photography project ideas please..

[sara3]

my daughter is doing A level photography and needs to do 2 photo shoots. I'm off work today so can take her somewhere (not ridiculously far). we're in St Albans, Herts, and could head into London. the projects are

1) coloured lights
2) stained glass (she's done St Albans cathedral)

any inspiration, please? we can stay out til dark for the sake of "coloured lights".

just taking the kids out for lunch, but will check back after. thank you muchly :o)

[snags]

Is the London eye lit up at night?

[NazNomad]

Any travelling fairgrounds in that area at this time of the year?

[snags]

Apparently it is... but you're going to need a damn slow shutter speed to catch any movement for arty farty effect... you have a tent, right? ;-p

[NazNomad]

Michelle Burnett - stained glass artist - living in St. Albans.

Would she allow some <ahem> free advertising (which is basically what she'd be getting if you word it right) <wink>

[DTCwordfan]

If it is sunny Westminster Cathedral, the Abbey or St Pauls.

Coloured lights - shops around Covent Garden.........?

[DTCwordfan]

London theatres for lights too......

[NazNomad]

The Comfort Inn (St. Albans) has ... "a magnificent mahogany and stained glass dome."

[NazNomad]

i'll assume she can take 'long exposure' shots ... How about http://clifford-wrigh...xposure_Traffic_7.jpg

[sara3]

gosh, thanks peeps!

thanks snags and yeah.. have the tent ready to go ;o) I think the London Eye has just white lights, but I'll check into it.
Naz, great ideas, thanks. will look up the artist, and the Comfort Inn is in the High St, I think. excellent, cheers!
DT, I was thinking of theatre land, China Town, Picadilly Circus-ish, thank you :o)

[madmaggot]

Shop windows can be good especially gift shops.
How about close up shots of front doors with stained glass?

[sara3]

Naz, I like that traffic idea. we could just stand on a bridge over the motorway :o)

[sara3]

thanks madmaggot, we should have lots of stained glass in doors around here.

[Hazel104]

The London eye has been lit red recently

[sara3]

thanks Hazel, we're heading into London now. I hope the rain stays away!

[what..the?]

if worse comes to worse and you can't go out,
..... go in a dark room and move some coloured xmas tree lights round on a long exposure so create the talk talk adverts they had for big brother and the xfactor, if you dont have coloured xmas lights put some colured paper or sweet wrapper over the end of a torch.

[lady-janine]

shop windows - some hairdressers using bad head products. all products are in bightly coloured containers of diff colours. also they are shiy. if they have filled a window may be give effect wanted.

[dotty.]

St Paul;'s is lit up by angled spotlights at night and looks both eerie and romantic at the same time

[sara3]

what..the..she's done that, but thanks :o) very effective!

lady-janine, thanks, will look out on our travels.

trig, cheers.. that was a bit of a blur ;o)