brick lane photographs

we took a trip to brick lane and that general area of london, with the theme of street photography and lso a topic of blured motion i captured the below images. brick lane itself realy shows a different culture to london all virtualy down the one lane so for a theme of street photography its realy good to find difference and similaritie mixed together and for such an iconic area in london i personaly found it hard to see why its so profound among people but it made for great street photography.


this photograph was probly my favourite of the ones i took, the story behind it is my friend asked her if we could take her photo mainly because she seemed very intresting and 'trendy' she had a certain feel about her that we didnt see anywhere else in the day so when she declined to have her photo taken i chose to photograph her as she left along the road. to me the photo is elgant and represents a stereotype of blonde people tall good looking and fasion orientated. when takeing the photo i chosse not to use a flash as it would alert her and a high apreture would make for a lower lighting.

this photo i felt captured that difference i spoke about earlier the fact of the culture being very different more similer to that in asia, this photo is of a fabric merchant who made sari's he had an open shop with huge amounts of fabrics and textures to work with and the buyer would choose out of these and he would make the piece for them. there was alot of light in the room so a flash wasnt needed and the natural light gives the piece a warm welcoming feel.


this photograph is of general people going about there daily travel in londons liverpool street station. i especialy liked the way the orange lights on the board highlight the area of the photo and how it shows the station at one of its busyiest time.the architecture in the celing also leads the eyes around the photo and helps you to notice the colour especialy in the top building which wouldnt be seen without it.