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Street Photography

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A couple of days ago, I spotted an article on Substack which asked Is Street Photography Weird?.

I found myself agreeing with most of what the author was saying.

Now street photography is something I do. Wherever I am, if I have a camera on me – sadly not as often as I would like, due to sheer practicality – I’m always on the look out for a picture.

If I’m in a car (passenger seat, of course, as I don’t drive) I’m trying to watch what is approaching. If I’m somewhere I can stop and wait, even sit on a bench, I’m people-watching. All with an eye for a picture. Just people going about their ordinary life, looking interesting or unusual, or things in amusing juxtapositions.

It is catching candid images in the hope that they’re going to work, rather than having to controlled environment of a studio or similar. That’s why I like it; I can’t be doing with the poncing about with studio setups etc.

It’s candid photography. You’re mostly catching people off their guard, usually unaware they’ve been spotted. And for me that’s the point. I don’t much care if whoever I’m photographing sees me, although if they do I’ll often drop the camera rather than risk embarrassing them. Of course, because you’re often taking “grab shots” you do tend to get a high ratio of unusable images; that’s all part of the game, and much more sustainable now with digital cameras.

In 40-odd years of snatching candid street images, I’ve been challenged only twice; and one of them was by a policeman who I reminded that I was doing nothing illegal, with which he had to agree.

So, yes, street photography is rather weird. And just to prove it here’s a random selection of images from my back list. Enjoy.

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May Quiz Answers

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Here are the answers to this month’s six quiz questions. If in doubt, all should be able to be easily verified online.

People

  1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize? Marie Curie
  2. Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car? Karl Benz
  3. The name of which British prince is often used to describe a pierced manhood? Albert
  4. Who was married to John F Kenedy and was first lady from 1961 until 1963? Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
  5. Name the author: He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900. Oscar Wilde
  6. Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Answers were correct when questions were compiled in late 2025.

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May Quiz Questions

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Each month we’re posing six pub quiz style questions, with a different subject each month.
As always, they’re designed to be tricky but not impossible, so it’s unlikely everyone will know all the answers – just have a bit of fun.

People

  1. Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
  2. Who is often credited with creating the world’s first car?
  3. The name of which British prince is often used to describe a pierced manhood?
  4. Who was married to John F Kennedy and was first lady from 1961 until 1963?
  5. Name the author: He was born in Dublin in 1854, and died in Paris in 1900.
  6. Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, what famous author was also an ophthalmologist? He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher.

Answers will be posted in 2 weeks time.