Photographing in london?

Question

i have to do a project about street photography. where are the best places to go in london, ie interesting. I will be doing this over the weekend so any area to avoid would also be very helpful.

Im doing BA photography. Any ideas welcome as i have no clue.

Answer 1

Shoppers on Oxford Street
St Pauls
Tower of London

Answer 2

Smithfield market
Spitalfields market
Leadenhall Market
Camden

SOMEWHERE ELSE LONDON
The "Somewhere Else" London Walk takes place
every Saturday at 10.30 am
and every Tuesday at 2 pm.
from EmbankmentTube
A London Walk costs £6 - or £5 for Super Adults (65+), full-time students, and Discount Walkabout Card holders.
It gets you into streets that you'd never find off your own bat - streets that look like an old movie shot through a vaselined lens. Into a neighbourhood that precious few Londoners have seen, let alone visitors. It's a thrilling discovery - the real deal. There's no better sense of place in London - and no finer architectural effect. Yellow brick, perfectly preserved, all unselfconscious self-respect, real Cockney - unaltered Dickensian London. And the miracle is that it's still there, embedded in central London - screwed in to the big city. That discovery alone makes this one of those bewitching "somewhere else" London Walks. And getting there is a bit of all right too - because there's a dramatic river crossing, a stroll along the Thames, the world's foremost arts complex, London's best loved old theatre, a real London street market (instead of a tourist trap), a stunning bird's eye view of the capital (and there's a lift, so we won't have to climb hundreds of stairs!), and buckets of character.

Answer 3

I will assume you do mean "street photography" and want to avoid the usual tourist places, and as you only have a weekend I'll try and group them geographically for you.

Cemetary : Bunfields Row (Daniel Defoe) City Rd
Petticoat Lane - Middlesex St
An empty Canary Wharf could be startling
Brick Lane - for ethnicity
Leadenhall Street Market (closed at weekends?)
A trip on the Docklands Light Railway could work - its run above street level.

For panoramic views :
Hampstead Heath/Primrose Hill -overlooks all of London
Of course there's the London Eye

For a comparison of Brick Lane/Petticoat Lane
Bond Street or Regent Street
Art sales at Hyde Park - Sundays

For a central residential area try Bloomsbury.

A quick eye would get some great street shots around Piccadilly Circus/Leicester Square in the evening.

HTH

Answer 4

If you are looking for graphic projects, the East End and the docks are good. These areas have a lot of shabby back streets, lanes and old buildings. If you are doing central London I would go for Cheapside and the city side streets. Old churchyards near Barts Hospital and narrow back streets in this area.

Answer 5

I would go to one of the markets--always loads of interesting people there.

Portobello Road Market it's held in ultra-fashionable and expensive Notting Hill it's also great for just hanging out. Beautiful rows of white stucco'd houses abound. You can walk south into Kensington Gardens/Hyde Park afterwards and down to the museum district. Saturdays from about 06:00 to about 16:30

Columbia Road Flower Market Somewhat off the beaten track this is one of the best ways to start a Sunday - there are several places to have brunch. Well signposted from Shoreditch tube station which opens specially on Sundays for the Market (special buses run from London Bridge also), and from the top of Shoreditch High Street by Liverpool St Station. Flowers and plants. Hardly the stuff to take back home but it's a great place to potter. Then on down Brick Lane to Spitalfields Market for a late lunch. Sunday: 09:00 -12:00.

Spitalfields/Brick lane is amazing - Sunday only. Try a SUNDAY circuit of: Liverpool St station - train to London Fields, walk back south to Broadway Market (good french delicatessan/cafe, good brunchy pubs and restaurants). Then continue south through Hackney City Farm (restaurant there won best family restaurant of the year 2005..) to Colombia road, along Colombia road then South to Brick Lane, Hugenot district, Spitalfields market and back to Liverpool Street station

Camden Market is virtually everything is on sale here, clothing, music, antiques, collectibles, ethnic art, rugs and kelims, food and drink. Weekends from about 09:30 to 17:00

Hope that is helpful.