Buckingham Palace

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BUCKINGHAM LIGHT ~ LONDON 2017
One frame. One moment. One window of royal light.

In 2017, I flew from Australia to London camera in hand, jet-lagged, but focused. I’d walked the long path through Green Park toward Buckingham Palace, hoping for one image: a classic scene, but with depth, texture, and timing that only shows up if you wait long enough.

It was summer. The roses were in bloom, red and full, framing the gates like nature’s own coronation. To the right, the Queen Victoria Memorial stood in solemn white stone with gold at the top watching, like it always does.

The sky was grey. Thick and unmoved. But I set the shot and waited.
Tourists came and went. Guards marched. But I waited.

Then, without warning, the clouds broke just enough for one sliver of light to cut through. It kissed the front of the Palace and dropped a warm glow onto the flowers in the foreground. The red in the roses lit up. The dome above Victoria brightened just enough to stand out.

I took the photo. One frame. That was all I needed.

It wasn’t just Buckingham Palace under English sky. It was a still moment of majesty like Queen Elizabeth II,  framed in bloom, touched by light, and found only by being patient enough to see it.

Available now as a collector’s print, a royal moment from the other side of the world.