Where to shoot on Christmas Day

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For most people Christmas Day will be a family affair, but I live alone and all my family is either abroad or living far away. So I'm total free on Christmas day, now I could just stuff my face and watch TV or go out with the camera, BUT WHERE :thinking:
 
It depends what you want to photograph. What about documenting the day for different people. Perhaps go to church and take shots of people going in or leaving, or have a word with the vicar and see if he will let you take pics during the service. Or go to a homeless shelter/soup kitchen, or make the most of the quietness of the day and go to places where lack of cars and people would help you get that ultimate shot.
 
Other that a couple of things I need to do I am finally going to be on my own this christmas :banana: I may just go for a walk and see what I can find, perhaps get pics of in places I would normally avoid because there are people there, or if the weather is iffy I may just see if there is anything interesting on tv now that I have got one!
 
whiteflyer said:
For most people Christmas Day will be a family affair, but I live alone and all my family is either abroad or living far away. So I'm total free on Christmas day, now I could just stuff my face and watch TV or go out with the camera, BUT WHERE :thinking:
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Your local :D
 
I vould suggest you get ze 88mm out and look for ze flyink reindeer and ze fat man on ze sleigh.

Oh! I see you were asking WHERE to shoot, not WHAT to aim for! Deserted turkey farms? Snow (if we're lucky)? Puddles or floods?
 
london city centre with a tripod?? i doubt many people around to trip over it
 
Jo said:
It depends what you want to photograph. What about documenting the day for different people. Perhaps go to church and take shots of people going in or leaving, or have a word with the vicar and see if he will let you take pics during the service. Or go to a homeless shelter/soup kitchen, or make the most of the quietness of the day and go to places where lack of cars and people would help you get that ultimate shot.
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Totally agree, I think going to a homeless shelter/soup kitchen would bring some great shots and also remind you how lucky you are. My mother in law cooks every year for the homless and then spends the day with them, it really does make you think.
 
sturs said:
Totally agree, I think going to a homeless shelter/soup kitchen would bring some great shots and also remind you how lucky you are. My mother in law cooks every year for the homless and then spends the day with them, it really does make you think.
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I tried it two years ago and got turned away from every shelter going. People don't want pix taken and are embarrassed by being homeless and destitute at xmas. That was Bristol though, you may have better luck.

If you did not live so far away, you could come to mine for dinner mate. Not got a bean in though :)
 
Thanks for the input, if we have snow then that's a no brainer :) The church is a good idea too as there is a nice village church locally.
 
Take pics of kids on their new bikes or roller skates, OH wait, kids have consoles now and flat screen TV's.... :D
 
Go somewhere, where it's normally full of people, and on christmas day, it isn't.

Maybe an urban adventure in the making! you could probab ly get away with parking anywhere, as there aren't going to be any parking attendants working on christmas day...
 
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