Personal Work

A few of my favourite images from recent time spent in Morocco

All images ©Adrian Lyon.

‘Masked Britain’ is a collection of images illustrating the environmental impact of the careless discarding of disposable face masks used during the Covid-19 pandemic. Increasingly these single use blue masks have become as endemic in my local environment as the virus they’re meant to protect us from. The masks and the plastics contained in them will live in the environment for years to come, many migrating to our rivers and oceans. Please dispose of your masks thoughtfully.

Each mask was photographed exactly as it was found. During the pandemic it’s estimated more than 50 million masks are thrown out each day in the UK.
See the growing collection. All images ©Adrian Lyon

AOP Photographers Awards 2019 Finalist, Open Category.

I’m delighted to have been selected as a finalist again in the AOP Photographers Awards, this time in the Open Category. My image is one of only 20 single image finalists and will be featured in the 2019 exhibition and published in the annual Awards book. Fingers crossed for the awards presentation this evening!

The AOP (Association of Photographers) Awards gathers together the best of the best in the photography world to celebrate the captured image. Now in its 35th Year, the Awards are seen by many as the Oscars of the photography world. Until 31st May 2019, you can see over 100 photographers from around the world, showcasing their amazing work in a mix of categories. Visit the AOP awards at One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, from 7am – 8pm daily, nearest tube, Canary Wharf or online at the AOP Awards gallery. http://ow.ly/3iLA30ozLLe

For more from this series of images see my architectural photography folio.

Image ©Adrian Lyon

 

It’s amazing to think how many short lived displays of nature like this must have come and gone over time, so here’s three immortalised for ever.

All images ©Adrian Lyon

I’m very pleased to have received a commendation in the Take a View Landscape Photographer of the Year competition for my image of the Lake District. It will appear in the exhibition at Waterloo Station on the new mezzanine level from the 1st of December through until the end of January as well as being displayed on the 40m wide motion@waterloo display! There’s some great images along with mine so I recommend taking a look if you’re in the London/Waterloo area. And if you’re not there’s always the book where my shot is printed over a double page spread. You can see more of my landscapes here. All images ©Adrian Lyon

Architectural Photography of the Sydney Opera House

Here’s a couple of shots from a mini folio of architectural images I’ve been working on which I shot earlier in the year while we were in Sydney. The black and white really sets off the tones of the Opera House against the dark sky and emphasises the wonderful graphic shapes and angles (with just a hint of Storm Trooper here and there!). Love it!
There’s more of these as an mini folio/album on my Facebook page as well as a couple of my favourites in my Architecture Portfolio. Please have a look and add to me your likes. All images ©Adrian Lyon

Great memories from the London 2012 Olympics which opened a year ago today

It seems hard to believe a whole year has gone by since we were all eagerly anticipating the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Sadly I didn’t get to attend that but I did get see some of the action in the stadium during the Paralympics where I took this panoramic image. It’s made up from five individual frames which were carefully stitched together, which is not as easy as you think when shooting hand held! A wonderful time to be in London no doubt about it! All images ©Adrian Lyon.

Landscape Photography from South Australia

The last sunset on Carrickalinga Beach for 2012. A lovely way to see the year out. Happy New Year!

All images ©Adrian Lyon.

An image celebrating 50 years of the audio cassette

So do you remember the humble audio cassette and the majesty of the mix tape and recording your favourite tracks from the Top 40 on a Sunday afternoon? It’s hard to believe it’s fifty years old yet at the same time it seems like an age since it was a useful way of storing and reproducing music such has been the progress of technology in recent years.

It was never the most reliable of media with great arm-fulls regularly needing to be fished out of the deck before being feed gently back into the cassette plus it never really sounded good, especially after a spell in the car. But it did (eventually) allow music to become properly portable and accessible almost anywhere (assuming you had enough batteries) which is reason for celebration in it’s self.

Wonder how long it will be before we’re saying similar things about CDs and DVDs?

All images ©Adrian Lyon.

Image series selected for the 2012 AOP Photographers Awards!

It’s almost time for the 2012 AOP Photographers Awards and I’m delighted to have had this image series selected for the 2012 Awards. It’s a great feeling to get the email announcing your images have been selected to be part of the couple of hundred images which make up the book and exhibition (out of the several thousand entries!). You can see more of still and product photography here.

All images ©Adrian Lyon.