3 posts tagged “covent garden”

London continues to bathe in gorgeous spring sunshine. We have no idea how long this will last, so we are making the most of it. People are out, kids are out, bikes are out, everyone is out enjoying the weather and this gorgeous city.

I wandered about Covent Garden mostly today. It wasn't too busy, as today is Mother's Day in UK (happy mother's day UK mums!), but pleasant enough to work on my narrative approaches in street photography as well as visiting some good old themes - like lost people. ;) (I also love the flow of hands in this!)

I have a (now not so) secret thing about arches in the cityscape. London has a lot of them and my aesthetics are happy. More happiness comes from the perfectly matched steps in this photo. Lucky snap! :)

And more back to the old themes... It's spring time. Romance is in the air. What can I shoot other than couples? It's a bit obvious, almost a default for me now, too. But I still enjoy capturing the interactions between people in love - or as in this one the contrast of couples who have been together a wee while longer. :)

The busy-ness of this scene was appealing.
There was so much going on between everyone.
And of course there's the kiss. ;)
And I got a bottle of free Vitamin Water. Yay for freebies!

Ah, the modern way of doing things... I hope all romance wasn't lost on this boyfriend.

Talk about some other defaults. Not only a couple, but an imposing poster. Could I be more cliché? :D

This is my favourite photo from today. I wish I could take more photos that make you go "What the hell is going on there?". I'm so tired of obvious-pretty-pretty photos, which might be why I am finding it hard to get myself in gear this year with my street photography. Doing something new and challenging is always a 50/50 of looking forward to it against wanting to give up. At the moment I am pulling through to the "looking forward to it" side. ;)

This makes me want to take my Olympus half frame camera out next time. From the contact sheet from today it's quite clear that I enjoy the half frame approach to a lot of things, but when they start to creep up in volume it's time to get the camera best designed for it out to do something about it. :D Trying some other things in this - not perfect, but amusing at least. But that's all what's worth showing from today... I better go wash some dishes now. I've run of things to preoccupy myself with instead of washing them. Damn! :D

I started operation Christmas shopping 2007 today. In a very small scale, but nevertheless it was time to get ready to shop - or die. Since I haven't been feeling very well (yes, again) I thought I'd take it easy and just go across to Covent Garden today. And to make sure I wouldn't get too stressed I brought my camera with me. This is what London looked like today:


It was a very windy day today.


If you could find a warm corner in the pub you were lucky.
(Oh how this made me smile, Finnish people will totally understand.)


There is always time for a quick bite to eat, no matter how windy it is.


To the rescue! :D


What's lovely about Covent Garden is that there is always something to see...


... like this beautiful acrobat.


Or you can just let the world pass you by.


It certainly is starting to look and feel like winter in London, isn't it just?

What a lovely Saturday in London! The rain stopped by lunch time and I went to Covent Garden to do some Christmas shopping and some street photography. This is my favourite time of the year, and I love Christmas. London has been dressing up for the season very respectively.







The cutest nativity display in the cutest shop in the world (Cath Kidston).




Everyone was in such a great mood today...




... and everyone was so cute!

People were getting in to the spirit of things. :-)




Insert your favourite quote here:
[I'm the king of the world!]




Christmas sweeties from the Covent Garden Market,
nothing better to prepare you for the chocolate marathon in a few weeks time. ;-)




Lunch time was busy in Covent Garden...




Couples were getting all sweet and romantic, too...




Trust me he was flirting, but badly. :-D




She was very glamourous, and standing in a very glamorous light.




Speaking of glamorous, if anyone wants to put a good word in for me to Santa...
Aren't they gorgeous?!





It's quite amazing that you can still eat outside, if you want to, in December.
He was the only one however, and really struggling to get the service in this restaurant.




I didn't have the lens for the optimal shot of this.
However I found the scene very amusing.
And that bar must have changed names and owners more often than I change my clothes! :-D




Lots of people were choosing to "eat out" today actually...




The scariest mime in London! :-D




I just loved their reflection...


And now for the obligatory photos of people lost in London: