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Amateur Photographer has details of two special photography mornings when photographers will be able to take tripods and other equipment not normally allowed up to the Shard's viewing platforms.

http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/ph ... from-shard

I saw this, for twice the price of a normal ticket I can't recommend it. I went around dusk, used a small camera bag as a makeshift tripod and managed to get blur-free, reflection free stable shots. I timed the trip for just before/after sunset and the place emptied out just as dusk fell making good shots easy to come by.

What annoyed me is I asked for a permit for a tripod before the event and was told no, yet saw a chap with one up there who also had a permit. Really frustrating at the time but, in the end, not really necessary.


The City of London by cedarsphoto, on Flickr


West Side by cedarsphoto, on Flickr

davidc wrote:I saw this, for twice the price of a normal ticket I can't recommend it.

Eh? The price is £29-50, which is less than £5 extra over and above the normal advance booking price of £24-95. Given that the light levels should be quite high at that time of the day, it is debatable whether a tripod is actually needed and there are alternatives as you found.

Aha the news outlet I'd read it on initially said the tripod charge was £30 on top of the Shard ticket. Hence the confusion.