While primarily a video producer, part of my job at CNET Networks (soon to be CBS Interactive Media) is to take photographs, when occasion demands. Last week, on a beautiful Thursday morning, SmartPlanet.com journalist Marian Smith and I went out onto the streets to ask people what they thought of World Environment Day.

We stuck mainly to the area around Tate Modern, including the Millennium Bridge. It provided some lovely backdrops for the images, and we met some splendid people who were happy to let loose about how little they knew about World Environment Day :)

Sarah, pictured above, was the catch of the day for me (photographically speaking!) As soon as I spotted her strolling along on the Millennium Bridge, keeping the sun off her back with a parasol, I nudged Marian in her direction. She was one of those disarmingly proper elderly English ladies. Look at that neat, buttoned down collar. They just don’t breed them like that any more.

Kuku on the other hand (below) was on his holidays and didn’t speak much English, though he had a charming way about him, and was at ease while I buzzed around snapping shots off.

The images on the SmartPlanet.com had to be turned around quickly, so I just did some basic touching up and cropping on them and sent them over to Marian, but the versions on the site here I’ve spent a bit more time with, and I’ve got a couple more that I’ll process over the next few days and post up here.