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Travel photography: Black and white photograph of Prague at night in the rain. A couple with umbrella walk past a restaurant in a quiet street. Classical and moody.

Travel Photography. A Four Day Shoot in Prague.

Prague: a Portrait in Black & White.

Back in March I grabbed a camera and headed off to spend Monday to Thursday shooting some travel photography, specifically street photography, in Prague. Never having been to the Czech Republic, I was really taken by the friendliness of the people and by the easy-going nature of its capital. So very different from the Prague of old that I’ve heard about.

The friendly and safe-feeling atmosphere is quite unlike that of any of the other capitals elsewhere that I have visited. The bad-tempered and crazed soundtrack was replaced by the gentle noises of the trams and Prague’s far more civilised streets. It did get crowded with tourists later in the day and in the evenings the stag-dos were definitely apparent. Somehow though the city seems to absorb much of that, particularly away from Old Town Square. I’m sure the summer is heavier going though (and no doubt less wet!).

After checking in to my small hotel quite late on the Sunday evening, I immediately set out in urgent search of food. I soon found myself almost audibly uttering the word “Wow!” over and over whilst walking across the bridge towards the old town. An uncontrolled reaction to the beautiful illuminated buildings and to the gentle clanking of the trams,

Black & white travel photography in Prague, Czech Republic. A couple stand by the Vitava River looking towards the bridge into the old town.

Street Photographs in Prague.

As ever, rather than just take photographs of the obvious tourist attractions, I aimed to create something of a portrait of the city and its people and to try and convey some of the city’s atmosphere. In trying to achieve that, it seemed that black & white better conveyed what I saw, heard and felt.

I could go on (and on), but really the purpose of this blog post is to show a few of the photographs that I took. I hope you enjoy them…

 

Black & white photograph of woman feeding pigeons in Prague Old Town

An older man looks in the window of Prague's Museum of Torture.

A man stands by a glamorous jewellery shop.

Looking across the Vitava River towards Charles Bridge at night. The bridge is brightly lit.

A couple stand in main square of Prague Old Town. Black & white street photography.

Prague at night: people walk along famous medieval stone arch Charles Bridge as street lamp illuminates the heavy rain.

a wet evening in Prague in the rain: people with umbrellas pass a brightly lit restaurant in the dark. Classical black and white photograph.

Prague at night: people walk along famous medieval stone arch Charles Bridge as street lamp illumintaes the heavy rain.

Prague at night in the rain: people walk along famous medieval stone arch Charles Bridge.

Prague at night in the rain: people walk along famous medieval stone arch Charles Bridge. A couple take a selfie in the rain.

Prague at night in the rain: people walk along famous medieval stone arch Charles Bridge.

Prague at night in the rain: a couple with umbrella pass a brightly lit, welcoming restaurant in the dark. Classical black and white photograph.

a wet evening in Prague in the rain: a cyclist passes a brightly lit restaurant in the dark. Classical black and white photograph.

A tram travels towards the photographer on a cobbled street on a wet evening in Prague.

A solitary figure in the rain standing at the side of a moving tram.

A delivery cyclist walks towards his bike.

A mother and two children, one in a pram walk along in the rain.

A solitary figure walks across a zebra crossing in the Czech Republic

travel photography in Prague at night. A modern tram stands with Prague Castle in the background.

Prague at night: black & white photograph of a tram travelling along a cobbled street towards the photographer.

Evening light in Prague: black & white photograph of an old tram in Prague travelling along a cobbled street.

Black & white street photography: two people walk towards the doors of a waiting tram at night time in Prague.

Evening light in Prague: black & white photograph of a man getting off a tram.

Evening light in Prague: black & white photograph of a person getting on a tram.

cars speed past the end of Charles Bridge under an archway, next to the

Black & white travel photography in Prague, Czech Republic. A couple stand by the Vitava River looking towards the bridge into the old town.

A woman crosses the road on a zebra crossing before a tram in Prague.

travel photography in Prague: looking through an archway at Prague Castle.

A couple sit on steps in the square of Prague Castle.

Black & white street photography: tourists pass church in main square of Prague Old Town

Black & white street photography: a couple sit on a bench below an ancient arched window.

Black & white street photography: looking through an arched passageway in Prague.

Outdoor restaurant - looking down at empty tables through trees.

Black & white photograph of a tram at night in Melostranka, Prague.

Prague, Czech Republic: looking across the Vitava river at night towards illuminated old town and Charles Bridge.

Black & white street photography: a tram in Prague waits for passengers to board.

Black & white street photography: looking through a passageway towards a pedestrian passing by the end.

Black & white street photography: two womensitting on a bench sitting the same way and wearing similar clothes.

The vertical lines of an old building in the Jewish Quarter of Prague, black & white.

A tour leader stands talking to a group by the Old Town Hall with Astronomical Clock in Prague Old Town Square.

Black and white travel photography in Prague Jewish Quarter. Pedestrian with umbrella and cyclist on a cycle path.

Five passengers wait for a tram in Prague. Another tram wait behind them.

Black and white street photography in Prague, Czech Republic. Pedestrians walk past a graffiti-covered jewellery shop.

Customers in a Prague cafe. Street photography in black and white.

Street photography in Prague: black & white photograph of a couple walking up the steps out of underground station.

 

If you enjoyed these photographs, please take a look at these other Travel Photography pages:

 

Street Photography in Paris

Photographs from previous visits to Paris and London (black & white)

A (very!) wet afternoon in London

Landscape Photography and Travel Photography

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