Street Photography

Under The Bridge

I tend to keep moving when shooting street. Let's face it, sometimes you have to keep moving or you might get some lip from someone that thinks you don't have the right to photograph on the street. But thankfully that doesn't happen too often... like I said, I keep moving.

There was an assignment on the Street Photography Now Project website (number 22) that said to "pick a spot, stay there for an hour and see what unfolds". I didn't have an hour to wait, but I had that post in my mind, which made me hang around for a while. I dialed in my manual settings, took a couple of test shots and waited.

I reckon people thought I was photographing the artwork, so they would give me a quick glance and then move on without paying me too much attention. The X100 really makes a difference when doing this, DSLR's atract too much attention and if you hang around under a dark bridge with one, you'll get attention from more than the people you're trying to shoot. Click HERE to go large.

Sex, Drugs & Sausage Roll

This was one of those shots that turns out totally different from what you expect. It's amazing how often elements of street photography just happens in front of your eyes, things that you would probably never see if not frozen in a photo.

I'd love to say that I saw this about to happen and waited for it, but I'm afraid not. I was walking down the street when a door opened on a boarded shop front. Out walked a group of workmen that lined up along the board. I moved across to get a quick photo before anybody walked through my shot. I grabbed this in the nick of time and moved on. It wasn't until I looked at it on the computer that I saw their eyes on the girl. Then after close inspection, I saw the t-shirt...Sex, Drugs and Sausage Roll. Click HERE for larger photo.