WHEN IN LONDON MAKE SURE YOUR CAMERA IS HANDY... THERES NO SHORTAGE OF PHOTO OPS, FROM THE COOL STREET LAYOUTS TO THE CLASSIC GOTH ARCHITECTURE LONDON DEFIANTLY PROVIDES THE MATERIAL... YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOOT IT....
HERES THE THING... FOR ME SHOOTING ANY KIND OF TOURIST PHOTO WITH YOUR IPHONE ISNT REWARDING... I SUGGEST INVESTING IN A POINT AND SHOOT.... YOU SAY, WHY? I GET THE SAME WITH MY IPHONE... WELL LADIES AND GENTS IM HERE TO GET YOU THINKING DIFFERENTLY, TAKING SOME PICS THAT YOU CARE ABOUT ON YOUR PHONE JUST DOESNT DO THE EXPERIENCE JUSTICE.. WHEN HAVING A REAL CAMERA IN YOUR HAND SUDDENLY IT BECOMES PART OF THE EXPERIENCE, ITS THE RIGHT TOOL IT MAKES YOU WANT TO TAKE IT FURTHER..
OK.. WELL ENOUGH WITH THE SENTIMENTAL ROMANTICISM.. THERES TWO WAYS OF TAKING TOURIST PICS.... (IM SURE THERES MORE BUT, WHATEVER THIS IS MY BLOG) NUMBER ONE: THE LOOKER APPROACH THATS WHEN YOU PLAN AND SET UP FOR YOUR PHOTOS A DAY PRIOR TO ACTUALLY DOING IT... IM SORTA A FAN OF THIS BUT, LATELY IM GOIN THRU THIS "FREE YOUR MIND" THING THAT KINDA GOES AGAINST THIS SHOOTING STYLE.. NONETHELESS ITS A GOOD WAY IF YOU HAVE THE TIME AND PATIENCE.
THE OTHER IS THE "GORILLA I DONT KNOW WHATS HAPPENING JUST SHOOT STYLE"... LOOK, IM NOT YOUR AVERAGE TOURIST.... USUALLY I HAVE A DAY AT MOST TO CHECK OUT A CITY, SHIT SOMETIMES ITS 6 HOURS!!... I DONT HAVE THE TIME TO PLAN.. THE TRUTH IS THE PHOTOS HAPPEN WHILE IM ON MY WAY TO DO STUFF FOR WORK.. BEST STUFF HAS HAPPENED WHILE WALKING OUT THE HOTEL TO GET FOOD, OR EXTRA UNDERWEAR!! (DONT JUDGE)..
WHILE IN CENTRAL LONDON I SUGGEST YOU STAY AT THE CAFE ROYAL HOTEL .. ITS NOT CHEAP BY ANY MEANS BUT THE EXPERIENCE IS SECOND TO NONE.. MAN, FOR THE 3 DAYS I WAS THERE I HAD MY OWN BUTLER!!!!.. ALSO ITS IMPERATIVE THAT AS A TOURIST YOU STAY IN A CONVENIENT AREA JUST TO MAKE THINGS EASIER.. SPEND THE EXTRA BUCK (OR LOTS OF BUCKS.. I HATE POUNDS) FOR LOCATION.. LONDON HAS AMAZING SHOPPING YOU CAN LITERALLY CHANGE YOUR WHOLE SWAG IN A DAY.. FOR THIS I RECOMMEND GOIN TO SELFRIDGES ITS LIKE A ONE STOP CANDY LAND FOR ALL SHOPPING.. ITS KINDA LIKE BARNEYS BUT NOT.. YOU SAY WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WELL SINCE ITS A DIFFERENT MARKET STUFF THAT WOULD BE HARD TO FIND IN NYC IS ABUNDANT THERE.. FOR EXAMPLE THEY HAD EVERY JORDAN 5 EVER, AND ALL SIZES BECAUSE APPARENTLY THE BRITISH DONT FANCY BASKETBALL GODS LIKE WE DO? WEIRD... ANYWAY LONDON IS AN AMAZING PLACE TO VISIT AND IF YOU HAVE AN OPEN MIND YOU WONT FEEL INTIMIDATED AT ALL.. (NOT LIKE THAT TIME I WAS IN INDIA)..
NOT MY BEST WORK BUT HERE ARE SOME TOURIST PICS ON THE RUN..
GOOD TALK!
