DW Windsor's illuminated Garda Handrail photographed at night on St. Paul's Vista

This was an interesting project to photograph for DW Windsor and was one of the first projects arising from the City of London’s Lighting Vision. The scheme has lots of benefits in terms of centralised control and reduced energy consumption but from a photographic point of view the benefits were  improved night views of St. Paul's cathedral and replacement of the blanket lighting with localised lighting using illuminated hand rails. Shorter light columns have also been used to reduce the visual intrusion as you walk up St. Peters Hill. This really draws your eye to the cathedral but provides plenty of light where it's needed. They have also gone for a much more traditional colour temperature of 2700K which seems to add to the character of the location. It's usual practice with photography to correct the colour temperature to give a more neutral colours. Although in this instance the client wanted to show how the lighting maintained the heritage look and warmth of the lighting.