Russia: Kazan Cathedral in Red Square, Moscow

  

The Kazan Cathedral in Red Square is often overshadowed by some of the other magnificent buildings, but this church truly is beautiful as well and should not be missed!  I love the old lantern above the door as well as the coral and mint green contrasts with gold-trimmings.  It is simply beautiful. 

Russia: St Basil's Cathedral in Moscow

Back in Red Square.  Oh how I love Moscow and the grand and impressive Red Square.  I had a full day to take photos just in Red Square, and these are some of my favorite shots of St Basil's Cathedral.  The Cathedral itself is decorated in such magnificent colors, that it is almost impossible not to get a great photo of such a detailed and beautiful building.

London: South Kensington

Before getting my favorite facial in London, I used my new lens again to take some close-ups of flowers.  I had a bit of trouble with the wind, which was blowing the flowers as I was trying to photograph them, but these three shots would be great and relaxing to display in a bedroom or a room in the house that you wanted something non-hectic and relaxing to display.  

London: Westminster

As I walked around Westminster with my mother who is visiting London, I tried to capture some less typical shots of Big Ben.

I had recently purchased a new lens for my camera.  It is supposed to have a bigger range of aperture, which allows you to take shots that are more in-focus close to the camera and blurry in the background.  I like these photos, and you can see an example of the new lens in the shot of Abingdon Street sign.  You can barely recognize the couple who are strolling in the back of this photo.  

London: Picadilly Circus

I spent an evening camped out in Picadilly Circus, getting various angles of the billboards and Tube signs mixed together.  These are my favorite of the plethora of photos that I took.

London: Phone Booths

I took some night-time snaps of phone booths with moving buses + black cabs in London.