Albert Memorial from Kensington Gardens
InstantLondon – Albert Memorial
Tag: London
Brick Lane Blues
The coldest day in 2016 was spent in Brick Lane again, with a group of enthusiastic photographers shooting ‘street’ with the City Academy Street Photography class. Brick Lane is always a hive of activity, sights and sounds. Lots of dodgy characters too. Here’s an endearing shot of a young girl throwing change at a moody electric guitarist busker, well deserved as it was about 3C and sleeting at the time.
InstantLondon – Watch the birdie.
InstantLondon – Dusk on the South Bank
Hello 2016 !
Thank you to all followers at explorenation.net and Facebook friends. Let’s hope we all continue to make new and exciting photographs in 2016, wherever we are, ’til we meet face to face once again, surely we will.
Have a good one!
Steven
Good bye 2015…
Piccadilly Circus, West End, London
The Reaper is never late. So much death and destruction have turned 2015 into a dire year, especially in the Middle East, and Europe. Let’s hope and pray for a better more peaceful 2016.
Man and dog in fog
Once in awhile, we get a foggy day in London. This used to be far worse in the 1950s apparently, days and weeks of fog and smog, also known as ‘peasoup’ caused by the dirty coal fires and uncontrolled industrial emissions. London air is now a lot cleaner with European guidelines enforced strictly. With vehicle CO2 emissions falling year on year, and Congestion Charging to limit daytime vehicular access in the city.
Charlie Burns, king of Bacon Street.
Wandered through the streets around Brick Lane again this Saturday with participants from the City Academy street photography class and caught this enigmatic image of a tourist photographing the Charlie Burns mural. Charlie Burns, as I later discovered is a long time resident of Shoreditch, a well-respected gentleman, who had lived here since 1915, and had seen the gradual changes over the years. He established a paper mill business and later ran a boxing club locally. Charlie passed away in 2012, aged 96.
More below :
Mural by Ben Shaw, artist See here
City Academy Photography Classes
Still, Life
The light was sublime. The time was around 4pm. The setting for tea was perfect. Petersham Nurseries in Richmond, South West London is essentially a nursery, selling mature and young plants, garden furniture and ornaments. It also has a lovely conservatory tea house and an award winning cafe restaurant, which advocates the SLOW FOOD movement. Rustic is the key word for this place.
InstantLondon. London welcomes refugees
At least 50,000 people marched to Downing Street today in London and as many in other European capitals to demand more be done for the refugee crisis facing Europe currently. The atmosphere was festive, with many families and small children taking part in the march from Marble Arch to Parliament Square.
Fairground Attraction
Project : Fairground Attraction
I started this project a few years back, photographing an annual local fair on Wimbledon Common, a few miles from where I live. On this occasion, there were several new trailers that I noticed, that was setting up before the weekend opening.
See : Fairground Attraction
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