Tag Archives: Street Photography

Belfast, Black & White, Documentary, Streetscapes, Uncategorized

Street Stories: A Book in the Chaos of Belfast

30/08/2025 Bob McEvoy

Caught a moment of calm, just off the hustle and bustle of Belfast’s busy Royal Avenue, a homeless street person, lost in the pages of a book, challenges our perceptions, reminding us that not everyone in those circumstances is there because of illiteracy or wasted opportunities, or substance addiction. For the photographer, such stories can be found everywhere, even in the most unexpected places.

The Fujifilm X-T50 captured this seemingly contradictory slice of life.

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Beautiful Ulster, Black & White, Co.Londonderry, Documentary, Londonderry, Photo-Essay, Streetscapes

Guildhall Sq & Waterloo Street

07/08/2024 Bob McEvoy

Our seemingly annual trip to Derry/Londonderry (So good they named it twice?) or ‘Stroke City as it became known during the era of the late Gerry Anderson, the legendary (should that be ‘legend-derry?) famous BBC Radio Ulster broadcaster and entertainer. Where was I… Oh yes, our annual trip to Northern Ireland’s second city saw me taking a wander, with the Fujifilm X-T5, around the city centre, namely Guildhall Square and Waterloo Place, and then later round by the Craft Village. I’d walked the famous walls many times, and somehow that day I just didn’t have the energy to struggle up all those hilly ramparts. So, – city centre it was, while my so-much better half went to explore the big shops to be found in the city.

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Belfast, Black & White, Reportage, Streetscapes

East Belfast Bonfire

02/08/2024 Bob McEvoy

It was bonfire season in East Belfast, – early July, so an opportunity to make an image of kids building a pyre, with the famous Belfast cranes in the background.

This image was made with the Nikon F100 camera on Rollei RPX25 film, processed in FD10 for 5 minutes, and scanned for digital viewing. Digital processing in Lightroom using one of my favourite presets.

Black & White, Documentary

Anywhere

12/09/2023 Bob McEvoy

It could be Rotterdam, or anywhere, Liverpool or Rome – another bland stereotypical modern, soulless shopping mall.

Belfast, Streetscapes

Sheer Concentration

22/06/2022 Bob McEvoy

I feel I’m not doing as much street photography as I used to, but I just happened to be in Belfast today, and…

on’t you just love the sense of concentration, both hands in play – and the character in the image? Sheer concentration! Fujifilm X-T4, F=172mm, f/5.6 @ 1/1000 sec on ISO200.

Belfast, Black & White, Lockdown Logs, Streetscapes

The Lockdown Logs #63

04/06/2020 Bob McEvoy

The Lockdown Logs

Dateline: June 4th 2020

Traffic Light Photography.

When I drive I keep the camera beside me, usually with a medium range zoom lens fitted. When I stop at traffic lights I wind down the window and look around me. If something interesting is happening, I shoot it. So this was the scene today at the bottom of the Limestone Road.

I liked the symmetry of the men’s postures.

4160B392-0145-47BC-B860-00381D7C5461 — Fujifilm X-T30, F=200mm, f/7.1 @ 1/160th sec on ISO400

Removing the colour made the image less fussy and distracting.

Belfast, Black & White, Reportage, Streetscapes, Travel

Wee Dark Alleys…

02/11/2019 Bob McEvoy

I’m back at it again. Skulking round the wee dark alleys and passages of Belfast, waiting for an unsuspecting suspect to make a silhouette.

This was November 1st, a cold wet day in the city, and this passageway leads up to a carefully tended and maintained courtyard at the front of a restaurant and bar.

Silhouette- Church Lane, Belfast.

Fujifilm X-T30 F=18mm, f/2.8 @ 1/125th sec on ISO800. Shot using Acros Film Simulation

Belfast, Black & White, Cars and Vehicles, Reportage, Streetscapes

Belfast Bikes

31/10/2019 Bob McEvoy

If you are fortunate enough to ever visit Belfast, Northern Ireland, you can get around the city easily and quickly on a ‘Belfast Bike.’ Download an app, pay a small fee, and borrow a bike! Take it from one side of the city to the other, and park it at the nearest bike-park! Easy!

A rack of public-access bicycles at Botanic Gardens, Belfast.

Belfast, Black & White, Reportage, Streetscapes

The Smoker’s Rest!

28/10/2019 Bob McEvoy 1 Comment

‘The Smoker’s Rest.’

A grubby chair at the back door of a Belfast restaurant, in a make-shift shelter and beside the ashtray. Fujufilm X-T30 F=18mm f/4.5 @ 1/60th sec on ISO400

Belfast, Black & White, News and Commentary, Photo-Technique, Reportage, Streetscapes, Training

World Politics – In Belfast

27/10/2019 Bob McEvoy

Political graffiti in the university quarter of Belfast – and why you don’t always need humans to document human interest.

An interesting aspect of documentary photography is that human influence and interaction can be implied, rather than overt.

Even if people are not actually in the photo, the human element is still present and the human story is still told.

This gable wall in Belfast points us to events on the other side of the world, and indicates the desire of locals here to show solidarity with their fellow students there. There is a significant Chinese community in South Belfast, many of whom are students at the university, and many of them would have Hong Kong origins.

Fujifilm X-T30 shot in Acros film simulation.

F=22mm, f/11 at 1/60th sec on ISO400.

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