I'm British but have been in Beijing for over three four years. Think I'll be here a while longer but enjoying the ride anyway...
Since getting a digital camera, I've started taking waaay too many photos: see what you think of the ones that I've uploaded. The older ones are taken with a Sony DSC-P8, but I bought myself a Canon 350D a while back and now seem to spend almost all of my free time behind the viewfinder or in front of the computer...
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY // ARCHITECTURE
MOVEMENT & MOTION // CCTV TOWER
I like taking a wide range of shots from street photography to landscapes, tourist snapshots to photos with a story behind them, or just scenes that are just crying out for a wider audience. And there are thousands of photo opportunities in China.
I have absolutely no qualms about limited cropping, straightening and generally messing about in Photoshop - though I'm of course more satisfied when I can upload a photo without altering it in any way!
Please do not use my photographs without permission. If you would like to use an image for any reason, please ask (PM please, rather than by commenting) and I'll be happy to discuss. The day job keeps me pretty busy so don't be offended if you don't get a reply straight away.
P.S. I'm not keen on all the "look-at-my-nice-flashing-icon-join-my-group" comments, but all other comments welcome.
These'll be my groups:
China Chas' favorite photos from other Flickr members (360)
Contacts (273)
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yangz1224
暘 張
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Sophia Worldwide
No real name given
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liangdu
yalei Meng
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S(u)e A(n)ne
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Kent Løset
Kent Løset
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Jennifer Su
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alessio grazi
alessio grazi
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Hisatomi Tadahiko
Hisatomi Tadahiko
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juanosch
jan-peter koppitz
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arup_fii
No real name given
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ALVING
Alberto Herrera...
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Supermodelpizza
Norm Chang
Groups (50)
- Chinese Currents (Chinese people in China 中国人在中国) 8610 photos, 1210 members
- atu2.com 12929 photos, 5229 members
- U2 360° Tour 2009-2010 19725 photos, 1580 members
- Bangkok 29163 photos, 2021 members
- cutnpastecities 385 photos, 83 members
- Flickr members against free photos 144 photos, 210 members
- electriCity (formerly Low Light Lowlife) 419 photos, 313 members
- Black and White World 2899 photos, 86 members
- Italy 135069 photos, 6785 members
- Beijing Paralympics 2008 421 photos, 70 members
- Sports Photography 130138 photos, 11469 members
- Cinematic Romantics 691 photos, 194 members
- Construction Site Abstract 1775 photos, 508 members
- Celebrate London 2012 296 photos, 137 members
- Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 1650 photos, 124 members
- British Olympic Success 168 photos, 11 members
- BBC Sport Olympics 2187 photos, 192 members
- Beijing Summer Olympic Games 2008 4664 photos, 420 members
- The Great Wall of China Photography Group 597 photos, 105 members
- Foster and Partners 1881 photos, 299 members
- Flickring Beijing 2623 photos, 114 members
- Urban Asia 84252 photos, 3954 members
- airports 26935 photos, 3925 members
- Global Photojournalism 176281 photos, 15403 members
- silhouette 131488 photos, 20430 members
- Cricket 7956 photos, 1026 members
- Sydney Architecture 3364 photos, 646 members
- Bridges 66802 photos, 7785 members
- We Love China 13661 photos, 1269 members
- Australian Images 53300 photos, 1558 members
- Sydney, Australia 34467 photos, 3359 members
- 1949 >>> Architecture in New China 765 photos, 107 members
- Ships and Vessels 78761 photos, 6956 members
- Lovely City! 76694 photos, 5167 members
- Mianyang 绵阳 80 photos, 10 members
- The Speakeasy 1335 photos, 420 members
- Asian Beauty:中国 日本 韩国 Malay Pinay Sing 台湾 Thai 83941 photos, 7320 members
- future is now ! 506 photos, 226 members
- Mainlander - 大陆人 2010 photos, 334 members
- cities in b&w 12035 photos, 629 members
- Girls With Mobile Phones 1915 photos, 758 members
- Rock and Underground music from China 5043 photos, 271 members
- Jianwai SOHO 74 photos, 12 members
- Beijing Architecture 3142 photos, 475 members
- Chinese Bicycle 814 photos, 128 members
- China is Real here 7286 photos, 267 members
- Architect - Koolhaas, Rem 1181 photos, 235 members
- Chinese Girl 17581 photos, 2198 members
- Beijing2008 195 photos, 25 members
- For Your Contacts 26 photos, 113 members
Testimonials (2)
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Dutch Tom says:
"Covering just about everything from close-ups of Bono to speeding taxis in NYC and from helicopters transporting friends at swanky weddings to detailed accounts of quirky adventures on cargo ships navigating the planet, it's perhaps easy to forget that Chas is, in fact, a CCTV co-addict, with one significant advantage: whereas my efforts tend to focus on quantity, his shots always seem to simply look better. Oh well.
Adding to the quality of his very diverse array of shots are the witty titles, descriptions, observations and downright insults. These especially shine when an apparent majority of the viewers commenting, myself definitely not excluded, seem oblivious to the irony.
All in all, a flickr member that definitely adds lots of grinning and a lot of amazement to the flickr experience! Keep it up!"10th January, 2008
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monkeyking / Peter says:
"When I met Chas he was still using a traditional film camera. We're not talking about the late 1990's either, we're talking about a year ago (okay probably more).
But Chas was soon persuaded to make the switch to digital with his Canon 350D, and to open a Flickr account, and he's now a very prolific photographer. Although I've been taking photos for longer, he's pretty much caught up with me in terms of number of pictures posted, but he's also narrowed the gap in terms of ability and most of his pictures are far better than any of my work. Of course, that's partly because I've been distracted by other, ahem, hobbies!
Chas' photostream is a combination of gallery and China blog so make sure you read his witty titles and comments as well as enjoying the image.
Keep up the good work Chas, and motivating me to work harder on my own stuff."20th April, 2006
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