Sepia Saturday 695 : Saturday 21 October 2023

 

I had to submit a passport photograph the other day, so out came the smartphone and I quickly composed a head and shoulders selfie, downloaded it in a jpeg file and the job was done. Head and shoulders portraits have been the staple for photographic portraits for the last 180 years - the technology might change, but the head and shoulders remain the same. So for Sepia Saturday 695 - post your post on or around Saturday 21st October 2023 - we are asking for your head and shoulder portraits, or any portraits, or any old photo you care to share. Just add a link to the list below. Next week will be the last of our portrait themes - get ready for Walking About in November. The month's themes will be up soon.

Sepia Saturday 694 : Saturday 14 October 2023

Portrait month on Sepia Saturday continues with this double family portrait featuring two unknown members of the Burnett family. Like so many old photographs, it is full of clues to who knows what (what, for example, is the significance of the date 1851 - could the photograph been taken on a fiftieth or sixtieth birthday?). So your possible prompts this week include double portraits, dates on photographs, clues .... or anything you want. Just post your post on or around Saturday 14 October 2023 and add a link to the list below. And take a look at the other October prompts:-

Sepia Saturday 7th October 2023

 

It's portrait month here on Sepia Saturday and we kick off with a portrait that is probably the best part of 150 years old. You don't have to match it with an equally old portrait, of course, indeed you don't even need a portrait. All you need is an old photo (and the definition of "old" is up to you) along with a few new thoughts. Then post your post on or around Saturday 7th October 2023 and add a link to the list below.

And whilst you are sitting around waiting for the artist to finish, take a look at what else is in store during portrait month.

Sepia Saturday 692 : Saturday 30 September 2023

 

The last of our "On The Streets" prompts and were better to finish than on the dark, rain-swept streets of Halifax 55 years ago. Of course you can go to any dark rain-swept streets you like, or any bright sunny streets, or any streets, or no streets. Simply post an old photo and add a few new comments on or around Saturday 30 September 2023 and add a link to the list below.

And then get yourself off the street and start looking for some October portraits. Here is a preview of the prompts:-

Sepia Saturday 691 : 23 September 2023

 

We are still on the street here at Sepia Saturday and this week we have a rather fine petrol station (gas station) to prompt your photographic memories. You don't have to follow the specific theme elements you may find in this photographs, you don't even have to follow the monthly theme (On The Street), you can go where you want on Sepia Saturday. Just post a post on or around Saturday 23rd September 2023 and add a link to the list below. Next week will be the final of our On The Street themes and I am delighted to reveal the general themes for the final quarter of the year. The specific theme images for October will be posted shortly.

Sepia Saturday 690 : 16 September 2023

 

We're still on the street, but now we have hanging washing and kids reading newspapers. Both probably tell of times long gone and they provide us with an opportunity to share photographs from times long gone. Just post your post on or around Saturday 16th September 2023 and add a link to the list below. And once you have done that, take a look at the remaining September theme images. And once you've done that - bring the washing in.

Sepia Saturday 689 : Saturday 9th September 2023

 

Walk down the street, any street in any town. Street photography is a very popular subject these days, but there is nothing new about street photography. People have been walking down that street in that town for decades, taking photographs of what they found there. This month on Sepia Saturday it is your opportunity to share your old street photographs, photographs from any street in any town. Just share them on or around Saturday 9th September 2023 and add a link to the list below. And whilst you are waiting to cross the road, take a look at what is coming down Sepia Street.