Not a great title for a post, but then I am not sure this post is worthy of a great title…. I hope you have had a lovely Christmas break which involved some form or photographic loveliness. Mine was particularly lazy but did involve a photographic book I can’t recommend strongly enough. Not because it … Continue reading Worthing Wandering in Monochrome
HM Queen Elizabeth II … pt 4, The Funeral
Much like the day on The Mall, the day of the funeral was another early start having stayed in the city overnight so I could get to the Queen Victoria Memorial (opposite Buckingham Palace) at 7am (ish). Then followed a another (less) long wait for the event to unfold.
HM Queen Elizabeth II … pt 3, laying in state
The last post left me at about 3:30 on The Mall having got there early on the Wednesday morning.
HM Queen Elizabeth II … pt 2.
I was allocated an elevated “rota” position on The Mall . The procession was due to start at 2:30pm but having checked out the position the day before, I wanted to ensure that I had the forward corner position to enable me to shoot the approaching procession so after waiting for a pret to open for my breakfast, I arrived at the position slightly after 7:35. Yet again a long wait ensued.
HM Queen Elizabeth II … pt 1.
I was sitting with a number of other “entertainment” photographers at the Red Carpet for the Mercury Awards on the evening of the 8th when the PR for the televised event came and told us it was cancelled. Although we had an inkling earlier in the day, that was really the point at which I … Continue reading HM Queen Elizabeth II … pt 1.
Julie Edwards-X 