Shadows and pedestrians crossing Southwark Bridge, London.

I'm always drawn to photograph this bridge when in London. In this image, from March last year, my main focus was the contrasting lines of the cranes, buildings and shadows, but I also really like the silhouetted pedestrians against the bridge wall.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/11, 1/80s, 32mm, hand held.

Southwark Bridge in early evening Spring sunshine.

I took this almost exactly a year ago on a short break to London. I love this bridge and everything around it - the cranes (which seem to be a fixture!), the towers, the mixture of new & old buildings lining the Thames... They all look even better in golden hour light too.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 100, f/9, 1/80s, 44mm, hand held.

Sunset over the River Thames at Vauxhall

Here is the first of many photos from my trip to London this weekend with my husband - we had a fantastic time and great weather. This photo was a lucky twist of fate. We ended up at Shaftesbury Ave around tea time and I wanted to get down to the river to catch the golden hour light - ideally around the Houses of Parliament. Our plan to get to Westminster before the sun set was totally foiled though - Covent Garden tube station was shut, Leicester Square was really busy, then we took a wrong turn outside Victoria station. I realised long before we reached Vauxhall Bridge that I wouldn't be getting the photos I'd hoped for, but optimistically suggested that fate might have meant for me to get a really great photo somewhere else instead. I couldn't believe my luck when we walked onto the bridge and saw this lovely sunset on the river!

I'm fascinated with cranes anyway - they're a permanent fixture (just changing location) in city centres and I think their shapes are as striking as the buildings, especially when silhouetted. Another bonus was seeing the towers of Battersea Power Station on the horizon - the first time I've ever seen them except on television.

Camera/lens settings: ISO 800, f/11, 1/60s, 22mm, hand held