{"id":721,"date":"2009-07-21T14:03:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-21T14:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=721"},"modified":"2009-07-21T14:03:56","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T14:03:56","slug":"emergency-alternative-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=721","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Alternative Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve photographed demonstrations organised by the Campaign Against Climate Change<\/em> for around ten years, at first of course on film and now on digital. Often they’ve had some nice visual touches that make life easy for photographers – one of the earlier occasions I remember involved a rather attractive female ‘tiger’ being pushed through London on a bed, which was fine until the wheels fell off!<\/p>\n

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\nTamsin, banner, greenhouse and Parliament. And a bus<\/em><\/p>\n

But one thing that’s made life difficult for us in recent years is their trademark globe in a greenhouse. I’ve yet to find a sensible way to really use it in any photograph over the years, though it was less of a problem than usual.\u00a0 It even sort of fits quite nicely into a few pictures, with the Houses of Parliament behind.<\/p>\n

The demonstration was in Old Palace Yard, tucked in behind Westminster Abbey facing Parliament. It’s just a little frustrating that it’s almost impossible to see ‘Big Ben’ (or rather its clocktower)\u00a0 from there, although I did manage to get the odd picture where it peeps around an edge.<\/p>\n

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\nBig Ben can just be glimpsed from Old Palace Yard<\/em><\/p>\n

But at least there were a few things to add visual interest, not least the ‘Green Queen’ who looked suspiciously like a mermaid I’ve often photographed. Tamsin Omand with her ‘Deeds Not Words’ sash and the ‘Speaker’ also added a little, although considerably less once he lost his wig. It’s apparently the most daring constitutional change our current government has yet made.<\/p>\n

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Of course people are interesting, but it has to be said some more so than others, and trying to produce varied images from a succession of speakers can be hard. Some give photographers a tough time, keeping their eyes closed or looking down. You can see what I made of them – and other pictures from the event on My London Diary<\/a>, as well as something about the purpose of the event. The banner in the second picture has a pretty good pr\u00e9cis!<\/p>\n

The lighting was interesting at times, with sunshine and showers, though unfortunately no rainbow in the right place (or anywhere else.) The rain was a bit a a nuisance, but fortunately all three lenses I was using have lens hoods that help a little, and the occasional wipe with a microfibre cloth kept cameras and filter free of drops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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