2 posts tagged “red”

Hohoo! Surprise attack of photos from the back left! You didn't think I'd treat you to some new photos this soon now did you? :) But - I went out to Greenwich today and brought both my Canon and Holga with me. So, whilst we wait for the lovely people of Snappy Snaps to develop my film let me show you what a glorious day out it was today:


It was superb weather for park life today. The crocuses and daffodils are already blooming in Greenwich Park and the afternoon sunlight was so lovely. I was sitting out in the park for ages just enjoying the dare-I-say-it spring weather and people watching.

What's nice about this park is that there are a lot of dogs and most of them run free. I'm not sure how "legal" that is, but most people with dogs were sensible, yet letting their dogs have the time of their lives in the park too. This little one absolutely loved this man and especially his huge kite.



The couples were out in full force in the glorious weather, too.

... As well as the boys checking the girls out.
Luckily for my little project, she was decked out in the right colour today, too. :)

Some other lovely photos for Project Rainbow were taken today, too.
Although the Gods of Photography didn't love me as much as they did on Friday -
but I'm not complaining! :)

The lack of red was was all made up in the levels in cuteness instead.
Like in his red cheeks and level of concentration. ;)

All and all it was about relaxation and just enjoying the Sunday today for me.
After all, it's back to work tomorrow. I hope you've had a nice weekend, too!

The Project Rainbow is starting to work wonders for me. I have broken the cycle of only going out to shoot on the streets of London only when there is something happening in the event way. So much so that I went for a little stroll around Westminster and South Bank yesterday just for this month's colour red and found myself really getting into it regardless of the miserable weather. It's funny how much red there was once I was focused on just that colour.

Red walls, people wearing red... it was all around me.
And I got a photo for my Run-series with this one, too. Bonus!

I decided at the beginning of the project that I'll try to avoid some clichés, like the red telephone boxes in London. See how long that lasted! :D I just couldn't resist it when I saw this couple struggling trying to get into one - and how the girl saved the day (of course!). ;)

This on the other hand was suitably surreal scene to intrigue me even without any red colour in it. I have been reading and looking at photos by Joel Meyerowitz a lot this week, and I think some of the photos I took this day were greatly influenced by his work. He's one of my favourite street photographers. He's a real pioneer in colour street photography, too, so obviously the man is my hero. ;)

Then there was the usual couple trouble to catch my eye.
These two were trying to take the perfect tourist photo together of the Big Ben on his mobile phone.
Girl saves the day - Part two. ;)

  I stayed in this one spot by the County Hall for a while. I admit, I was hoping for someone with red hair to pass, but it just wasn't meant to be. Actually a lot of the great photos I saw happened 5 seconds before I got my camera to it. It was a funny day like that yesterday. But there was this one fantastic moment where I saw this woman coming down with her red umbrella and as I pressed the shutter down, this happened. It made up for no red heads most certainly.

On the long run I had to settle for these kinds of red heads instead. :)
Another stroke of luck really. Red buildings, red jacket, red hoodies.
I was a happy girl.

I'm not sure how picky the project is about the colour red. I think this is a bit on the borderline for me to submit to the collection, but I liked the shoes. And the "friendly and interested" manned of the man giving information in the Star Wars booth. If you're in London I really recommend the exhibition btw. I saw it in Helsinki few years back. It's great, and really interesting even if you're not a die hard fan.

This is my favourite photo from yesterday. I quite liked the static approach to the street photography, which is something new to me. But just observing and letting things happen in front of me had some benefits. Like catching this young man being more interested in anything but the Big Ben. I know, it's so last century! :)