And so to the Polo bar for breakfast and tea! Great celebration of the halfway point - it was slightly surreal to think that we'd been shooting for 12 hours and still had another 12 to go. Feeling refreshed, we…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
This hour was definitely one of the best of the shoot! Mr P took us girls to the rather swishy cocktail bar "The Duck and Waffle" for cocktails and views. Surprisingly, we weren't challenged on dress-code, but (unsurprisingly) we were…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
By now, the night shift is truly underway. Still awake and still warm, which is just as well as we haven't even reached the half-way point. We left the buzzing of Leicester Square and headed down St Martins Lane, past…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
As we moved from one day to the next, the night shift headed off to Leicester Square - another part of London that never sleeps. The Casinos are open 24/7, but we made no attempt to go into them. The…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
The problem with a 24 hour shoot in January is that you're shooting in low light for 16 hours, which can become quite challenging in terms of ISO and the contrast of the neon lights and shadows. I chose this…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
Soho at night is like an all-night party. There is no sense of time and despite the cold, the place is packed. All sorts of interesting photo opps - the girls in T-Shirts (do they not know that it's minus…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
Leaving Marylebone, we walked to Baker St and took the tube to Bond St. The plan was to walk to Soho, taking in a few more Monopoly locations on the way. Time was against us, however, if we wanted to…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
Well, I was never going to get through 24 hours without an abandoned coffee cup or two making an appearance. This was at Marylebone tube station, where we stopped for sausage and chips washed down with Jack Daniels and Coke.…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
Disappointed with the strobe lights of Piccadilly Circus, we headed along Piccadilly, making a quick stop at Vine St. Vine St is somewhat disappointing, a rather dull cul-de-sac that leads to the tradesmen entrance of Le Meridien Hotel. It appeared…
DelFebruary 21, 2013
Still one of my favourites from the marathon, simply because I do love London. As we found out, some 21 hours later, the capital is alive morning, noon and night. What makes it tick will be gradually revealed over the…
DelJanuary 27, 2013
Because it's winter and because the sky was so heavy with snow, it got dark very quickly - well not really dark, but a sort of horrible mustard greyish colour. Anyway, it felt a lot later than it was and…
DelJanuary 26, 2013
And they're off ... about 50 togs hit Trafalgar Square at 16.00 before heading down Northumberland Avenue, acrosss Hungerford Bridge and around Southbank. I don't have many images for the first hour. First, I had to nip home to dump…
DelJanuary 21, 2013
The tension is building as the 24 hour shoot is about to get underway. 1853 costume was an optional extra, and, disappointingly, not an option that many chose. However, Izzi (niece and youngest participant in the Shoot) entered into the…
DelJanuary 21, 2013
Well here I am all dressed up in my Victorian finery and ready to leave for the Shoot. MisterMac has gone to the pictures and so I have to take my own pic. I could have used the tripod and…
DelJanuary 21, 2013