Back at London
A place I wanted to visit again but as soon as I touched down, I became overwhelmed with the bustling city life that’s familiar to home.
London has always been a place where people come to visit and photograph, and many photographers I follow on social media captured some of their great pictures there. The idea of London excites me. I had hope for bright sunny days while I was there, to see the patterns unfold through lights and shadows, but unfortunately I was left disappointed because the weather was most of the time overcast and gloomy.
I couldn’t put the ideas I had in my head to picture, and that made me put the camera down, feeling unmotivated to snap anything. I did a lot of walking, hoping the weather would change in the day, but it didn’t happen as I’d hope. At the end of each day, it felt like I didn’t achieved anything meaningful.
It seemed like the only reason I actually took pictures was because I know I won’t be coming back here any time soon, as London’s a city 14 hours flight away from where I lived. I found myself holding closely to that thought when I’m out and about.
At the end of each day, as I reviewed the little pictures that I took, I realised that the pictures weren’t as bad as I thought they’d be. It just wasn’t many in quantity.
When light was absent, I played with framing and negative space. When light was present, I chased after it. And reflections came in handy each time I’m bored seeing shoppers all around.
All in all, I really have a love-hate feeling towards this city. I’ve been here twice and both visits reminded me closely of Singapore due to the high volume of people. Nevertheless, I do want to come here again some day for holiday and better photo opportunities. Hopefully during my next visit, London’s all bright and sunny. For now, here’s my collection of London.
Cafe Nero has the best hot chocolate imho.
Of course I had to come to Borough Market.
Sorbet here was great! Tried the lemon flavour and t'was so tasty!
The pad thai and mango sticky rice were to die for!
Seafood paella looked tasty but flavour was heavy on curry.
