Victoria Embankment, originally uploaded by Ben Grubb.

Shortly before Christmas, my Dad and Sister came up to London to spend a day with me trekking round taking shots for Hannah’s Uni project. I’m not sure (at time of writing) that her brief has been finalised, but she wanted to base part of it around London based imagery. So, we headed out into a sunny but very cold London to take in some of the sights. I wasn’t born in London, so I guess technically it’s not my “hometown” but I have lived here for about three years now, and it definitely feels like home to me. I have made a real effort to get out and see a lot of the sights around the city, and being a photographer I’m motivated to get out there and capture it! Although I live up here, whenever I’m out with my camera I can’t help but feel like something of a tourist, and that was especially true when Dad and Hannah were with me too. We visited a lot of places that I’ve been to before, either by myself or with Amy or Phil, but I find it good to try and revisit places and try and get a shot which you didn’t notice before, and force yourself to experiment. Anyway, we had a really successful day, and covered a lot of ground! I got a small set of really great shots which was great, and they also gave me more of a chance to experiment with the Photoshop actions which I’ve written about before. I hope there’s a lot more to come!