91 Days to go

91 Days to the 2012 Olympics here in London and counting ...... the Olympic Clock in Trafalgar Square continues to form a backdrop for portrait photography - and in no particular order ...

Countdown - 100 days

100 days to the 2012 London Olympics and in a rather wet Trafalgar Square, the countdown continues.

Given the number of days to go, there was a media scrum and an "event" .....

And some tourists provided some colour on a rather drab day - given the weather here in London, it will be probably as wet in July in 100 days ...

The Square seems to attract footie supporters also - this time from visting Barca. Shame the result of the game didn't go their way.

Countdown Clock

Some early (and warm) spring sunshine and coloured shirts (some football, others not so) around the Olympic Clock can brighten up what can be a very gloomy and dull Trafalgar Square, as these images show.

Two recent days with sunshine - must be a record for London. How do I know there were two days ? No, not by the date on the shirt - rather the days remaining to the Olympics reads 152 on the Clock in the bottom image and then 137 in the top three....

159 Days and Counting

Even on a cold Sunday morning in February of an Olympic year - and with 159 days to go (there is no  paticular significance in this number for me) to the Opening Ceremony, folks are still  having their photo taken at the countdown clock in Trafalgar Square.

I've posted some images previously - of people and this  clock - over the last few months. On this ocassion I photographed from across the Square,  and as you can see above, some of the picture takers as well. I hope they have happy memories of London.

Countdown Continued

That Olympics countdown clock in Trafalgar Square here in London has a constant stream of visitors using it as a backdrop for photos of themselves. At times there is almost a queue.

New Year is a few weeks away - the Square usually fills with 1000's of people welcoming the new year at midnight on Dec31st. I wonder if this clock will be the only one to have a night off ?

The Countdown Continues

The countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games here in London continues, and this is being marked by an offical clock in Trafalgar Square. You may have read a previous countdown post here. The clock is being used by visitors to the Square as a backdrop for some portraits ....

Countdown

Next year - 2012 - the Olympic Games come to London again.  I'm sure the intervening time between now and then will provide many photographic opportunities. 

In Trafalgar Square, central London, an official clock was installed, which counts down the time to the Games start, froma starting point of 500 days.

Since the clock has been there, it has almost become a tourist attraction. People come and sit by it, pose by it, and have their photo taken by it.

The clock is just nearby the Fourth Plinth in northwest corner of Trafalgar Square, which was empty for many years but now shows artworks. Currently on show is "Nelson's Ship in a Bottle", and you can read my posting on it here. Other previous posts on the Fourth Plinth are here and here and here - one and other. The artwork is due to change in 2012 and again in 2013, so I plan to be back and photograph what goes up then.

In the meantime, I wonder what will happen the Olympic Clock next December 31st ? The Square usually attracts 50,000 revellers at midnight to welcome in the new year.