A little bit of background story for why I was in London. The reason for this trip to London was Mark had a London mini tour experience to use as it was running expiring soon from a previous birthday gift. So we thought why not make the most of it while we were up there.

So day started. Arrived in London for 11 ready for pick up. Found the mini and started the tour, now for anyone who has been in a classic mini, you will know there isn’t much space in the back, and that’s where I was haha.

The tour started off well, the tour guide Edward (I think that was his name) was a lovely knowledgeable chap. Told us about that mini in particular, his experiences of doing tours and told us some funny stories. Including one about a group of Americans visiting London and 3 men on the larger side getting in and out of the mini, now I had a challenge myself, let alone guys double the width of me as Edward put it. First location he took us to was the Graffiti tunnel, now this is the only place in London your legally aloud to graffiti. He gave us permanent markers and asked if we would like to draw or make our mark, which was a lovely touch and experience. Spent like 5 minuets looking around and taking the odd snap and then we were off again.

Throughout the tour Edward was telling us loads of fact about London, now I’m not a history fan but I actually found it really interesting. While in the back of the mini I was shooting our surroundings. Got some lovely shots on the move, my favourite probably the man on the bike. (Seen on left)

Sadly the last part of the tour was ruined by traffic; we were luck enough to not be in traffic for the whole thing, knowing what London traffic is like.

So the next part of our packed day was a quick stop off in Oxford Street for some shopping but that's not photography orientated so I’ll skip this part.

It started getting dark at this point, so we decided to head up to Tower Bridge. As cliché as it was, and that so many people take pictures of Tower Bridge, it just had to be done. We tried many angles of views from a distance and I wasn’t happy. So next port of call was to shoot on the bridge. Shooting long exposures from the path isn’t always the easiest, especially how busy London is, the amount of people was mad, but luckily enough they become a blur with long exposure. In my opinion the light trails on the bridge came out really visually pleasing through the composition of the shots.

After a very long day walking all over a busy city we found a little Christmas market on the Thames grabbed a burger and just relaxed before heading back to Waterloo to catch our train. I believe this shoot to be one of my most successful and memorable of 2015.

You can see some more shots from the day below, and as always hope you enjoyed reading about the shoot

- Charlie Bluck :)