Street Photography SIG - Visit Reports
2025/26
“12 shots of Christmas” challenge
There was no outing in December as the approach of Christmas would probably have prevented many people from being that interested. Instead, there was a challenge - "The 12 shots of Christmas". This challenge was in 2 parts:
a) take 12 "street" photos before midnight on Dec 31st. They did not have to have a Christmas theme (bah humbug) although that was difficult to avoid! They could be taken on one outing or several.
b) combine the 12 photos in some way to form a single image, eg. a panel or montage.
a) take 12 "street" photos before midnight on Dec 31st. They did not have to have a Christmas theme (bah humbug) although that was difficult to avoid! They could be taken on one outing or several.
b) combine the 12 photos in some way to form a single image, eg. a panel or montage.
Lady Mayor’s Parade, Sat 8th Nov
The second outing of the HPS Street SIG this season was to the Lady Mayor’s parade in London. Over the course of 800 years there have only been 3 female Mayors, with the present incumbent the only one to be titled Lady Mayor and thus to have a Lady Mayor’s parade. Although only 4 of us could make the trip, we still took literally thousands of images between us. It’s been hard to whittle them down into something that won’t overload the website! The best images seem to have come either when the participants were getting ready for the off, or after the parade had finished (when it was less crowded).
City of London, Thur 16th Oct
The first trip of the HPS Street SIG, “under new management”, was to London in October. Just over a dozen of us met in Ye Olde London, Ludgate Hill, a short distance from City Thameslink Station. After we’d had lunch, we then split into smaller groups of 4 or so to explore the local area, taking in landmarks such as St Pauls, Guildhall, Bank, Leadenhall Market, and eventually Tower Bridge. It was all very informal and not everyone lasted the whole course.
