The Weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Starting 27 July 2026 Any Brand

Digirame is again on a short roadtrip/holiday😁

This is the weekly Collegial Show Your Photos Any Brand thread where we invite you to show your own pictures. It is collegial in that it is a pleasant and friendly place among photographers to share.

I will begin this thread each Monday (Pacific Standard Time) to give each of you all the chance to share your weekend photos with us, for those that follow a regular work week schedule and choose to do it that way. But the pictures can be taken at any time with any camera, including your cell phone. It's open to all skill levels from beginners to advanced. The images posted can be anything from casual snaps to extraordinary. I'll be sure to comment to each of your photos, if you choose to share. Replies from others are encouraged also.

The intent of this thread to mainly to just show photos in a relaxed way and to generate replies or comments about them. Generally I'm not planning to critique any image unless asked. But I or we may ask things about a photo that may develop into a discussion, always being friendly and helpful. It has been a request that I mention this and from what I've learned from past experience: Can you ask a member first if they would mind you editing their photos?

Remember it's all about the enjoyment of taking pictures regardless of what we have. We can learn from each. Please share any tips or techniques too. A narrative sometimes also helps. Thanks everyone for your participation

We did go out for a hike like basically every weekend.
This time a hike though an area where have been before, but with use of the hiking nodes network we followed a different trail.

Photobygms,

i just got back today. Thank you for hosting the thread. That's wonderful that you had sunny weather. I am impressed how large your trees are. I liked seeing the wildflowers too.

Large trees?? perhaps for someone who has never left the Netherlands😆
I've seen bigger and larger ones in BC Canada 😋

Yes, you are right. There are taller trees in many different countries. But I suppose we who have never been to the Netherlands, still many may perceive it as a place of windmills and tulip fields. Your photos enlighten us to your beautiful country with bountiful forests of tall trees.

Draft

I am new to DPRevived. I've posted to the street thread other photos. I am posting to this one to cast to a wider audience. I primarily shoot street. Within this genre there are many aspects. Here I've posted a stylized street portrait. Being stylized it is very unconventional. The genre of street typically has very rigid conventions for photos to be displayed within it. Thus unconventiion is widely frowned upon within the serious community of street. But, I have an issue addressed here. Today, differently than in the past, street shooters who display the subject in a way that identifies the people or subjects of the photo can be both criminally and civilly charged by law. This is due to recent legal changes in nations and localities. Street, unfortunately, is one of the few genres which has been severely restricted in the digital era. The great street photographers of the past which were trailblazers in their day would unfortunately be considered criminals in today's world. My efforts to stylize my photos is an attempt to be able to continue to do street and post the photos I've shot by reducing the identity of the subjects in such a way that their person can be seen but their identities cannot be determined. It may be an abomination of street. But, to me it is an abbreviation of street. I trust and am hoping that my stylized attempt at street will both respect the law and provide some means for both myself and viewers to continue to enjoy street photography on the web. I do not see myself as a trend setter nor influencer but, there may be others who follow me that attempt to do as I have here.

Draft 2

This is the same photo posted as 'Draft' previously. As I said, I am new to DPRevived so don't yet know how to put two photos on one thread. Here I've stylized the same photo differently. It gives the person more 'substance'. Maybe some like it better. What do you think? It just adds color.

Welcome Catcher!

The laws governing street photography varies a lot by country. Generally in the USA, where I live, we are legally allowed to take pictures of any person in public where there is no expectation of privacy. With over 100 million people in the USA snapping away pictures (mostly with their cell phones), it would be hard to enforce taking or not taking pictures of strangers. Taking pictures of strangers could be done inadvertently or on purpose. But in the USA we are also protected by the first amendment. It can be a serious crime in our country to stop someone from exercising their first amendment right, especially if there is some violence associated with it. Not everyone is aware of that, where they think they have privacy in public. As a result, since I do not like confrontation, I do not purposely put my camera in their face. I may take photos at a distance or just take them with the LCD screen. Yes, it's our right to take street photos in public. But again, I want to avoid confrontation.

I always prefer color. But that is only my preference. Some people like B&W photos.

There's the law and then there's ethics. It's a complicated subject, with varying opinions of what is ethical. Generally, I will take pictures of people if I don't show them doing something embarrassing. It's my judgement call of what that is. If they saw my photo of themselves, I would hope they would like it. Also as a matter of ethics, I would not take pictures of children at a place they play at, like at their school. But if they are outside in public and can't be easily identified or associated with at a certain place, then it's OK. For example, that would be at a parade or just walking down a random street or sidewalk.

You are most welcome to show your street photos here. Thank you for showing us your pictures.

Sometimes they will catch me taking their photo. Some will smile as in this case or other people could be annoyed (even if it's legal). It's the chance we take to capture that one special photo.

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I, in no way, disagree with your perspective. I too live in the USA, in California in particular. I stay up with all the twists and turns involving ongoing legislation and court rulings with respect to photographing people in public. Presently, a great deal of concern has been expressed by AI's behavior of gathering data from the internet - in violation of copyright. Additionally, it has been documented that AI companies then make available for sale this collected data. It has been found that scammers use this date to create fake situational photos and videos of people whose likeness was provided by AI's collected data. This has caused great personal and reputational harm to many innocent people. As a consequence the courts are beginning to hold producers of photographs of people (street photographers) to the rule that they have a responsibility to safeguard the safety and security of their photos. What does this mean? Or, more better, where does this take us? That has not yet been determined by court rulings or law. However, it is coming. I and I am sure you don't want to be caught holding the bag when formal rulings and legislation comes about. So give it some thought. Your posted photos can be copied from any where on the web by simply rolling your mouse over the photo and right clicking it. How, secure is that? So you may want to begin asking yourself how can you secure your photos of people and their faces. Here's some ideas. Shoot at an angle that does not fully reveal their faces. Obscure their faces. Post in sizes so small (400x400 or smaller) that would make the copied photo unusable. Something to begin thinking about. 😐

Yeah, AI can do some crazy things. They can make everyone in the picture smile. They can make everyone in the photo dance, where a still photo is changed to a short video. I've seen examples of that. I've never done that, but I know of someone that does it all of the time. Would it embarrass someone to have their image altered like that? I'm sure that AI can go beyond what I have already seen. It's scary of what could happen. We will have to keep our eyes out for any changes in the law. Any of us that regularly take photos should take extra steps all of the time, to make sure we know what is legal and what is not legal.

I was reading more about this. Thank you for bringing it up. Presently, the person or persons that altered the images without permission with AI tools or other means are responsible for that alteration, not the street photographer. It would be difficult or impossible for the street photographer to secure photos they have already showed online. There must be millions of them on the internet. But the persons collecting and illegally modifying the images could be held liable. We will have to keep watching for any changes in the law. I think it's safest to not alter photos, where we change a person's image. Maybe resizing them so small as to make it more difficult to upscale, would be prudent. Yes you are right about that...it's something to think about.