Looking back…

In 2006 I joined in with an interesting photographic project called “26 Things” - essentially, you were given a list of prompts for 26 themes, and you produced a photo relating to each of them - the idea being that it promoted thinking creatively and taking a different look at what might otherwise be a pretty straightforward subject. Looking back now I produced some stuff I am still really proud of around that time, particularly around candid and street photography, something which I’ve never done that much of, but when I did, always enjoyed. 

The stairwell in question here is I believe the one at Canary Wharf tube station - and like the majority of the infrastructure for the Jubilee Line Extension it is stunningly beautifully designed. The symmetry, the way the light falls and the way the lighting on the escalators themselves more even than the perspective draws your eyes upwards are all key players for me on this one - I imagine that I still have the original file somewhere and it’s one I may search out at some stage and reprocess. Sadly at the time I tended to upload files in fairly low resolution and size - which fitted with the speed of internet available then but stacks up less well now with devices tending to be larger! 

No reprocessing right now though - as I have kit to sort out ahead of some rugby photography later on - MrEH’s original team he joined not long after we had moved to the town we live in now are reforming  for a final hurrah - and as I was their photographer for several years back in the day, I’m resuming that role today. Should be fun - although I bet some of the players concerned won’t use that word when they get up tomorrow barely able to move! 

Robyn.