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I’ve been walking around London this weekend and taken some photos (surprise, surprise!). Here’s one of them. I took it in the City (Square Mile area near the junction of Leadenhall and St Mary Axe for those who wish to know.
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I have spent many hours (days) walking around London. It was one of my favorite places to visit. I like this Gerald. I see lights on in some of the buildings. I wonder what a night shot/long exposure like this would look like.
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Thanks for your comment, John. I can’t answer directly. The area is served by the City of London Police who have unique rights and who, I believe take a dim view of photographers anyway. One student a few years ago was arrested and put in a cell as a suspected terrorist because she was taking photos of the buildings. I took this shot and similar shots handheld, quickly and early on a weekend. I did however photograph the area at night across the Thames.
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Thank you for your helpful comment. Sadly, London is 200 miles from home, I was only there from Friday lunchtime to Sunday lunchtime. It was my first visit there in 20 years and was an expensive weekend approved lovingly by my long suffering wife but not one I’m likely to undertake again. My next foray will be nearer home.
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In Boston, I did get confronted by police when I took a building shot like this because I had not considered that one of the buildings was a Federal building. It was during the day, so it was easier to explain my motives when I showed what pictures I had already taken. Another time I was standing on steps leading up to a hotel taking cityscapes and was asked to move because I was on private property. So, I just moved a few steps down to stand on the sidewalk owned by the city. The hotel steps had not even been ones leading to the main entrance. These issues have always been avoided when I make an effort to ask permission. When I ask, and the answer is “no”, I quietly move on. 98% of the time the answer is usually a thanks for asking and permission granted. Same is true when taking photos of complete strangers. Cameras are so common now I rarely get a “no”. Young people (and for me that is a wide range of age groups) are often the best. I have asked people in subway stations, malls, farmers’ markets even be willing to pose, jump off benches, appear as though candid. I have talked to homeless people, panhandlers, street performers who have not minded at all to have photos taken after I engaged in conversation and then asked if it was okay to photograph. I have learned, too, that if the answer is , “no”, there is always another photo op near by. Just move on.
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