what you've just seen there is me
getting trapped in the doors of the
London Underground not too dissimilar
from a turtle being trapped on its shell
upside down on the beach this really
should have been a sign of things to
come as I spend the next 24 hours
explore in London try my hand at some
street photography welcome to London I
have 24 hours in the city no hotel just
the camera and I'm going to do some
street photography believe it or not I'd
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now I've learned nothing gets London but
it's not really my kind of environment
and and this whole 24 hour photo event
it sounds like so much fun I'm here with
my cousin she also has a YouTube channel
I will link it just the book now he
comes every year and I've been promising
to come for so longer but I've never
been available but I am available now so
I'm here humidity goes 24 hours in
London street photography and cityscapes
so I'm going to try my hand I'm going to
try my hand at some discreet street
photography I'm not I'm going to be
honest I'm not sure how I'm going to get
on with this setup I don't think it's
the best suited for street photography
but we'll give it a go and yeah we'll
see you at the front it should be fun
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and trick is to be discreet
no one knows I'm taking photographs no
one knows that yeah I don't think I'm
very good at it
I really don't think I'm very good at
this at all walk past take the shop
didn't even know doesn't even know
approach she doesn't know October I'm
going to stop the video here I was
filming the scene in jest trying to
demonstrate how difficult I found street
photography how unsuitable my gear is
and basically poked a little bit of fun
at myself for a split second I noticed
this lady there just above my left
shoulder I don't know what it was but
she seemed to have more about her than
anybody else around I shut my mouth just
for a second and tried to capture the
moment what moment it is exactly I do
not know but I pointing my camera and
hoped for the best
alright job done we are six hours and 45
minutes into this 24 hours in London and
so far just we do street photography and
as I said before I am terrible at street
photography because I have never ever
done it or tried to uncomfortable with
approaching people and uncomfortable
shooting people I'm uncomfortable
shooting people with without their
permission but I embraced it and I tried
my best and I did get a few shots in yen
which I'm happy with
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you submit some images for a competition
at the end of the 24 hours and there's
three categories there is Street which I
think I've done to death now and can't
do anymore Street the next category is
abstract really looking forward to just
walk around London and finding some sort
nice abstract images and the third
category is something else whilst the
third category again the third category
is London iconic London or iconic
something iconic London so don't mess
nothing's almost on baby icon
the third category the third category is
London icons so interpret out how you
will
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okay so take the clock and I've been on
the go for eight hours because we start
at twelve now looking around Clary Wharf
full of glass buildings as you can see
behind me there but I had to know I'm
just not just not feeling it if I'm
honest so I think I will leave abstract
for now and we'll head down to I'm going
to head down to the route watch the
river in London called the Thames
they go to the Thames and see if we can
shoot a nice sunset seascape which is a
lot you know that's much more my area so
yeah pretty much looking forward to that
but eight hours in still surviving still
shoot in ya don't really know what else
to say so we we've had a good cycle
around London that was a lot of fun just
trying to find anything for some sex I
think the sunset is going to be epic it
just looks it just looks like to me a
good one and so we found ourselves here
at London Bridge where else are we going
to go and I don't know London I think
that's part the problem just kind of
walking and cycling aimlessly anyway
we're here at the bridge and the sky
looks like it's going to go off big time
now I'm a little bit concerned I don't
know I don't know if the tripod police
are knocking around I don't know if
we're allowed to shoot here I don't know
so I figure after so much street
photography this morning or this
afternoon I'm very much looking forward
to cracking out a tripod getting out
with filters and trying to get a lovely
sunset shot of an iconic landmark in
London right let's do this
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right since setting up the camera again
all excited I've kind of lost my
enthusiasm Chalmers head guy is still
looking okay but it just seemed to be
dying off a bit and the composition I've
got with this bridge is just horrible
horrible there's so much which is so
cluttered it's just no good but the
problem is I don't know London so just
riding around on the old Boris bikes
trying to find something and we ended up
here at the last minute bad planning but
planning three minutes before sunset and
we've decided that that composition and
that whole image is just no good so
we're moving on to the bridge we're
going onto the bridge to see if with
your find something better can we do it
if the sky kicks off it's going to kick
off in the next three minutes so oh gosh
it's actually quite exciting now I'll
literally just run it things will unfold
ah the thrill of the chase
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right so we're here and I thought we
failed I really did I can't either
people stare by the words of advice we
atomic feet photography wins killing
this about some words of advice when I
was once told you can't polish a turd
you can't roll it in glitter okay that
didn't quite work we've run all the way
to this bridge and it's just not very
good I just don't think I'm very good at
London I got trapped in the doors I
scanned my credit card on the wrong side
of the underground barriers and let
someone else in for free I've got lost I
can't find any competition ah London
sunset definitely for now for sale it
eautiful it's beautiful 10:00 to
midnight and I think I'm doing all right
doing all right let's own yesterday I
was flying back from the Alps so it with
a long week but I'm enjoying it I just
really don't know how this video is
going to turn out it's gonna be all over
the place but I will continue to strive
to bring you the best photographic
content on this channel
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it's twenty plus two in the morning so
that means we've been on the goal for 14
hours and 22 minutes when you're tired
like this which I am mega tired
normally I wouldn't be a tired which has
been a long week it's been a long week
when you tie it like this inspiration
just disappears for me anyway so it's
difficult to take photographs here's a
couple of images I took earlier just as
I was starting to fade as I mentioned
before it's difficult for me to it's a
call for me to film I'm taking
photographs especially at nighttime but
it's a great challenge and we're in the
Marriott hotel the event organizers have
booked like a couple of rooms where you
can go and charge batteries and have
some water and tea and coffee and but
there's no chairs especially all the
gels are gone so I done jazz all the
sales gone
so grabbed a couple of cushions and I'm
like I've like made a makeshift bed
outside on the balcony it's lovely and
cool and dark and I'm soif alit we're
also phrases let's say think now I'm
going to have a nap and then see if I
can get something sunrise so yes
till next time which will be in a couple
of hours bye bye bye back this is for 24
this is Adam Australian child
home
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I think it's time to wake you more
a
it's camp at 6:00 in the morning been on
the go for 18 hours have had a little
sleep and now it's time for apparently
the best breakfast you can get in London
so yeah I will see about this best
breakfast
it's our 23 the final hour of 2400 sorry
at their street entitled who is an
actual street photographer unlike me it
was just absolute to the street
photography and this is a cog on the
street so I was to see progress and I'm
not a street photographer and this 24
hours in London has taught me I'm not a
street photographer I came here with the
idea of dabbling with some Street selfie
and then reverting back to what I know
best which is slow deliberate and
intentional photography get the tripod
I'll get the pills with finding
compositions that kind of thing it just
didn't happen mainly because I'm with
these two and fog on the street in
streets untitled who are both running
around like madmen photograph in all
kinds of crazy Street stuff and I'm
trying to keep up and although I did get
some images aren't happy with after you
nice abstract architectural images and I
got a couple of nice candidate images
but the problem is especially with the
candid images although I like them I
don't get it I don't get them I don't
connect with the images there's no story
there I literally just walked up to one
fired the shutter so for me Street
Stocks being it is my first ever go at
it purely fun I just wanted to do 24
hours in London as a challenge and I
thoroughly enjoyed it but I think what I
can say is I will most likely be
sticking to landscapes goal because once
they've give me that feeling of
excitement and it's more than the
cooperative's of me it's also cleaning
the outdoors
whereas
being in London it's okay but I'd rather
be in Whitley Bay at the moment yeah I
really I really have enjoyed myself
though I really enjoy myself and have
learned a lot as well but I don't think
I have the aptitude for street
photography and simply simply not like
I'm not outgoing enough it's not my
thing but yeah anyway I want to thank
you so much for watching yeah but we've
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so from London I will bid you farewell
until next time bye for now
the 24mp I'll try to record here do you
mind um I'm in London I'm in London on
it Tom this is why I don't do see
photography did you get any as like this