quiet millennium bridge
early in the morning classic london
early in the morning classic london
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On my back (you can not see it, but imagine and feel it) there is St. Paul Cathedral, in front of me you see the Tate Modern - Tradition vs Innovation, both connected by the Millennium BridgeTime
I took this photo in 2016, at 8.22 am of a summer Saturday in London, it was a gorgeous sunny day, no one around after the classic London crazy Friday night. I was looking for the "Quiet London", when famous places usually full of people and tourists experience loneliness; it was not easy to catch that kind of silence in the center of London. With hindsight it has been a sort of anticipation of what we experienced after only few years with the pandemic and the lockdown experience.Lighting
There was sometime one, two persons maximun on the bridge; I've waited for the moment the bridge was completely empty, because the idea is that every time a person is looking at my photo can experience that kind of loneliness feeling, by placing and imagining themselves at the beginning of that bridge looking at the Tate if they have never been here or by recalling their memories if they have already been in London and experienced that same bridge live and overcrowded.Equipment
Easy standard equipment: Canon EOS 1100D -18-55Inspiration
It's a magic place that, used by so many people crossing the Thames, connecting the south side, South Bank and Tate Modern with the north side, North Bank and St. Paul Cathedral. It was really hard to find the right moment to experience only of the building, of the architecture, the great architecture and engineering put so closed together with a very high density; we have that place: Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Norman Foster and last but not least Herzog & DeMeuronEditing
no, I like to not touch the majority of the shots I make. I spent more time thinking about catching the right moment live, in place.In my camera bag
I am not a PRO, I am a really passionate amateur using a Canon EOS 1100D and my old small, portable and more invisible Lumix-LeicaFeedback
If you live in a big crowded city, think about finding the right moment to find empty a place which you see always full of people, traffic, etc.; and viceversa, if you experienced some place always empty, look and wait for the right occasion to see that same place with many people (because of a concert, an event, etc.) Same place we are used about from years, can give powerful feeling when experienced in a totally opposite and rare situation
