ASSIGNMENT FIVE NARRATIVE- THE ROYAL WEDDING

Documenting the Royal Wedding  


SUMMARY OF PHOTO'S TAKEN ON THE DAY




flags at sunset regents street the eve of the weeding

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Regents street wed eve

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London and the country get behind the Royal wedding
everyone plans their day of how they are going to
watch and celebrate this marriage.

REGENTS STREET,THRUSDAY EVE

The official order of service

Studio set up close up of order of service
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The frenzy begins-

captured this image in the Halcyon gallery In Bond Street

I used a wide angle to focus on the image of Kate

and blurred the images of Diana and Willam to

focus the eye to the front of the image

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cavalry officer on the eve of the wedding guarding
the entrance to Horse Guards parade

I had to wait a long time to get this image
as there were so many tourist trying to get
their picture taken with the guard

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Tourists taken the opportunity to marvel at the

pomp and pageantry

I like the close up of the detail on the uniform and 

the tourist looking at the guard

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this image was taken late evening so the light

was poor so I had to use a wider aperture

The World Wants to join in. Tv crews from around

the world line the streets of London.

This series of images shows a American reporter getting

ready to broadcast to the USA which would be just about

waking up.

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ON THE STEPS LEADING DOWN TO THE MALL

THURSDAY EVE

reporters want to know what how people are feeling
the night before the wedding. A reporter getting ready
to interview those who are planning to camp out
the night before the wedding

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THE MALL THURSDAY EVE.

London waits, people grab there spot along the
route and prepare to sleep the night, to get the best
view point.

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The atmosphere is electric and everyone plans
to have a good time tonight even if they are sleeping
on the street tonight.

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THE MALL THURSDAY EVE

I did it 20 years ago, this lady camped outside St Paul's cathedral in 1981
for the wedding of Charles and Diana, she is here 20years for the
marriage of their son William Wales.
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY THE EVE OF
THE WEDDING

The Royalists camping outside the Abbey all prepared
to spend the night sleeping in front of the stands that
will host the worlds media tomorrow. All of great
spirit and slightly eccentric

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WESTMINSTER ABBEY
THE EVE OF THE WEDDING

The press were trying to get some good news stories

out of the people camping out. This lady was American

and said that Lady Diana told her in a dream that she

needed to be there to witness this event. As you could

imagine there were lots of people keen to talk to her.

 

WESTMINSTER ABBEY THE EVE OF

THE WEDDING

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reporters take position to capture the segway for

that evenings news bulletins

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the crowds gathered at Trafalgar square to watch

the  ceremony unfold on the big screen provided.

I set up position close to the screen to shoot

the action around me. I focused my attention

onto a group of tourists that were close by

as they were 

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I watched the crowds

as they followed the service

on the screen and used the 

Order of service to sing

along with the national anthem

I felt this was a good collective

of images to show the sequence

of events

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the crowd was full of
patriotically dressed people

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The cannons spray the crowd with ticker tape

when they are pronounced Husband and Wife.

the queue for the loos were long...

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at the end of the day the clear up in Trafalgar

square was going to be a while!

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Lots of ladies arrived in wedding dresses... a eccentric

English way to celebrate. I took lots of shots as I wanted

to use this element in part of my narrative.

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As the couple left the abbey and the parade made its

way back to Buckingham palace. I captured people

clambering for a view point to see down to the bottom 

of the Mall.

The service is over and people are making there
way home.

As the ceremony ended the fly past made its way
down the Mall to celebrate the marriage of William
and Kate.

COMMENTS


I planned this event and took images pre and post the
actual wedding day. I went to several locations to
photograph this event so that I ensured that I captured
not only the sequence of events but also the atmosphere
of the days. I am happy with the contents of the images
but I think that I have not demonstrated a variety of
photographic techniques as I am had mostly taken
head shots or portraits.
Overall I think these images portray the events and 
atmosphere in London on the day of the Royal Wedding