Day 054 - Coffee Chat by stevecameras

Day 054 - Coffee Chat

My 'friend' was working today with a 5.30am wake-up alarm. I got up and made her a nice cup of tea before she left for work. I decided rather than go back to bed I would get up, check up on emails and 365 duties and then head off into London for breakfast.

I had a nice Thames-side walk to Borough Market, for the best bacon & egg butty, followed by coffee in Monmouth.

I spotted these two having what seemed like a good chat so thought I'd cheekily snap a shot. In post i've tried to adjust exposure and add some fake light leaks to try and make it look a little filmic. Not quite there but almost :)
omg this is better than a book :)
February 23rd, 2013  
oh the shots great too lol
February 23rd, 2013  
@ditto44 When you say "better than a book" are you referring to the back story? Date number 5 tomorrow...already thought of photo ideas!
February 23rd, 2013  
@stevecameras yup and im a ridiculous people watcher and this is such an interesting subject for 365 hope its a happy ending oh the shots there is so much potential :)
February 23rd, 2013  
@ditto44 and yes back story and happy date :)
February 23rd, 2013  
@ditto44 Well if the pictures are good enough they will end up on here. And I enjoy adding the story behind each photo.
February 23rd, 2013  
Awesome shot
February 24th, 2013  
@kerristephens Thank you :)
February 24th, 2013  
Great sneaky shot!
February 24th, 2013  
Looks cozy! Love the lighting and your processing! Lovin' your story! Good luck on date 5!
February 24th, 2013  
Great sneaky shot! And I like the place, it reminds me of my favourite café in Amsterdam, high windows, cool atmosphere. I don't know what light leaks look like so I'll have to look it up..
February 24th, 2013  
great lighting
February 24th, 2013  
@elizabeth264 @orangecrush @brav Thank you guys :)
February 24th, 2013  
@florrie Thank you Florence. Light leaks is a reference to old film when light used to creep through the camera, and would therefore be part of the frame when the roll was developed. Google it and you'll find it, there's a whole world of it out there. I really like the old film look and am experimenting quite a bit with the editing to try and get that film effect.
February 24th, 2013  
Oh, very atmospheric indeed! Well done, Steve. The lighting is perfect and I love their body language.
February 24th, 2013  
Love this shot, great light, great composition and great story
February 24th, 2013  
great shot Steve - love the light in this, great atmosphere
February 24th, 2013  
Very nice story shot
February 25th, 2013  
February 25th, 2013  
Lovely shot. 5.30 am starts? That requires early to bed....
February 25th, 2013  
@judithg In general, you'd think so :)
February 25th, 2013  
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