it's all about the food

[Andy]

i'm in london this week, and i've had the great pleasure to shoot with my good friends, gubbs (www.gubbs.smugmug.com) and luben solev (www.solev.net), both dgrinners and both excellent photographers :D

last night gubbs and i met up just outside the central part of the city, near greenwich (trivia: this is where greenwich mean time is calculated, at the royal naval observatory)..... we were hoping to get some good night shots of the clipper ship cutty sark - mostly we had foul weather though, but, the tapas was excellent :food :food :food

the starters
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815876-L.jpg

the mains
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815878-L.jpg

after dinner the rain (you hush up, harry! :humungus) stopped, and we did a bit of shooting - i'm still working on this one but it's canary wharf, from across the river thames.
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815879-L.jpg

tonight, luben got us permission to shoot in the british museum main court, a lovely atrium inside a greco-roman building - quite lovely in fact :D but first, it was time to :eat and tonight, we chose thai food, some lovely red and green curries, some sticky rice, etc etc. :lust :lust
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815881-L.jpg

some winged rats, atop the skylights of the courtyard
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815883-L.jpg

a long exposure, that's me and my shadow going up the stairs :roll
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815873-L.jpg

and here's our man luben, he's got his eye on something...
http://williams.smugmug.com/photos/23815886-L.jpg

all in all a lovely time. we were all lamenting the weather, but we reminded ourselves that photography's a lot like fishing - you have to be out on the lake in order to be able to catch the big one! hoping the weather will improve for tomorrow and saturday, i'm looking forward to some street shooting tomorrow, and a castle at dawn on saturday.

enjoy (dining and shooting) photography,

[wxwax]

I want to see you eat a proper English "fry up" breakfast. Fried eggs, fried bread, bacon, sausage, stewed tomatoes, tea. Delicious. :binge

[devbobo]

Hey Andy,

Nice shots.

What's attached to Luben's hotshoe in that shot ?


David

[BridgeCity]

It looks to be a level :)



Hey Andy,

Nice shots.

What's attached to Luben's hotshoe in that shot ?


David

[devbobo]

It looks to be a level :)
that's what I was thinking but I didn't want to look like a goose http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/headscratch.gif

[USAIR]

Great photos
You know I do love the food shots ..they do make me hungry :hotfood
But the nightshot of the city and the staircase do it for me..really nice :thumb

Thanks
Fred

[Dee]

You're making me hungry! Like the Canary Wharf shot, and the shadow on the steps, and the gulls in quadrants is neat too.

D

[Shima]

Excellent set of shots, and yeah, you make me hungry too-- looks like those pictures should be in the restaurants menu, heh. Wonderful job as always.

[Rufio220]

i've never seen food look so good. Those are nice shots.

[Andy]

I want to see you eat a proper English "fry up" breakfast. Fried eggs, fried bread, bacon, sausage, stewed tomatoes, tea. Delicious. :binge

had room service today, so you wouldn't want :uhoh pics, i assure you! after all, this is a g-rated site :lol3

true english fryup, though - some sliders, some good country smoked bacon, a banger, fresh oj, and a scone.

mm mmmmmmmmmmmm

[gus]

God if i could i would eat curries for breakfast lunch & dinner :thumb

I leave 'em in the fridge for a few days & eat 'em cold to get the flavour stronger.
Best when they are juuuuuuusssttt ready to turn :eat

[Phil U.]

mmmmm.... yummy! That goes for the food and the photos...

[snapapple]

Oh, I love that night shot. You do them soooooo well, and the stairs, and the food. Love them all. :thumb:clap:clap:clap

[Andy]

Hey Andy,

Nice shots.

What's attached to Luben's hotshoe in that shot ?


David

dev, it's a $5 bubble level :D

cheers and thanks for stopping by!

[Andy]

Great photos
You know I do love the food shots ..they do make me hungry :hotfood
But the nightshot of the city and the staircase do it for me..really nice :thumb

Thanks
Fred
fred, thanks so much. i really appreciate your comments, and stopping by. :wave

[Andy]

thanks snappy, phil, rufio, shima and everyone who commented :thumb

[Nikolai]

May I have a request? I want to see Cutty Sark!! It's not far from Greeenwich AFAIH..
Thanks!