The Snapping Bishop

Do you believe in romance …

No not me unfortunately, but the two people in the shot below where certainly indulging there affections in an blatant yet innocent show of blind love on the sandy banks of the Thames. They had little idea that standing on the rivers embankments high above them, that I and several other fellow minded photographer colleagues had also spotted the scene unfolding below.

Instantly my eyes to the cameras viewfinder, continuous streams of slicing shutters can be heard, as I suddenly fight for position amongst my friends. Everyone’s giggling slightly at the easy and lovely shots we where all grabbing from this position, still as yet unnoticed until the couple hugged and kissed in celebration of the declaration for the first time, then our mood got the better of us and we all let out an awe and an ha which blew our cover and triggered the rest of the now gathered audience to join in the celebration of love with smiles and greetings, spreading the sort of knowing look you give to new parents in acknowledgement of our shared human existence.

It made no difference to our couple though, those two where in a different place, you know where I mean don’t you? And If you don’t …then do.

As these shots are quite recent, personal and contain peoples identifiable faces, so I’ll not put up the set.

Instead two more from that half hour wander during lunchtime, the second one contains some of those lucky photographers mentioned above.