2015 a year in Photos – Part 1 of 3

It’s been a busy year again of taking photographs across the South of England. This was the first year for a very long-time that I stayed in the UK for holidays visiting the wonderful seaside town of Bournemouth. 

Over 19,000 photographs taken, 3 exhibitions / galleries, 1 shop selling my prints and I started to dable in stock photography.

To make it shorter I have split it into 3 parts corresponding to the months of the year. This first part being from January to April 2015. Feel free to leave comments on which photograph you think is the best.

The year as a whole started off on the northbank of the Thames trying to get shots of the fireworks on new years eve and will finish at the same place though this time in a ticketed area near Blackfriars.

Below are the various months with the photos taken and the places visited. 

January
The month began on new years eve around tower bridge trying to get shots of the fireworks. The photograph below is where the Shard is counting down to 2015.

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Little Venice walk an Instagram walk organised by Igerslondon first of 2015.

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Near the end of the month was Gilles Peterson annual world wide awards. The photo is inside Koko in Camden where the awards were held.

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Blog articles during the month
https://alalchan.tumblr.com/post/108588293481/gilles-peterson-world-wide-awards-2015

February

Not a lot of photos were taken during the month as I was off ill for a lot of the month. We had our only snow fall of the winter which only lasted for a few hours.

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At the end of the month I had my first exhibition of 2015 with one of my photographs showing in a light painting exhibition. It was the first time I had printed it out and it looked amazing.

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March

Sothebys exhibition bear witness, big thanks to @sothebys and @igerslondon for a great evening of art. This was a private evening for the launch of the Bear Witness exhibition at Sothebys in bond street London. 

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You can see more of the photographs I took here on Flickr

Peace Hospice Night run an event run by the charity which I took photos for, below is one which we tried some light painting on. Find out more about the Peace Hospice here – www.peacehospicecare.org.uk

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At a company called Ronford Baker I took some product photographs of their filming equipment, find out more here www.ronfordbaker.co.uk

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Spring time in St James park

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The Southbank classic car show also took place during the month and annual event. 

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Blog articles during the month
https://alalchan.tumblr.com/post/112657977556/big-thanks-to-sothebys-and-igerslondon-for-a

April
Crystal Palace, lots of stone dinosaurs.

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Blenheim Palace – Ai Weiwei Exhibition. Excellent exhibition and invitation from Blenheim palace and IgersLondon. Read more on the blog below.

A fantastic Instagrammers day was had at the Blenheim Palace near Oxford. This was my first time at the Palace with its splendid settings in an area called Woodstock just outside Oxford.

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Bromley Park in Spring

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Record store day, The Thirst playing in Oxford Circus.

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Wetlands centre in Barns, west London. A lovely place to visit if your interested in watching birds.

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Ensemble Perpetuo’s – Cityscapes
In April 2015 one of my photographs was selected to be displayed in Ensemble Perpetuo’s. A sold out evening of chamber music and photography. Read more on my blog article below.

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Blog articles during the month
https://alalchan.tumblr.com/post/118817736786/blenheim-palace-ai-weiwei-exhibition
https://alalchan.tumblr.com/post/118990464051/ensemble-perpetuos-cityscapes

You can view lots of my photographs on Flickr and Instagram.

Look out for Part 2, from May till August will be uploaded in the next few days.

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Art on the London Underground

Last Sunday afternoon I went on a relaxing photo-walk discovering the art on the underground stations. Organised by Igerslondon in association with Transport for London.

Pushit for Peace 2016

Last month was the annual fun run in aid of the Peace Hospice Care, over 700 people took part raising over £70,000 for the charity.

Watford Weather – August 2016

Summer certainly arrived this month with quite a few hot spells a welcome change from recent Augusts. The highest temperature in Watford was 32.2c on

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