El Mariachi! - # 08/274

I really must go. But Baby, it's cold outside. I really can't stay. But Baby, it's cold outside. ...............Ahh, but it's cold outside.

Camera: Olympus E3. Lens 14-35 1:2.0 Hand held. Total weight 2.0 Kg. Clothing: extra thick padded winter trousers; 100% wind proof coat with special padded inner layer worn over thick Shetland pullover; touch sensitive, thin, warm high-tech gloves for camera operation; cotton, wind proof sailor's cap. Sometimes I ask myself "Why?"

End of the evening - # 08/201

It's late and the restaurants along the Kew Rd at the entry to Richmond will soon close. The inner rooms are cleared and the outside tables are deserted. A couple of lads head down into the centre to seek out the late night clubs nearer the railway station and the river. Cars stream home. The lights of the restaurants throw their colour tones into the night and the camera records them, white balance adjusted for the spectrum and exposure set to minimise the glare. Out in the back yard the rubbish of the evening is being bagged and binned. The photographer takes a last snap, packs up his bag and tripod, and heads for home.

Not your usual daily Richmond 2 - # 08/183

Wherever there is a fine restaurant there is a curving back stair, a loud hum of fans, a major waste removal issue, and more often than not a chappy sneeking out for a smoke.

The Street of Good Living - # 08/183

As you enter Richmond from London via Kew Bridge and the Kew Road the first thing you see is a line of fine restaurants standing like a gateway to the town. In the evening the traffic dies down and a pleasant evening of fine-dining begins.