Blown about in Cromer

Last Sunday we made a quick stop in Cromer after visiting a couple of properties - in Potter Heigham and Aldborough - as part of the Green Buildings open days organised by Norfolk CPRE. The strength of the wind blowing from the sea (from the north) was probably the greatest I've ever experienced in Norfolk. People were practically blown off their feet and many clung desperately to handrails. We had our cameras and I took a whole series on the Sport setting, which worked really well....I was expecting most of them to be ruined by camera shake. But not only that, the colour was practically monotone and though I converted one toblack and white it would have worked equally well if I hadn't. See what you think. Afterwards, I regretted not trying to capture some images of people struggling against the wind, but it was quite hard to stay upright!

Cambridge

I was in Cambridge a week ago spending most of Sunday wandering around the city centre with a camera and a mission - to take some black and white pictures in a style reminiscent of the great Henri Cartier-Bresson - for the small photography group I belong to. As I'm really keen on streeet photography and fairly blatant when it comes to using my camera in these situations, I approached this project with a certain degree of relish. In the end I picked five or six to convert from colour to black and white. (In Photoshop Elements 2, I used Image>Remove Colour and then adjusted the brightness and/or contrast as I thought fit). Here are some of the pictures, though not necessarily the ones I thought most reflected the aim of the day's shooting.