kully
Happy Snapper
Hello,
The RFF EuroMeet 2011 will be in London this year, the weekend of the 6-8 May.
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Saturday 6th - 10am Somerset House, 12pm Paddington Station
Sunday 7th - 11am Liverpool St Station
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The Plan
Here it is:
- Friday
Meeting outside Royal Festival Hall (riverside) at 10:30am. We'll then head to London Fields to meet up with Simon, Lisa, Andrew and his brother and have a look about and decide to go wherever the wind takes us, no plan. Picnic for lunch, I'll bring some wine and cheese, perhaps some bread. Bring something too if you are coming out. This will be a small group, just 8-9 of us.
- Saturday
10am at Somerset House. Some of us will meet this early for some snaps outside or a wander in for the free Bruce Davidson retrospective.
Midday at Paddington Station. This is the main meetup. We all head off to Trellick Tower along the canal through Little Venice.
From Trellick Tower we head down Portobello Road, exploring any side streets that take our fancy to Notting Hill Gate, to a pub for ale and a rest (I think we'll arrive here around 4-5pm). Check the Google Map, the route is marked out.
From here we head to Barbican/Highwalks, although we may decide to go somwhere else.
There will be plenty of stalls selling food along the way, so you don't need to go hungry.
Unfortunately, I won't be doing the normal bar/street drinking, running away from violence, staying up until there is absolutely nowhere to go but bed but I'm sure there will be some 🙂
- Sunday
Meet at Liverpool Street Station at 11am. Spitalfields, Brick Lane, and surrounds. There is a Bangladeshi festival going on as well as the usual stuff.
There is an amount of walking involved, remember to bring sensible shoes. I'll bring blister plasters and a bottle of cheap whisky for anyone who needs them.
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The premise of these meets is to take our lead from members native to the places we visit, so that we see those {dirty, interesting, dark} little corners that are not in the guide books or those that are, from a different perspective.
Personally, I was a bit hesitant when deciding to go to my first meet, I thought it'd be full of blokes massaging their Noctilux's laughing at my Zorki 4 and lack of knowledge about apertures and film loading.
But, at each EuroMeet, everyone has been super friendly and nice and everyone has gotten on really well. Perhaps if the United Nations were into rangefinders the world would be ok.
There is no strict organisation, no hierarchy and no rules. If you take a photo of someone who then drags you away in to a gimp den, we will make sure your gear is safe until you come back.
Here are the threads for the previous years:
Nico's Original
Florence 2010
Barcelona 2009
Berlin 2008
Paris 2007
NOTE: Don't be worried about the problems with the Police and photographers that have been in the news over the past few years. It is hyped up, you are extremely unlikely to have any trouble taking photos of anyone in London - it is a capital city and cameras are a common sight.
The RFF EuroMeet 2011 will be in London this year, the weekend of the 6-8 May.
------------------------------------
Saturday 6th - 10am Somerset House, 12pm Paddington Station
Sunday 7th - 11am Liverpool St Station
------------------------------------
The Plan
Here it is:
- Friday
Meeting outside Royal Festival Hall (riverside) at 10:30am. We'll then head to London Fields to meet up with Simon, Lisa, Andrew and his brother and have a look about and decide to go wherever the wind takes us, no plan. Picnic for lunch, I'll bring some wine and cheese, perhaps some bread. Bring something too if you are coming out. This will be a small group, just 8-9 of us.
- Saturday
10am at Somerset House. Some of us will meet this early for some snaps outside or a wander in for the free Bruce Davidson retrospective.
Midday at Paddington Station. This is the main meetup. We all head off to Trellick Tower along the canal through Little Venice.
From Trellick Tower we head down Portobello Road, exploring any side streets that take our fancy to Notting Hill Gate, to a pub for ale and a rest (I think we'll arrive here around 4-5pm). Check the Google Map, the route is marked out.
From here we head to Barbican/Highwalks, although we may decide to go somwhere else.
There will be plenty of stalls selling food along the way, so you don't need to go hungry.
Unfortunately, I won't be doing the normal bar/street drinking, running away from violence, staying up until there is absolutely nowhere to go but bed but I'm sure there will be some 🙂
- Sunday
Meet at Liverpool Street Station at 11am. Spitalfields, Brick Lane, and surrounds. There is a Bangladeshi festival going on as well as the usual stuff.
There is an amount of walking involved, remember to bring sensible shoes. I'll bring blister plasters and a bottle of cheap whisky for anyone who needs them.
------------------------------------
The premise of these meets is to take our lead from members native to the places we visit, so that we see those {dirty, interesting, dark} little corners that are not in the guide books or those that are, from a different perspective.
Personally, I was a bit hesitant when deciding to go to my first meet, I thought it'd be full of blokes massaging their Noctilux's laughing at my Zorki 4 and lack of knowledge about apertures and film loading.
But, at each EuroMeet, everyone has been super friendly and nice and everyone has gotten on really well. Perhaps if the United Nations were into rangefinders the world would be ok.
There is no strict organisation, no hierarchy and no rules. If you take a photo of someone who then drags you away in to a gimp den, we will make sure your gear is safe until you come back.
Here are the threads for the previous years:
Nico's Original
Florence 2010
Barcelona 2009
Berlin 2008
Paris 2007
NOTE: Don't be worried about the problems with the Police and photographers that have been in the news over the past few years. It is hyped up, you are extremely unlikely to have any trouble taking photos of anyone in London - it is a capital city and cameras are a common sight.
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