Gavin Hammond has taken the stereotypical idea that it is always raining in Britain, and turned it into a photographic art project. He captured London’s landmarks reflected in puddles and wet pavements. He got the good idea following some bad luck; “I stumbled upon my first puddles rather than pedalling past it in a hurry. It began to rain as I approached the London Eye and a large flock of tourists were blocking my way. I hate to be in a crowd so I stared at my feet as I waited for them to pass. And beneath me, a beautiful reflection of one of the gondolas emerged from a puddle, like a vision from another world, a view of a parallel universe”

The photographer was feeling disheartened when he first came across the idea of shooting reflections using puddles. This feeling has been represented by his images using a black and white effect to create a depressing mood, and the fact they were taken on a rainy day which allows viewers to create a vision the gloomy surroundings. I like the way in which the photographer has rotated the images so that the reflected subject is the right way up, and therefore the main focus of the image. This is unnatural as usually a reflection is upside down, so it’s interesting to look at them from this perspective.

Gavin Hammonds images are beautifully clear; despite the use of a puddle to create a reflection, the mirrored image is undisturbed as he has managed to take them when the puddle was still and therefore there are so ripples. In order to do so, it is likely that the photographer would have had to of used a fast shutter speed. Generally, this setting is easier to use when outside because of the natural daylight reaching the lens. However, as it appears to have been a gloomy day the photographer may have had to increase the aperture so allow enough light into the camera so that the images do not turn out underexposed. The images have been taken with care, so that the puddle blends into the surroundings well, giving a similar effect to that of double exposure.

Gavin Hammond has taken the stereotypical idea that it is always raining in Britain, and turned it into a photographic art project. He captured London’s landmarks reflected in puddles and wet pavements. He got the good idea following some bad luck; “I stumbled upon my first puddles rather than pedalling past it in a hurry. It began to rain as I approached the London Eye and a large flock of tourists were blocking my way. I hate to be in a crowd so I stared at my feet as I waited for them to pass. And beneath me, a beautiful reflection of one of the gondolas emerged from a puddle, like a vision from another world, a view of a parallel universe”

The photographer was feeling disheartened when he first came across the idea of shooting reflections using puddles. This feeling has been represented by his images using a black and white effect to create a depressing mood, and the fact they were taken on a rainy day which allows viewers to create a vision the gloomy surroundings. I like the way in which the photographer has rotated the images so that the reflected subject is the right way up, and therefore the main focus of the image. This is unnatural as usually a reflection is upside down, so it’s interesting to look at them from this perspective.

Gavin Hammonds images are beautifully clear; despite the use of a puddle to create a reflection, the mirrored image is undisturbed as he has managed to take them when the puddle was still and therefore there are so ripples. In order to do so, it is likely that the photographer would have had to of used a fast shutter speed. Generally, this setting is easier to use when outside because of the natural daylight reaching the lens. However, as it appears to have been a gloomy day the photographer may have had to increase the aperture so allow enough light into the camera so that the images do not turn out underexposed. The images have been taken with care, so that the puddle blends into the surroundings well, giving a similar effect to that of double exposure.