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Shoot: Big Ben from South Bank

Shoot: Big Ben from South Bank

From the course: The Traveling Photographer: London

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Shoot: Big Ben from South Bank

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- London, while not cheap, is a great city to visit as a first foreign destination. It's equal parts different and familiar. The language is the same, but you're definitely not in Kansas anymore. Every time I visit London, the first place I head with my camera is to the south bank of the temps, down toward Westminster Bridge for the view of Big Ben across the river. So that's where we're going tonight. I got trips to Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, and the Eiffel Tower in Paris. You can feel the gravitas of a world class iconic view that is right in front of your lens. - Ok so I've been to London a lot of times, and I've come down here a lot of times but this is my first time this trip. We're on the south bank of the temps, we're looking across at Big Ben and I never get tired of that. The light just came on for the clock. I'm gonna sit here tonight and I'm just gonna shoot Big Ben. It's kind of like variations on a theme, and rather than just shooting a mix light picture, I wanna shoot…

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