I’ve decided to end this photography project with the photograph that started it all. You’ve all seen this image 100s of times but how many of you actually took notice? It’s one of my best. 1st photograph of the series also featured the Big Ben – at the time I thought that was my greatest photo ever, so wrong. These past 12 months have been a journey – not just with my camera, life in general. So much has changed, so much has happened, so much will continue to happen. This is just the beginning – thank God for giving me the focus and passion to complete a project of this scale. A lot of times I thought of giving up, especially when I had assignments to hand-in but no! I refused quit halfway through. This project had to be completed. I LOVE London and LDN.365 is a visual representation of that love. Now onto my next project.
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There’s always time for a first and last – especially on the penultimate day of the 365 series. This is the first photograph I’ve taken with my iPhone. I made a school boy error of not taking my camera out as I thought I’d be taking my regular route to Church, ended up going straight to Kilburn Station where you get to see this wonderful piece of street art as you walk out of the station. It’s by Signal Project and there a few more walls under the bridge (RHCP!) featuring his glorious artwork. Guess what? The photograph was post-processed on the iPhone. Just goes to show you don’t need an amazing camera+lens kit and lightroom. All you need is CREATIVITY. If you want to know more about the artwork – click here.
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Initially planned to visit Sa-Sa Sushi on the day but it was closed, lunch time siesta time. So ended up going to the restaurant a few doors down, Banana Tree Canteen. It’s a Wagamama-style chain for pan-asian restaurant that offers great value Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian and Vietnamese food. It’s really cheap and the service is fast and attentive so I fully recommend this place! So if you find yourself in the Angel area, definitely go check it out.
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I snapped this a few weeks back, last of my photographs taken in advance because of the Rome trip. Tomorrow I’ll be out snapping new ones for the last few days. The Fitzrovia Mural is over 60 feet tall on the side of a house of a Tottenham Court Road house/coffee house. Originally painted in 1980 by Mick Jones and Simon Barber. If you want to go check it out, get off at Goodge Street station and walk left for 2 minutes.
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So this is yesterday’s 365 post. We got back to London late last night/early this morning (2am!)…really couldn’t find the energy to write the post then. I did find time to unpack though. Chapel Market is a daily street market in the heart of Angel Islington area and most of the sellers/patrons are locals who have lived in the area for decades. So I come back to London to be surrounded by wet damp cloudy weather? WTH. Are we really in June? Is this summer? It feels like we skipped a season. Another 365 coming up later
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London’s premium student housing – Nido. It’s a stylish block of flats in the heart of the capital, purposely built with the latest tech and lots of hassle fee student amenities. It’s perfect for students but damn expensive and they have very strict rules. Like you’re only allowed to have a friend sleepover 8 nights per month. If you have the money and don’t want any hassle with bills and whack student halls then this is the place to go. They have 3 branches in London; Spitalfields, Notting Hill and this one on the border of King’s Cross and Islington.
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Spotted this on the way back to the station from City Road. I want to live in this area, the studio apartments on City Road = DOOOPE. Perfect bachelor’s pad. The kids from Islington College will probably irritate me but you get them all around London. The infamous money bandits TFL restored this 100+ year clock by famous clock and watchmakers, John Smith & Sons. ‘The clock was originally wound daily by hand, but some time later an electrical winding mechanism was installed, with Smith footing the bill’. Could you imagine doing that on a daily basis?
