Wednesday 12 October 2011

Parking Charges Protest

Highlight: Impromptu performance by an impromptu band on the pavement.
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Lowlight: Being moved out into the rain by the police as protesters were not allowed under the canopy - and I wasn't even protesting!
Fill in: Westminster are bringing in parking charges unto midnight during the weekdays and possibly weekends too meaning musicians hoping to drive into work with their harps, trombones, guitars and other unwieldily instruments will either have to travel by public transport or just hold the performance up whilst they pop off to move the car to another parking space as the two hour limitation will apply. So the MU gathered a few guys together to show their displeasure at this and as it consisted mainly of musicians on their way to work, we had enough people to make it a musical protest.

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Tech Spec: It was getting dark so I lit mainly with flash and opened up the shutter to get some background ambient light to fill in the back. I was on ISO 800 for this reason. I shot mainly on the 24mm-70mm to keep myself close to the action.

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