“So, are you some sort of specialist beer and pub photographer, then?”
I was in The Princess Louise, Samuel Smith’s London flagship pub. I’d fallen into conversation with a group of blokes as I was trying to get an uncluttered shot of the magnificently restored Victorian interior.
I had a quick think.
My main “job” is poncing about designing things, but I do supplement my income by selling images via a photo library. My biggest sellers by far have been pints of beer and the exteriors of a couple of pubs.
“Well, yes. I am. Sort of.”
A couple of months earlier I was delighted to be asked by the most excellent bloggers Boak And Bailey if I fancied doing some photographs for them; “We’re planning another ‘long read’ piece for the end of February and we’ve decided to write about the birth of the pub preservation movement.”
I didn’t need asking twice. Here’s a selection of the images B&B used to illustrate their fascinating piece, which you can read here.
Technical details: All interior images were shot using a Nikon D300 with either Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5 or Tokina AT-X PRO 11-16mm F2.8 lenses. Cropped and processed in Adobe Photoshop CS5. Some exterior images were ‘shot’ using a Samsung S3 smartphone and ‘processed’ via the Instagram app as a pleasingly successful experiment. The pictures of the Princess Louise’s separately listed toilets used on Boak And Baileys piece were also taken using the Samsung. A pub khazi is somewhere no man should ever take a camera. All images are copyright. They must not be reproduced without express written permission.
THE TEN BELLS, SPITALFIELDS
THE BLACK FRIAR
THE PRINCESS LOUISE
Ten-Inch Wheels 
These pictures are splendid!
Thanks a lot, Davy
I think I said so on twitter at the time but will do again here – awesome work; subtly gothic in places.
Thanks Leigh!