Fine Art Print - No Entry?

The latest addition to my fine art photography website www.thisisthepicture.com was taken on request.  A previous customer knew I was visiting London, and had seen a picture of this slightly different no entry sign, so he made a special request.

Hidden away half way between Picadilly Circus & Carnaby Street I'd never have found the sign without him.

It's now available for purchase!

Fine Art Print - Monument Valley at Sunrise

Without question, Monument Valley is my most favourite place in the world to be and photograph.

It's a magical place, and I don't think I have the words to say what it really means to me.

I've visited Monument Valley 5 times now.  One time camping, 3 times staying at the Gouldings Hotel a few miles back down the road, and this time, when the above picture was taken sleeping in the back of my car.  I'd parked as close as I could to the valley entrance in the RV campsite, and this was the view that greeted me in the morning.

If you've yet to experience Monument Valley, add it to your bucket list.  For me it's better than the Grand Canyon.

To purchase a Fine Art Print of the featured image of Monument Valley, please visit my Fine Art Print website - www.thisisthepicture.com.

One of the most photographed roads in the world

Pick up a holiday brochure featuring the American West and you've almost certainly seen this photo, or one very similar to it.

The road is in the bottom right hand corner of Utah, just a few miles north of Monument Valley.  I've driven it 4 times now, and each time I stop and take some photos.  The road is quiet, so standing in the middle of it is fairly safe ish.

This particular sunny morning back in October 2009 was the start of my 4th day without any connection with the outside world.  I had no local mobile with me, and my UK Blackberry had been out of service since entering Zion Canyon some days before.  I'd failed, and to be honest not tried very hard to find a wifi spot, so I was totally out of the loop.  Although I was still on schedule, Debra, the model who was waiting for me in Moab for my last photoshoot of my trip, had no idea where I was, or whether I was still going to be there.

Stopping for breakfast in the only place open in a town in the back end of beyond I eventually got a wifi connection, and caught up with the 15 or so emails Debra had sent.  She was in Moab waiting.  Opps!  Lucky we've shot several times before so we know each other.  The shoot did actually go rather well.

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Shaft of sunlight at Antelope Canyon in Arizona

Antelope Canyon just outside Page in Arizona is an amazing place.  It's one of my favourite places to shoot, and also one of the most difficult.

This image makes it look all nice and peaceful.  Truth couldn't be more different though.  I was sat on the floor, crammed between a several other people and the wall of the canyon, bent over, and trying to get the shot.

Directly behind and to my left, behind held back by the native tour guides, there were probably 40 people, with easily that many again just around the corner in front of me.

To help make the shaft of light visible in the photos people were throwing handfuls of sand into the air. Sand and camera equipment aren't exactly the best of friends.  Just saying.

Last time I visited about ten years prior I was visiting with my girlfriend and we had the place completely to ourselves.  How time changes places.

I've just launched a new website called thisisthepicture.com where I'm offering a select few of my images for sale as fine art prints.

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