So back in August I went to London, with the intention of taking a few photos of Cheryl as she was visiting friends there and then going to a photographers and models social in the evening. I hadn’t been to the smoke in forever so I was really looking forward to it!
During the day we wandered about, but without the camera, went on a bus ride which was much more fun than the tube. I love seeing the architecture, there are some beautiful buildings to take in. We had a drink on the south bank, watched the tide drop and the beach appear and then I got a bit annoyed that I didn’t have the camera with me so conducted a little shoot with Cheryl under a pier with my phone, along with some balloons that had drifted up the Thames and deposited themselves at our feet. But those might be for a separate phone shooting blog I think! We also went to Camden and bought some cool set dressing stuff from Namaste in the Camden high street (more of that later)
Anyway, come the evening we head off to a fabulous pub called The Horseshoe Inn at London Bridge, it was lovely to catch up with some old friends and make some new ones, in what was the first trip out for many of us following the depressing lockdowns we have all been through. I’m hoping very much to come to another sometime, so thank you for making me feel welcome folks!
The plan had been to run around London all night, and take some nudes, however we didn’t plan for the fact that the Tube wasn’t running 24 hours again yet, and when we realised this we actually panicked about how we would get about and in Cheryl’s case ‘stay warm’ in-between shooting times. As it happened we got back to the tube just in time for the last train of the night, so in an attempt to save the day and get at least a couple of images we hung back when the train pulled in and let everyone else wander off into the night, and then we had a quick ten minute shoot while giggling about what the man in charge of the CCTV would be thinking. Then we thought we better make ourselves scarce, so we ran away giggling.
The next day our plans changed again, the weather was going to be vile in the afternoon, and we decided to change our plans and get the train back to pick up my car, and then drive to Brighton to meet with a friend and sit in a pub and discuss shooting some clothing for her brand (another blog coming soon on that) but 15 minutes before we were due to vacate the room I was staying in Cheryl decided she had enough time to build a hippy set (using stuff from Namaste mentioned earlier) shoot it, and take it down again. And to her credit (and to much delight of the bloke in the park outside who watched her build the window set in her shooting outfit) she succeeded! We got out bang on time, kudos!
So, after all that spaff, here are the photos, the first set taken at Kings Cross underground station, and the window shots from a hotel room in Kings Cross.
Hope you like them!
