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Not doing anything much by way of street work at present. Advancing Parkinson's, My right knee is shot, my left ankle destroyed/collapsed, severe neuropathy in both legs below knees, frozen shoulder, both forefingers painfully arthritic and Raynaud's Disease turn my fingers black/blue with...

I have no chimney for Santa to drop down so I treated myself to a new lens. A tad over £500 got me the Panny-Leica 42.5 f/1.2. I thought it a decent price as it was immaculate and 1/2 the brand new cost. Not had too many chances yet to get out and about to do some damage with it, but I am...

March for Palestine" London 11th November 2023. Packing my Sony A7iv paired with Sony 35mm f/1.8. My usual caveat....I just photograph what I see, I don't take sides or show favours

In town (London) for the pro Palestine protest to see what I could get out of it using this camera/lens combo. Pleased with the outcome. I just take pictures, so I make no comment of the politics other than to say "There are people and there is politics". Unfortunately, the ones who get hurt...

More nightclub shots from Electrowerkz in Islington North London. The first 4 are real people but backgrounds and a couple of bits (like the web) were added in PS Generative Fill. It's quite good fun....addictive actually! Nice bunch of people there. 3 floors of boom boom boom music and...

I get the right royal hump at photo club competitions where the winning entry is almost always a portrait of a woman, pouty trout lips, push up boobs, suggestive pose and a created background thingy (can't remember what it is called). This is the reason I started going to "weird night clubs"...

A noir of long & lonely nights, Shadows a’dance whilst darkness fights, I lay tormented, restless, weep, Eternal endlessness without sweet sleep. Thro’ curtains, streetlights mocking seep, Exhaustion a mountain, a climb too steep Past regrets and memory haze, The whispered lies and secrets...

The International arms Fair (DSEI) will be exhibiting at the Excel Centre, London Docklands 12th-15th September this year. It is fun and can produce drama as very committed anti-arms protestors try (and often do) outwit police to attach themselves to wagons with glue, or lay in the road to...

Spent all afternoon playing with Adobe Ai. It's an interesting proposition that not all (photographers) will like....but some will love. I am half way between the 2 but only because my satisfaction rate is predicated by my lack of "Ai Eloquence". All the photos attached to this post had pretty...

(England). Porn' for young boys in my day consisted of Reveille, Titbits, Health & Efficiency magazine......or; the Mother Lode.....The Littlewoods Catalogue ladies under apparel pages. Now, at the age of 65 and some more....my porn consists of looking through the newspaper supps at invalid...

The question is how many megapixels do you really need? Might be interested to read this. https://www.photoreview.com.au/tips/buying/how-many-megapixels-do-you-really-need/

Last London Marathon for Mo Farah, London 2023. Sony A7iv/35mm f/1.8 lens

Sometimes, the eyeball to eyeball between the shooter and the target makes the whole dynamic of a shot. They know and I know that they know...it's like an agreement but without a signature, more like a nod of acceptance.....an acknowledgment that something happened between you, but you will...

15 yrs post diagnosis of my Parkinsons , my left hand tremor is beginning to cause issues more regularly. Luckily I am right handed....but the tremor can still resonate throughout my body; especially during my "off times" between medications. After seeing my surgeon yesterday I walked the 2...

It usually pays to look behind you...... Sydney, Australia.

The most amazing thing happened whilst I was on holiday near Dinan in France.. 10 years ago I saw the guy below in a bar in the town centre. He had a lived in face and I thought he would make an interesting portrait. I asked if I could take a photograph of him and he agreed. He was next to a...

Mik Critchlow has passed away aged 68 (frightening.....same age as me!). He documented the hard lives of the working class folk; especially miners, in the north east of the country. He has left a legacy of wonderful material for future historians to look back on and comment "Did people really...

Dick (Jeppo) Jepson, on the right with moustache. Dick peacefully passed away, at home, during the evening of Tuesday 14 January 2020. He was 86. I worked with him in the mid-80’s, whilst serving at Scotland Yard SO11 (Confidential Section) dealing with serious organised crime on a national...

+++++CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL+++CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL+++++CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL+++CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL+++++CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL+++CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL Towards the end of last year I became aware of a London night club which styled itself “The worlds longest running dark scene night...

Protest & Vigil: The war in Ukraine. I attended the vigil and subsequent march on the Russian Embassy here in London on Friday 24th February (1yr anniversary). I thought I might get some reasonable shots. These are a few of the most animated, young chap with a serious case of burning anger.

How bizarre. Looking for some of my old protest shots on flickr and it fails to find any photo from anyone where "Protest" is in the title. I just get the "Bad Panda" screen. If I search for any other subject matter, dog, people, cars, landscapes etc it is ok and finds volumes of stuff.

I always wanted to be a drummer like Keith Moon or John Bonham....but without the drug fueled death wish, but I was never prepared to do the ground work such as hours practise of paradiddles, understanding note timings, phrasing etc. I always had a sense of rhythm and could tap my fingers to...

They say, all good things must end no forever in love and the sadness eats away my smile not what you thought I am but a lost soul, my smile a masque bound always, you said But...I am still here the rictus grin, I am still here....... a clown until I am dust. The Grimaldi memorial day at...

At 68 years of age I have started to grow old disgracefully. I received an invite to shoot at a night club in London on an ad hoc and I get home around 4am. It's the oldest dark scene night club in the world with no holds barred. It is well known to the gay community as it is a safe place...

Hello one and all. Back after a fairly long absence. I have ditched Ricoh GR (in its various iterations) and now sport a Panny Lumix GX9 with 12-32mm kit lens. I also ditched Canon full frames and use a Sony 7 mk4 with 35mm f/1.8 and a 70-300 G Master. I have been on a bit of a journey and...

Hi all, what's with the "spammy looking" YOU HAVE BEEN AWARDED A TROPHY alerts? Got about 10 of them over night. Cheers Pete

Whooppee! I had a day out at the Extinction climate protest in London on Saturday. This was at Marble Arch in the centre of London. At the same time there was a "weed smoke in" of 24,000 stoned souls next door in Hyde Park. Obviously one man was not laid back enough not to take umbrage to...

Back in the UK after 6 weeks in NZ & Australia. Took a Panny FZ2000 with me for general shooting and video. I used it more than the Ricoh GR and Sony A72 in the end. The video was created in Adobe Premier. Music (Fire Starter) from Prodigy; such a shame that front man Keith Flint died last...

Took this shot this evening of the Shard in London. Hand held, night mode on the P20 Pro. Pretty impressive piece of kit I'd say. The Shard - Huawei P20 Pro by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr

Took this video a couple of days ago with the Panasonic FZ200. Gulls at Aldeburgh on the Suffolk coat. SlowMo - Gulls, Aldeburgh by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr

The No.15 Bus RM1941 (ALD 941B) on Heritage Route 15. New to London in 1964 and operated until 1986 when it went to Kelvin Scottish, followed by Stagecoach in 1987. On returning to London it was allocated to Route 23 before being Re-allocated to route 38. In 2008 it was repainted into white...

Saw this today. Family offering huge salary for someone to picture them travelling the world Form an orderly queue!

This is an interesting guy. Rather than explain the technique I post a link below to his site www.pepventosa.com Here are a couple of my own attempts. They take a lot of time at the scene and post processing to get it right. I like them but need more work to get it perfect! Trafalgar...

Is it just me? or is anyone else getting big blue Cameraderie banners in everyones posts. If you hover your mouse over them "sad" or "wow" or "useful" etc flashes on screen

Been having props with flickr recently. I used to be able to search for my photos by camera used. Now, when I enter camera detail in search field it come up with everyone else's shots but mine. However, if I click on someones photo and click on the camera used I can search photos from there...

I visited Chatham Dockyard in Kent recently. They have a submarine there that you can actually walk around in. Yikes.....I could not wait to get off. How so many people can work in such a confined space AND underwater for weeks at a time! They are either mad or deserve a medal! There was...

Taken from the castle above. Salzburg Below the Castle by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr

Apart from your Mum, Dad, Wife, Husband, Partner, Brother or Sister etc what do you consider to be the "indispensable" in your life? The thing you cannot do without. For me, it is comfy shoes. My poor old badly shaped, bunioned and kankled plates of meat require shoes with soft leather, memory...

Before I move on to this challenge........I am likely not alone in having noticed that the challenge gathers fewer and fewer submissions. It goes without saying that the quality is always high......but is the appetite still there for it? I am happy to curate the challenge. Any other views...

A memorial service was held at a church in East London today for Grimaldi the original clown. Clowns from all over the world attend. It is held on the 1st Sunday of every February. I took shots in colour and in B&W. Here are the B&W's Although I could have got a pew in the church I decided...

Looks a bit unwieldy, but actually suits me for balance. I can tuck my left elbow into my hip, grasp the belly of the lens in my left hand and I use back focus setup which also helps to grip. Auto-Focus seems as fast as on a Canon. Manual focus works well and the peaking is very clear. Sony...

Just finished watching a documentary "The Rich Have Their Own Photographers" about Milton Rogovin. A fascinating story. Born in 1909 and died 2011. He photographed the poor and disadvantaged all over the USA and other parts of the world. Wonderful B&W work which need no explanation at...

Not my finest.......just getting used to the handling. Took the A7M2 Canon 17-40L into the City to test it out. Didn't do much in the way of street work and it was latie'ish when I got there so light wasn't at its best. I also felt quite exposed lumping the kit about for street work. Oh well...

Just fell for the Sony A7M2 at Wex in London. With cash back it is just about £800 which, to my mind, is great value for a full frame camera of this age. It joins my A6300. I have ordered the sigma converter to put my Canon 17-40L lens on it. It works, I tried it out in the store. Hopefully...

I had my camera in hand as we walked along the road. I was admiring the light thinking about the next shot, when my wife suddenly stopped. She said "You weren't listening were you"! I thought "That's a weird way to start a conversation"...

Edited from my Australia 2016 Road Trip Archive. Drove from Darwin to Melbourne as part of a 3 month stay in Aus' Big Sky Country - Northern South Australia by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr Citroen DS at Coober Pedy by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr START: Miles from anywhere FINISH: Middle of nowhere...

Thought I would add these street portraits from last Sunday in Londons' Oxford Street/Regent Street area. Some Xmas cheer! Fuji Xt-1 with 35mm f/1.4 Well, it is Christmas! by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr Well, it is Christmas! 2 by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr

For the past couple of weeks now Flickr has flaked out on me. When looking through my portfolio it sometimes will not go beyond page 7......or it scrolls endlessly through photos and you have to go back to page 1 to start again. Sometimes you click on a link and nothing happens but if you go...

Came across this on the BBC TV/radio service website. Work a look. as most of it is in colour (only the last shot is in some sort of toned mono) rather than the established Street B&W. Would it be better in b&w? or does the colour strengthen it? Capturing East Harlem in the 80s

London Bridge, vaper. Couldn't resist! Steaming Up (new with sound fx) by Pete Tachauer, on Flickr