Title: The W

Exercise: find a view that is open but that has some detail in the distance. Take a series of images without moving using different focal lengths, use a zoom lens or change from wide angle to telephoto. Study the impact of the different focal lengths on the character of the subject.

Approach: at a recent conference in Barcelona I became increasingly aware of the dominance of the ‘W’ hotel on the skyline. Almost anywhere you are along Barcelona’s harbour and seafront you can see the hotel. I had very mixed feelings about its monolithic presence but it was hard to ignore as a landmark. I therefore took a number of images from Barcelonetta looking back towards the hotel using different focal lengths.