Average Day at Work

So yesterday I walk into work and I get handed a really cool task. The company I work for has been designing a large banner and some other promotional materials for use at conferences, events, etc. I've been helping out, and they take my feedback seriously, which as an intern is really cool. Seeing as how their main target market is American & Canadian students, they listen to what I have to say (especially when it comes to things like Facebook and stuff like that.)

I got handed a camera and told that they needed a picture of London for the banner. I had a few hours to run around the city and snap as many pictures as I could. I was given a few specifications (horizontal, colorful, something depicting "iconic London.") I don't think I've ever been more excited about a work project, so far. I'm not a master of photography, so I was challenged to actually take a quality picture (the four photo majors that I live with would laugh pretty hard at some of the ones I took.)

I felt like a contestant on a reality show. I had a simple point-and-shoot camera, a few hours, and the limited knowledge of London that I've gained in a few months here. I had a deadline to meet: my boss wanted to send the banner to the printer that afternoon. PRESSURE! Of course, I wanted lots of options to turn in, so I BOOKED IT around the city. I'm a pretty fast walker, I can navigate the tube well, and I consider myself pretty good at weaving in and out of traffic (people, bikes, busses, cars...I only almost got hit once!)

So I basically spent the whole day running from place to place taking pictures like a tourist. I went back to a few places that I had been before that I think of when I think "London." When I went to Buckingham Palace it was actually almost time for the changing of the guards, which I hadn't seen yet. I stuck around, and it is actually a much bigger ordeal than I expected. Got a few pictures there, and then it was back to pounding the pavement.

It was a beautiful November day in London: sunny, and not too cold. I wanted to share a few of the pictures I took.


Changing of the guard


I like the Eye peaking out...


This one took some work. Had to position myself properly, wait for a bus, and hope I timed it right. A few tries later, and once enough people gave me funny looks for squatting, I got the shot!