International Exchange Photo Contest 2011

A London cliché – Peter de Vooght
I had only been in London a short while before I took this photo, so I felt like I needed to visit all of the main tourist
locations in London. Westminster and Big Ben were an obvious destination, so I spent an evening walking around with
my camera. Two of the biggest clichés about London are Big Ben and double decker buses. I was looking to get a
photo including these two features, but I wanted to capture them in a unique way that took advantage of my
photography style. This has become my favourite photo from London because I feel I succeeded in that. I love photos
that give the illusion of movement, while still capturing the focus of surrounding landscapes. I feel this photo delivers
in that the eye is attracted to the blur of red from the bus, but then follows the movement to Big Ben in the
background. I am very proud of this photo, but in the end, it's still a bit of a London cliché.