Chinese New Year in London: photographers meet up 22/02/15

[Ricardo Miranda]

Hi!

The Chinese New Year celebrations are upon us on the 19 February.
In London there will be a parade and local events around Chinatown on the 22/02 starting at 10AM.

See: Dead Link Removed

http://www.visitlondon.com/things-to-do/event/4733685-chinese-new-year-2015-in-london

I would be great to have a meet up!
I'll suggest 10AM at the Leicester Square tube station exit
In Cranbourn St.

Hope I see you there!

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

I'll suggest we swap mobile numbers by PM.
And we can meet at "Pret-A-Manger" on the East side of street.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

A reminder that it is this Sunday.

I posted this same announcement across several forums: APUG, RFF, FADU and some Flickr groups.

There's from my side 3 coming, plus 3 or 4 from RFF.
I would like to see some from this forum!

Ricardo

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Well, in the end one member from RFF came and joined myself and Noel's 2 friends. Here are some pics from CNY 2015.

This is all from the parade I could see:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

I was more interested in the crowds:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

There were also plenty of stalls:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Some were just going about their daily lives:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

We saw lots of cameras:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

These iphonographers were busy at it:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

And this was our group. Sorry for the sneaky from behind!
From left to right: Noel, Vinh, Jason talking with Carol
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Someone in the crowd complimented me for the OM and pointed to Vinh and said he was "hardcore". Here is Vinh in action with his Rolleiflex:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Our group negotiating some street furniture:
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

At the end, it was nice to see some taking a different approach to a New Year.
I hope she said "yes":
Chinese New Year 2015 by ravilamir, on Flickr

Well, that was it!
Thanks to Vinh, Noel, Jason and Carol for the great day.