Urban Street Photography — Berlin at Night
I went out to take a shot of Brandenburg Gate with the Union Jack fluttering within a few feet of it. A rare sight.
King Charles III and his Consort Queen Camilla were in town.
The darkness beckons. More interesting than Kings and Queens. I took the bait and followed my instincts as a photographer.
The shot below is on the corner of Unter den Linden and Friedrichstrasse.
I love the darkness and how it can wrap itself around buildings and people. I stood and watched people come up from the underground, illuminated for a couple of minutes, before they walked away into the dark shadows.
When I watch these scenes I study how the light slips over their body, then darkness envelopes everything and they are gone. There is a small moment in there somewhere, a moment that creates a composition of light and darkness that, maybe, nobody has ever photographed; one day.
The last time I witnessed Old Blighty’s Colours in front of the gate, I was in uniform marching behind a standard bearer. We marched with pomp and…
