I've been back to that London on a business trip again. As with my last business trip to London in April, I tried to get a decent sunset shot of the main sights from the Thames. Unlike last time I stayed on land rather than taking the shot from a wobbly bridge. Unfortunately the sun - and more accurately the clouds - wasn't playing fair so I didn't get to actually see the sun. But I did manage to make this one which turned out OK:
Is a pretty clichéd and cheesy view so I decided to let my friend and colleague Sam use my tripod for his camera and I got out my Sigma 50mm f/1.4 to try some wide open shots instead. I have been obsessed with The Wire these past few months. A few times when the characters went to the docks at night the director would shoot the scenes wide open producing fantastic looking bokeh and lighting. I decided to try to replicate this using the Houses of Parilament and Big Ben instead of Baltimore's skyscrapers:
Sam Composing the "Perfect Shot"
I spotted an Eastern European young lady who was being filmed by an Eastern European man on a professional looking video camera on a tripod and being directed how to act. Very strange so I thought I'd capture a quick candid of her in mid acting pose:
"Hey Sam, turn round to the camera and smile will you...."
Sam on the bridge
After Sam and I had got bored with Big Ben et al we became a bit peckish so headed over to Covent Garden and ate in the fantastic Thai Pot. It was a really delicious meal. I had Moo Ping for my main which was Thai grilled pork skewers and they were lovely. The hot dipping sauce was delish too:
Sam had the Red Thai Curry which also tasted mighty fine:
Love the shots Simon, Excellent work.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris, glad you like them.
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