Category Archives: Street Photography

Take a Seat – Take a Moment 5

Posted on April 13, 2019 by brianhuman

Another book of moments (see post 21st March 2019) is People Kissing by Levine and Ramey (Princetown Architectural Press 2019).  More active that quiet moments, the sub-title is ‘A Century of Photographs’ and it reveals the shifts in social and … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 4

Posted on April 9, 2019 by brianhuman

Alasdair and I are planning a session for the U3AC Photography Forum loosely titled ‘Alternative Photography’.  The aim is to get people to play, experiment and have photographic fun, by using film, for example.  So, I loaded an Olympus Trip … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2018-19 19: Song Titles

Posted on March 24, 2019 by brianhuman

The last session of term was a collation of members’ work based on song titles.  The minimal rules set by Tim were: images can be newly taken or from personal archives; the title can be any type of song – … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment 2

Posted on March 21, 2019 by brianhuman

The previous post has set me thinking that there might be a photo book in my pictures of people sitting in quiet moments.  This would be in a similar vein to my Ruckenfigur Revisited (2013).  More elevated examples are Elliott … Continue reading →

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Take a Seat – Take a Moment

Posted on March 19, 2019 by brianhuman

Anyone seeing my street photography on Instagram will have noticed that it often includes seated people.  Why?  Is it just an accident; or do I go to lots of places where people want to sit down?  Is it because it’s … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2018-19 17: Walkabout

Posted on March 10, 2019 by brianhuman

Friday’s session was a practical: out and about taking photographs of ‘The Other Cambridge’.  My efforts will be revealed next week.  In the meantime, here’s a spectacular coat and umbrella spied (by me and another) on Trinity Street.  Photo: Trinity … Continue reading →

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On Portobello Road

Posted on March 6, 2019 by brianhuman

I found this picture when I was sorting through my files of old negatives and contact sheets the other day.  It was taken on Portobello Road, London, on 30th September 1966.  It is probably my first piece of street photography … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photography Forum 2018-19 10. Looking at Our Own Work: Reflections

Posted on December 15, 2018 by brianhuman

The project for the term was agreed in November. The brief was: photographs of any and all kinds of reflections accepted; should be mainly current photos, i.e. taken between 9th November and 9th December; archive photographs can be submitted; and a … Continue reading →

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Margate 8 – Broadstairs

Posted on December 1, 2018 by brianhuman

Broadstairs is five or six minutes from Margate by train, an hour and five minute walk by road or a just over two hour stroll along the coastal path.  In other words not far at all physically.  But it seems … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photography Forum 2018-19 6. Post-processing

Posted on November 16, 2018 by brianhuman

Using mainly Photoshop and Lightroom, just two of the range of packages available, Sue Fifer showed how easy post processing is in the digital age, compared with the time of silver halides and chemical baths.  She described it as a … Continue reading →

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Margate 3

Posted on October 29, 2018 by brianhuman

The legend on the map instructs you breezily to ‘Enjoy Margate’; the urban grime of graffiti on the doors suggests you might want to do so warily.  Really there is much to enjoy: the beach, Dreamland, the Turner Contemporary and … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2018-19

Posted on September 28, 2018 by brianhuman

Meeting with Tim Ewbank and others this morning to discuss the programme for the Forum in the coming year.  I think my mission is to make the members come to terms with the photography of William Eggleston. Photo: Swiss Laundry, … Continue reading →

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Water

Posted on September 26, 2018 by brianhuman

Given a choice, I’d always choose walks that include being by water.   For somewhere to rest and be in the moment, where better to be than by water, whether sea, river, lake or fountain?  Water is essential to physical life.  … Continue reading →

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Chimping in Russell Square

Posted on September 20, 2018 by brianhuman

A group is out photographing in Russell Square.  The previous frame shows them all zooming in on something across the park, now they are ‘chimping’ (not all, two have clocked me turning the tables).  ‘Chimping: What one does after taking … Continue reading →

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Ipswich Encounters

Posted on August 17, 2018 by brianhuman

‘To Ipswich with Roy [Hammans] and Dave [Runnacles].  Street photography nearly got me into trouble.  First. A woman took exception to me photographing her on Westgate Street – I didn’t respond and just kept on walking.  Second, after taking pictures … Continue reading →

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