i'm not much of a street photographer, but i sure have this knack for finding the most cliched of subjects and scenarios. this shot looks so posed, but i swear it isn't. i was just walking to the tate modern on my first day in london and ofcourse, getting my first taste for foggy london mornings. as we reached waterloo bridge, i saw this man who looked like he had to be joking. no serious man would be sitting on a bridge at 8:30 in the morning reading with his bike leaned against him - and most of all, wearing a bowler's hat. this was a scene out of a movie.

so the ever ready me took a photo of him and just as i did he looked up. one of my few street shots where the subject has actually noticed me(i'm quite surreptitious). this man looked rather annoyed, so i sort of got a bit lost for words and just smiled awkwardly in a "i'm a japanese tourist, i swear!" way. but then he smiled back in a "well i guess i am in a photo-worthy pose right now" way. when i walked pass him i turned around and asked him for another shot. but he was facing the sun this time, so had a funny squinting expression on his face.

i think if all else fails, when i grow up i can take photographs for tacky travel books.