Favourite Place in London (to photograph)

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Permalink Reply by Roifield Brown - MyVillage on 6 January 2009 at 3:59pm

For me Southbank would be hard to beat. You have the views across the Thames, St Pauls and the cityscape that is London. Then when you turn your camera 90 degrees around you have the brutal concrete buildings from the 50's thru the 70's of the Southbank itself, giving great shapes and shadows. If you continue to walk toward the mayor’s office there is green space and people of all colours to snap.

When you have tired of all of that you have the small cobbled streets behind Southbank to discover. It’s like 3 worlds into 1. That would be my suggestion.

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Permalink Reply by Bridget Lelarge on 14 January 2009 at 4:07pm

Went for a walk around Southbank http://www.flickr.com/photos/beelarge/3196245007/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/beelarge/3194158676/ then headed towards London Bridge http://www.flickr.com/photos/beelarge/3194163626/ Thanks for the suggestion :)

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Permalink Reply by Sian Pickles MyVillage on 6 January 2009 at 4:20pm

trellick tower is an iconic london landmark
markets are defo a good photo opp
camden - for the weird and wonderful

would be great to see the pix when you get them, post them up on the site :)

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Permalink Reply by Valentina Sutto MyVillage on 6 January 2009 at 5:16pm

I'll say my favourite place in London is Hyde Park. It's heaven on heart and I love having so much green in such a buzzing city. Autumn & Spring are for me the best periods to go however in winter is nice too. In summer you can even have a swim in the lake or hire a boat.

Here I forget that there is traffic and chaos and u can walk from Kensington Gardens to the Serpentine to Green Park and admire the nature.

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Permalink Reply by Fiona Ray on 6 January 2009 at 11:24pm

For me, anywhere along the embankment. I've often just sat there with a hot chocolate and gazed along the embankment, Its beautiful at sunset!

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Permalink Reply by Bridget Lelarge on 7 January 2009 at 10:41am

Hey thanks guys/gals
Southbank - I love this part of town too & am going on a photowalk this Saturday starting at Southbank, heading east, then crossing over to Embankment before chasing the perfect sunset (with Hot Chocolate in hand - unless I can find mulled wine).
trellick tower & markets - I went to Nottinghill Festival last year for the first time (got out just before the trouble started) loved it around there - have not been to the markets yet so will defo have to go back. Camden - have not been there yet (although went in 2001) so have put that on my list as an all day wander.
Hyde Park - I too love it there, it really is an escape from the rat race - was there just the other week for Winter Wonderland & blogged about it. Think my blog shows up on left of my profile.
Today does look very gray so if it stays like this I might just find a spooky cemetery this afternoon.
Thanks HEAPS guys for your suggestions - Will definitely upload my pics (where ever I end up)
x

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Permalink Reply by Priya MyVillage on 7 January 2009 at 12:22pm

Shoreditch , Brick lane and Old Street have some real gritty spots to photograph...

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Permalink Reply by Bridget Lelarge on 7 January 2009 at 11:05pm

It was a grey day so I ventured into Old Brompton Cemetery - http://beelarge.wordpress.com/
This year I am going to make a real effort to get out once a week with my camera, so I'll keep you updated. Your suggestions are always welcome too x

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Permalink Reply by Valentina Sutto MyVillage on 8 January 2009 at 2:09pm

I like that cemetery. My first house when I moved here 9 years ago was just one step from it. Nice and spooky:)

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Permalink Reply by Jack in Notting Hill on 16 January 2009 at 5:09pm

Waterloo Bridge for catpuring all that is timelessly iconic about London. Oddly Canary Wharf has become a favoured place of mine. Odd because for the life of me, I still can't capture the place but I enjoy trying.

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Permalink Reply by woody beech on 17 January 2009 at 4:12pm

Would like photos of Old London and by the way, one of you witth an interesting background.

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Permalink Reply by mark cavanagh on 20 January 2009 at 3:39pm

hi bridget
well do lots of photograph one fav bromton cementry earls court
on the othe side of hammersmith bridge it lovely walk with some wild life pictures
i perfore the city as thier loads of thing to take picturs of
dont miss the black sawns in st james park
but my other fav places is the south banmk
hope that get you staret mark

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