I was on a photography meet up that was held in a local London market. The Chatsworth Street Market has been around since yonks. It’s a local London Market where you can find baked bread, cheese, fish, fruit and veg, and an odd-shaped sandwich made of corn meal that was just amazing!
It’s a small market making a strong comeback. Back in the 1930’s it boasted some 200 stalls and ran five days a week! Time wrecks quite a few things with its ruthless progress and this market was not spared. It eventually closed in the 1990’s. However due to demand by the local residents it’s up back and running on Sunday Mornings with tasty treats on offer.
I was learning how to shoot Bokeh. No one is quite sure how to pronounce this word properly. It comes from the Japanese BOKE which means blur. The spelling was altered in English to help with the pronunciation of the word. But no matter how it’s pronounced it’s good fun! In this method only one part of the photograph is in focus and the rest is blurred on purpose! I just fell in love with this technique.
Now whilst on this photo expedition I did get a proper shouting at.
Don’t take my photograph! A man shouted at me as he started to cross the street.
He stopped in the middle of the road and I was quite worried about him. He was not paying attention to traffic. I wasn’t even shooting him! I was trying to get a shot of the door of a charity shop without people in the final picture.
You’re not in the photo!
I guess he thought he was being paparazzi stalked. Hmm…now that I have been officially shouted at in the street — does that make me a professional photographer?
A camera travels 
I wonder why that bloke was so camera shy? Thereby hangs a tale, perhaps.
Yvonne it was odd. I wasn’t in his face or even looking at him. He started shouting before he crossed the street, then in the middle, and on the other side. Maybe I looked like I knew what I was doing? 🙂 or I looked scary?!!
Yeah, scary, that’s it!
Your photos are beautiful. Wanted to eat the bread and cheese! And know more of the tale of your would be celebrity. . . 🙂
Thanks Fannie!! It was fun learning! Gosh that cheese was so tempting!! Hey yes I am a celeb now! Lol hey where are the autograph hounds?!!!
I was in London last month with my husband and youngest son. We had such a great time. I fell in love with the city and can’t wait to go back. That market sounds lovely.
Isn’t London a great city! I m so glad you fell in love with it. There is just something for everyone here! I keep finding things I never knew about like this market!
We did mostly touristy things, but the hubs and I would like to go back someday and explore the less touristy sights. We’d like to travel more throughout England too. It’s nice not having a language barrier.
Carrie that’s what’s great about London. You can have a full holiday and miss the touristy bits. The countryside.. You can do by train with planning or by car. It’s just stunning. I would love to drive the entire British coastline one day. Time is too short to do it all!
Quite a lot of my photographs are blurred, Susan, although I don’t think they’re Bokeh! Yours look far more professional… you pap you! 😉 😀
Ssssh… Keep that under your hat!! Paparazzi here! 🙂
Great photos that really capture the atmosphere of the scene. What camera are you using? I love my big Nikon DSLR but it’s not always ideal for street photography. I sometimes use a small Lumix Panasonic “point and shoot”. But I hold it at my hip with my thumb on the shutter release button. I set it to wide angle to capture as much as possible, and crop later. It takes a little practice to get the angle right. The important thing is never to look down at the camera!
Hi Rhys
I have updated to a Leica. I was using a pint and shoot And my iPhone but now I ve gone to manual focus etc. I really want to understand the process of this art. I have to practice shooting from the hip as I have loads of belt shots! 🙂 I have a new lens to try out. A 28m but have not as yet. I am just loving all this!
Hi Susan, I love your idea of a pint and shoot camera. I know it was a typo! Yes, there is always much to learn 🙂
But was it really a typo? Pint and shoot camera should be marketed!! Make mine a half please!!
Would half a camera take half a photo? 😃
Looks like a great meet up – and some people really cane so weird about the pics – and the way you tell it is nice – I also like your bokeh effects 🙂
Hi Prior it was good fun. The teacher had a great way of explaining things!! Plus this market is not like Portobello and the like. Here we had some elbow room!!
looks like some elbow room – and nice variety of pics – I would LOVE to peek inside that shop – just to see the variety
It was great prior. Hoping for another outing this weekend if the rain stays away!
🙂
Rhys now that’s a good question for the pint and shoot club! 🙂