#candid

2025-12-24

The Heart-Shaped Sunglasses Club

A McDonald’s in London was the restaurant of choice for 3 ladies wearing identical heart-shaped sunglasses on this July day earlier this year. They were sitting in the window, above the McDonald’s arches. I couldn’t resist photographing them.

McDonald’s restaurants in Europe, including the UK, use dark green exteriors rather than the bright red and yellow associated with the brand in the United States. This shift began around 2009 as part of a rebranding effort to appear more environmentally conscious and to blend better with European streetscapes, where planning regulations often require more muted commercial signage. The green is meant to evoke a commitment to sustainability though critics have called it “greenwashing.” Either way, it makes for a more photogenic backdrop than the garish American colour scheme, and those white arches pop beautifully against the forest green paint.

TBH, I hadn’t noticed until this picture.


ApertureĆ’/8CameraILCE-7RM5Focal length24mmISO1250Shutter speed1/500s

#2025 #Candid #England #friends #London #McDonaldS #Photo #Photography #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #summer #UK #UnitedKingdom #urbanPhotography #window
Street photograph looking through the window of a McDonald's restaurant in London, UK, during summer 2025. Three women wearing matching pink heart-shaped sunglasses sit at a window counter eating and drinking. One wears a grey top, one a white strappy top, and one a colourful patterned top. McDonald's cups with yellow striped designs and food packaging sit on the white counter in front of them. The white McDonald's golden arches logo on the window frames them from below, while a large burger advertisement is visible in the lower right corner. Street reflections including pedestrians and a classical building facade are visible in the glass. The restaurant exterior is painted dark green.
Donncha Ă“ Caoimhdonncha@mastodon.ie
2025-12-24

The Heart-Shaped Sunglasses Club

A McDonald’s in London was the restaurant of choice for 3 ladies wearing identical heart-shaped sunglasses on this July day earlier this year. They were sitting in the window, above the McDonald’s arches. I couldn’t resist photographing them. McDo...

inphotos.org/2025/12/24/the-he

#2025 #Candid #England #friends #London #McDonald's #Photo #Photography #SonyA7RV #StreetPhotography #summer #UK #UnitedKingdom #UrbanPhotography #window

Street photograph looking through the window of a McDonald's restaurant in London, UK, during summer 2025. Three women wearing matching pink heart-shaped sunglasses sit at a window counter eating and drinking. One wears a grey top, one a white strappy top, and one a colourful patterned top. McDonald's cups with yellow striped designs and food packaging sit on the white counter in front of them. The white McDonald's golden arches logo on the window frames them from below, while a large burger advertisement is visible in the lower right corner. Street reflections including pedestrians and a classical building facade are visible in the glass. The restaurant exterior is painted dark green.
2025-12-24

#WildlifeWednesday

#BighornSheep - the horny fluffybutts blockade. #LandBack , bitches.
They were there, first.

Shot from a work truck window in #Jasper #Alberta 2007, on a documentary filming trip.

#Wildlife #sheep #TrafficJam #WorkTrips #FluffyButts #Candid #photography #WorldInMyEyes #Animals #Canada

A herd of young bighorn sheep stand on an asphalt highway beside a wooded area, with two sheep looking directly at the camera. Their brown fur is complemented by white patches, particularly on their rear ends. It's Winter & there's snow in the background.
SpringGnollspringgnoll
2025-12-22
2025-12-21

1978 Unspecified - Person in a Bed with Alarm Clock and Lamp

The image shows an individual lying on their side, partially covered by the blanket of what appears to be a bed. The person has one hand raised above their head while holding onto it as if to emphasize or gesture towards something unseen within the frame.

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#photography #illustration #madman #nocontext #sfw #monochrome #candid #nighttime

1978 Unspecified - Person in a Bed with Alarm Clock and Lamp

The image shows an individual lying on their side, partially covered by the blanket of what appears to be a bed. The person has one hand raised above their head while holding onto it as if to emphasize or gesture towards something unseen within the frame.
2025-12-20

How are you?

I would like to say I knew the sign in the background said, “How are you?” but it’s more likely I did not. I’m glad it worked out, and it just proves that you have to be ready to take the photograph when you’re doing street photography or you’ll miss the moment.

In 2004, Ireland was in the midst of a mobile phone boom. The average Irish person was sending lots of text messages per month. The phones of the era were mostly Nokia models and early flip phones. The iPhone wouldn’t arrive for another three years. Making an actual voice call, as this woman is doing, was still the primary use of a mobile phone, rather than the app-launching, social-media-scrolling pocket computers we carry today.


ApertureĆ’/2.4CameraCYBERSHOTFocal length28.5mmISO100Shutter speed1/1000s

#2004 #Candid #coincidence #Cork #Ireland #PatrickStreet #phoneCall #Photo #Photography #serendipity #Sony717 #StreetPhotography #urbanPhotography
Street photograph of a woman with dark shoulder-length hair talking on a mobile phone while standing next to a shop window on St. Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland in 2004. She wears a grey coat with a fluffy fur-trimmed collar and has a concerned or intense expression, with one hand holding the phone to her ear and the other touching her hair. Behind her, a shop window displays the text "How are you?" in white letters, perfectly aligned with her phone conversation. A partially visible opening hours sign on the right shows "riday - Closed", "turday 9 - 6", "nday 2 - 6" and "2 - 6". Reflections of buildings visible in the glass.
Donncha Ă“ Caoimhdonncha@mastodon.ie
2025-12-20

How are you?

I would like to say I knew the sign in the background said, “How are you?” but it’s more likely I did not. I’m glad it worked out, and it just proves that you have to be ready to take the photograph when you’re doing street photography or you’ll miss the moment. In 2004, Ireland

inphotos.org/2025/12/20/how-ar
#2004 #Candid #coincidence #Cork #Ireland #PatrickStreet #PhoneCall #Photo #Photography #serendipity #Sony717 #StreetPhotography #UrbanPhotography

Street photograph of a woman with dark shoulder-length hair talking on a mobile phone while standing next to a shop window on St. Patrick Street, Cork, Ireland in 2004. She wears a grey coat with a fluffy fur-trimmed collar and has a concerned or intense expression, with one hand holding the phone to her ear and the other touching her hair. Behind her, a shop window displays the text "How are you?" in white letters, perfectly aligned with her phone conversation. A partially visible opening hours sign on the right shows "riday - Closed", "turday 9 - 6", "nday 2 - 6" and "2 - 6". Reflections of buildings visible in the glass.
2025-12-19

A Life Well Lived

Portrait of a man outside a coffee shop on Daunt Square, Cork, in 2004.


ApertureĆ’/4CameraCYBERSHOTFocal length48.5mmISO100Shutter speed1/250s

#2004 #BlackAndWhite #Candid #characterStudy #Cork #DauntSquare #elderly #Ireland #Photo #Photography #portrait #Sony717 #StreetPhotography
Close-up portrait photograph of an elderly man shot from below as he looks upward, taken outside a cafe on Daunt Square in Cork, Ireland in 2004. The image captures his weathered face in profile, showing deep wrinkles and aged skin texture in rich detail. He wears rectangular glasses with metal frames that catch reflections of buildings and sky, and a dark flat cap. Wisps of grey hair are visible at the back of his head. He wears a checked shirt. The photograph has a dark vignette around the edges with dramatic lighting emphasising the contours of his face.
Donncha Ă“ Caoimhdonncha@mastodon.ie
2025-12-19
Close-up portrait photograph of an elderly man shot from below as he looks upward, taken outside a cafe on Daunt Square in Cork, Ireland in 2004. The image captures his weathered face in profile, showing deep wrinkles and aged skin texture in rich detail. He wears rectangular glasses with metal frames that catch reflections of buildings and sky, and a dark flat cap. Wisps of grey hair are visible at the back of his head. He wears a checked shirt. The photograph has a dark vignette around the edges with dramatic lighting emphasising the contours of his face.
Nick DeWolf Photo Archivenickdewolfphoto@pixelfed.social
2025-12-19
milan, italy
may 1959

candid

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