London evening
Jan, 2016Views
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On this particular evening I was taking photographs and videos of Rapper dancing. This is a traditional dance from the North East of England originated by coal miners. The teams of dancers go from pub to pub entertaining and drink. As the dances involves swords often at speed it can get quite interesting late in the crawl. A team of women Rappers from Newcastle were Dancing alongside the Thrales, a Southwark based team.Time
According to Big Ben it was 4.30 in the afternoon.Lighting
As it was early evening I was losing the light but I am happy with the stark contrast above and below cloud level.Equipment
This shot was taken on my Canon 5D mk 2, handheld.Inspiration
We were walking from Southwark to Soho.I was trying to get as many landmarks into one shot.Editing
I brightened up the lower half of the image slightly.In my camera bag
On this evening I was carrying everything: Spare batteries and memory cards, flash, lens and sensor cleaners, tripod for videos and probably quite a bit more.Feedback
I was there on this day for a specific purpose of photographing dancers to provide them with publicity materials but I also took many pictures non dance related for me .
