Dear London Town

On Sunday, I joined the London Photo Walk group on their afternoon of photographing the area around Brick Lane. The day started at the Ten Bells Pub, known for infamously for being where Jack the Ripper met some of his victims.

The area around Brick Lane is filled with funky offices, galleries, boutiques and homes. Brick Lane, itself, is a mix of Bangladeshi restaurants and shops that turns into a hipster haven of bars, cafes, record shops and vintage markets. On Sundays, however, Brick Lane is filled with people roaming the street stalls for a great find, eating from one of the street food vendors (yum!), or sipping on coffees or lagers while people watching. It is, in short, a fantastic area for taking photographs. The variety of people, architecture, and offerings yields a fantastic array of subjects.

I’m still fascinated by doors and shop windows as photo subjects, but alas my battery did not retain enough charge to allow me as many as shots as I was tempted to take. I also felt like I had the pip-squeak of cameras. Oh well, someday I’ll own some amazing camera with a gazillion lenses. Maybe. Till then, it’s nice to go light and keep it simple.

Photos from the whole group can be found on Pixie.