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210213 Polysteria

"Polysteria" - a cross between polystyrene and wisteria. This fence sports a rather wonderful wisteria during the summer months (or whenever wisteria blooms). Now a coffee cup spiked on a railing isn't a particularly unusual sight these days, but I…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

04.00 to 05.00

And so to the Polo bar for breakfast and tea! Great celebration of the halfway point - it was slightly surreal to think that we'd been shooting for 12 hours and still had another 12 to go. Feeling refreshed, we…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

03.00 to 04.00

Funnily enough, this was probably the most interesting hour photographically, simply because of the sheer variety. Having spent most of the previous hour in the bar, we needed to get a few shots under our belts - photo shots not…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

02.00 to 03.00

This hour was definitely one of the best of the shoot! Mr P took us girls to the rather swishy cocktail bar "The Duck and Waffle" for cocktails and views. Surprisingly, we weren't challenged on dress-code, but (unsurprisingly) we were…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

01.00 to 02.00

By now, the night shift is truly underway. Still awake and still warm, which is just as well as we haven't even reached the half-way point. We left the buzzing of Leicester Square and headed down St Martins Lane, past…
Del
February 21, 2013
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24.00 to 01.00

As we moved from one day to the next, the night shift headed off to Leicester Square - another part of London that never sleeps. The Casinos are open 24/7, but we made no attempt to go into them. The…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

23.00 to 24.00

The problem with a 24 hour shoot in January is that you're shooting in low light for 16 hours, which can become quite challenging in terms of ISO and the contrast of the neon lights and shadows. I chose this…
Del
February 21, 2013
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22.00 to 23.00

Soho at night is like an all-night party. There is no sense of time and despite the cold, the place is packed. All sorts of interesting photo opps - the girls in T-Shirts (do they not know that it's minus…
Del
February 21, 2013
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21.00 to 22.00

Leaving Marylebone, we walked to Baker St and took the tube to Bond St.  The plan was to walk to Soho, taking in a few more Monopoly locations on the way.  Time was against us, however, if we wanted to…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

20.00 to 21.00

Well, I was never going to get through 24 hours without an abandoned coffee cup or two making an appearance. This was at Marylebone tube station, where we stopped for sausage and chips washed down with Jack Daniels and Coke.…
Del
February 21, 2013
London 1853

19.00 to 20.00

Disappointed with the strobe lights of Piccadilly Circus, we headed along Piccadilly, making a quick stop at Vine St. Vine St is somewhat disappointing, a rather dull cul-de-sac that leads to the tradesmen entrance of Le Meridien Hotel. It appeared…
Del
February 21, 2013
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200213 Brompton Cemetery

Took the lens baby for a spin round the Brompton Cemetery today. Fabulous light and shadows again, crocuses coming through, snowdrops in abundance. I love Brompton Cemetery - the higgledy-piggledy way the stones fight for space, the fascinating (and sometimes…
Del
February 20, 2013
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190213 Shadows

Spring continues with another sunny day - I think this low light ("low" as in the sun being low and casting long shadows, rather than "low" as in needing a high ISO) is my favourite light. This was taken through…
Del
February 19, 2013
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180213 Spring has sprung

Oh what adifference a bit of decent light makes!  Blue skies and daffs beginning to bloom, I felt as if today were really the first day of spring.  Keeping the yellow and blue theme going as a backdrop to two…
Del
February 18, 2013
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150213 Caged Sunset

The most amazing sunset tonight but unfortunately I was caged in at the station car-park.  By the time I escaped, the sun had set, but I managed to snap a sunsetty abstract from within the cage.
Del
February 15, 2013