Photographer 4

Nicholas Goodden

Nicholas Goodden is an urban London photographer, and he has a passion for capturing London's landscape, streets, people and architecture. The techniques that he uses still photography, cinemagraphs and timelapse photography. He captures an abstract side to London and things which other photographers do not, such as the street art and graffiti. 

This is a photograph of the millennium bridge, but Nicholas has edited it in such a way that the sky has a pink tint to it and the rest of the London landscape in the background is dark and so the bright blue lights illuminates the walkway and it is what you focus on when looking at the image. 

This is a photograph of some graffiti on the side of a building in London, i like the way the colours of the building and the graffiti are all in colour and the sky is in black and white. This makes the colours of the different paints used stand out more and look bolder, in contrast to the darker colours of the building and the sky. 

This is another photograph of a sign on the side of a building, i like the way he has captured the different sides of the building as it is showing the different angles and the spontaneous act of putting up the sign on the side of an average building where everyone can see it. I also like the tone and filter which is covering the image as it makes it appear to be glowing as there is a soft sepia tone to the photo. 

This is a photograph of a black taxi cab which had been shot with a slow shutter speed as to gain the effect that the car is moving quickly in relation to the background and the only thing which is in clearer focus is the cab. This is so that our focus is drawn to the taxi as it is showing something which is almost famous in London's culture as they are seen all over London. 

I feel his work has influenced me as i feel that i now want to go to London to try and capture some of the abstract things in and around London which add to the culture of it. I feel London is a beautiful place and the way Nicholas captures it is inspiring. The different techniques and angles he uses are interesting as they are not like many other photographers who captures their work in London. 

In summary i feel that Nicholas's work is inspiring as it is showing the parts of  London some may look down upon such as the graffiti, and others that people feel are iconic like the architecture when thinking about London. I feel his passion for London is shown through his photography as it is clear that he loves the things his photographs are focusing on.