The aim of the trip was to go to the Novotel Hotel, which was the venue for the 2012 SWPP Conference, see a couple of demonstrations and have a look around the trade stands.
After this we would go into the heart of the capital, (around 3pm ish) to get some photography in.
Things went to plan and I found the SWPP conference a very good experience, There were lots of trade stands all showcasing there different products, these included, Wedding album suppilers, printing firms, Printer suppliers, (I saw the Epson) Lens suppliers, (I saw Sigma) and all round suppliers like WEX.
The 3 demonstrations we/I saw were, 2 by the same man on lighting in a studio, using light from behind as well as in front, then using a Lastolite Hilite background.
The other talk I saw (by myself) was about wedding photography, explaing how using a portable power pack and small flash, held by an assistant, can create and give some really good shadows and feel to images. The talk was done on behalf of Phototraining4u, there webssite can be found here:
http://www.phototraining4u.com/
The trip round London went well, We started at Big Ben, then walked over the bridge, down past the London eye, The Tate and then over the Millenium Bridge towards St Pauls.
We walked around St Pauls, then back towards the Millenium Bridge, but not over it this time, instead we walked along the river in the direction of the Tower Bridge.
Below is a photo I took, It's from underneath, looking up at the Millenium Bridge. (The lines of colour are from the upload, and not in the image)
Along the way we stopped and took various pictures of various things. The others had there cameras out and were looking for and finding unusual Architecture/angles. This ment alot of stopping on the way, but this was good for socialising/chatting and looking about for other shots.
The next photo I took was of a lit up sign, this had a stone wall underneath it which protuded slightly forward as well so gave a nice reflection of the light.
The reason I took this was because I wanted some night shots, but like and idiot, didn't take my tripod, so I was having to think on my feet. So using the combination of a releative good amount of light for the shot, and the hard solid wall to use as a tripod, I hand held my camera and took the shot.
After the above shot and a bit futher along the walk towards Tower Bridge, Eric kindly offered to let me use his tripod, being as he hadn't used it or even taken his 5D out of his bag, I didn't feel to cheeky in using it.
I used it to take just 3 different shots, (multiple's of the same shot, playing with settings, were taken.) they are:
The Shard.
London skyline, including, The Shard to the right and I belive the Mayor's office is the building to the left.
And finally the Tower Bridge.
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