In my last post I was threatening to head to town and take photos, in an attempt to escape my creative rut, by photographing something other than the park. Well, I did it! My husband and I were going to dinner at the house of some friends in Barbican on Saturday evening, so I decided to head into London early, catch sunset, and then meet my husband afterwards for dinner.
There was quite a long gap between sunset, and our dinner gathering at 7.30pm. I ended up lugging all my camera gear for miles, in a pair of trainers that I haven't worn much this winter, because I work from home, and rarely need to go anywhere that requires anything smarter than wellies. Consequently, my feet got quite sore walking around in unfamiliar footwear.
We had a lovely dinner with 4 friends that we hadn't seen since the beginning of the first lockdown, nearly 2 years ago. It was so nice to catch up. A decent amount of wine was consumed. Because the whole of London now gets taxies everywhere, we couldn't get a cab, so jumped on one of the last tubes back to Hammersmith. There were no taxis at Hammersmith either, and it was now chucking it down with rain. A slightly booze hindered attempt at getting the electric scooter hire to work at Hammersmith Bridge was unfruitful, so we ended up walking the last 3 miles home in pouring rain. By the time we got home, soaking wet, at 1.30am, I'd done 21km according to my watch. It had been a long day out.
Anyway it was worth all the miles and sore feet because I took some photos that I really like, and I want to share a few.
ISO 100, 48mm, f/14, 20 sec, 10 stop ND filter.
One of my favourite buildings in London. It looks so space age. The sun was setting to the west (frame right), and I love how the windows of the square building are reflecting the sunset. I put a 10 stop ND filter on my camera lens to give me a 20 second exposure and smooth out the water in the river.
ISO 3200, 85mm, f/7.1, 1/30 sec
This salon looked so cool, I couldn't resist it. All that reflected light and glass. The 4 chaps in the bottom right corner of the frame are all looking so stylish...
ISO 100, 52mm, f/11, 25 sec.
I love the super modern Millenium Bridge, juxtaposed with the Baroque architecture of St. Pauls Cathederal.
On Friday I am going into the office for the first time in goodness know how long. My London photograhy sesh was so enjoyable, that I think I might take my camera in with me again....
