that you see here on this flag at Occupy London. They also wear the Guy Fawkes mask but I will show you that another day.

St Paul’s Opening Times

I don’t always process photos as HDRs. Infact for most of the Occupy London protest images I just used Lightroom to process them. This is one of those files. I have so many from the protests that it would of taken me an eturnity to process them all in HDR.

Protesters at St Paul’s

I went to St Pauls Cathedral to take photos of the recent protesters there. I went there on Tuesday 18th October, where I think the number had risen to over 300 protesters camping outside. They are protesting over many things such as anti war, poverty but it started with protests against the finances of the country. The demonstration is part of a global campaign inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York.

To see the rest of my images from that night click here to go to my blog post or here to go to my flickr page.

I would just like to use this post to say a big hello to all my new followers. I have had quite a few recently and I will get around to looking at all your blogs soon.

Here is more from the protesters outside Parliament in London. More and more protesters are coming by the day and some haven’t left since 2001.

Police served some with an eviction notice a few months ago but they are standing their ground.

I went back to Parliament Square. More and more people have gathered there in tents to protest to Parliament.

This is a sign that has been put up for everyone to see. Its a great irony but i guess that is the point.