Street Photography

[Mata]

A few of more below. Ignore the softness due to compression. The images are lot better in high res.

[Mata]

St Dunstan in the East Church Garden.

This has to be the best day out so far from start to finish. A willing male model at London Bridge, to the St. Dunstan in the east Garden in the City of London with some armature models and some Japanese models on a Magazine shoot and finished at a pub near Tower of London and a nice intimate couple shot.

St. Dunstan in the east Garden is an architectural ruin gem in the heart of the City of London.

History

The Church of St Dunstan was originally built around 1100 and is a Grade I listed building. A new south aisle was added in 1391 and was repaired in 1631. It was severely damaged in 1666 by the Great Fire of London. Rather than being completely built it was patched up. A steeple and tower was added in 1695-1701 by Sir Christopher Wren.

The Church was again severely damaged in the Blitz of 1941. Wren’s tower and steeple survived the bombing. During the re-organisation of the Anglican Church after World War II it was decided not to rebuild St. Dunstan’s. In 1967 the City of London decided to turn the remains into a public garden, which opened in 1970.

This is definitely worth another visit sometime next month (March).

More details of St. Dunstan in the East:
http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/st_du ... rch_garden

[Mata]

Some model shots at St. Dunstan...

[Mata]

Few more....

[Mike Farley]

I wouldn’t recommend it. It isn’t going to improve anyones photography skills. I think David Attenborough and his team can rest easy.

It is full of kids and mummies with buggies and daddies carrying toddlers around their neck with plenty of tourists all clamouring to get close to the glass.

Lot of the Glass is curved and when I did manage to get on my knees to get under the water-line some kid would give me a nudge to get in front all excited.

When you suggested the outing, I did take a look at flickr to see what others had produced and was not greatly encouraged by what I saw. Following a suggestion from davidc a while back, I used the "Interesting" filter to find the better shots and I am finding this useful as one of the methods to help assess a location's potential.

[Mike Farley]

St Dunstan in the East Church Garden.

This has to be the best day out so far from start to finish. A willing male model at London Bridge, to the St. Dunstan in the east Garden in the City of London with some armature models and some Japanese models on a Magazine shoot and finished at a pub near Tower of London and a nice intimate couple shot.

St. Dunstan in the east Garden is an architectural ruin gem in the heart of the City of London.

History

The Church of St Dunstan was originally built around 1100 and is a Grade I listed building. A new south aisle was added in 1391 and was repaired in 1631. It was severely damaged in 1666 by the Great Fire of London. Rather than being completely built it was patched up. A steeple and tower was added in 1695-1701 by Sir Christopher Wren.

The Church was again severely damaged in the Blitz of 1941. Wren’s tower and steeple survived the bombing. During the re-organisation of the Anglican Church after World War II it was decided not to rebuild St. Dunstan’s. In 1967 the City of London decided to turn the remains into a public garden, which opened in 1970.

This is definitely worth another visit sometime next month (March).

More details of St. Dunstan in the East:
http://www.gardenvisit.com/garden/st_du ... rch_garden

Interesting location. Thanks for sharing. Are you proposing an outing in March?

[davidb]

Interesting location. Thanks for sharing. Are you proposing an outing in March?

I had a look at the link to St Dunstans website and it certainly peeked my interest. If you are suggesting a trip (in March), like Mike, I would be interested. (21st is out because some of us are off to the NEC for the Photoshow.)

[Mata]

Interesting location. Thanks for sharing. Are you proposing an outing in March?

I had a look at the link to St Dunstans website and it certainly peeked my interest. If you are suggesting a trip (in March), like Mike, I would be interested. (21st is out because some of us are off to the NEC for the Photoshow.)

The first week of March is the only availed time I have. I also want to go on a sunny day as it really brings out the colour as well as creating wonderful shadows all over the place.

My idea is to spend the day there and watch and shoot as the light moves across the garden and walls. I am interested in both colour and monochrome so the sunlight is important. A cloudy day will only create flat images.

It will have to be a spontaneous decision in that first week. If the sun is not out then I will have to wait for another opportunity. But I do want to go before the springs brings the plants to life as they will hide lot of the features.

Sorry. I sometimes forget to tick the notify box so may take a few day to respond when time allows.

[Mike Farley]

It will have to be a spontaneous decision in that first week. If the sun is not out then I will have to wait for another opportunity. But I do want to go before the springs brings the plants to life as they will hide lot of the features.

It sounds as though you have a clear plan and intentions which might not fit in well with others. I am not sure that I would want to spend an entire day there, but it is useful to know about the location to make my own visit.

Sorry. I sometimes forget to tick the notify box so may take a few day to respond when time allows.

There is a facility to watch an entire forum and be notified when there is activity which you might find more useful. It's in "Manage Subscriptions" in the User Control Panel - hopefully this link will work.

ucp.php?i=main&mode=subscribed

[Paul Heester]

I can definitely recommend St Dunstans as a great location. We had our wedding photos taken there