On Sunday 13th September 2026 before I was on a street photography workshop around Waterloo with Matt Badenoch. Before the workshop I visited Leake Street before having breakfast at Wetherspoons in The Sidings.
The workshop started at 10 am on Lower Marsh Street.
The briefing
This is a list of the themes that we covered as a short reference for street photography:
• Colour Matching
• Complementary Colours
• Pattern Matching
• Light on Shadow
• Silhouettes
• Framing
• Motion Blur
• Symmetry
• Reflections
• Repetition
• Words & Graphics
• Hands & Feet
• Layers
These images demonstrated some of the above:
<>h3>Lower Marsh Street
The Leake Street tunnel at the Lower Marsh end.
Lunch was in The Sidings at Nandos. Then we were back in the tunnel.
My favourite puddle and reflections
Waterloo
At the main steps of Waterloo we had an exercise to find animals.
A little of topic…
Then we walked back to Lower Marsh Street and the Vaulty Towers pub.
We took turns to discuss our images from the day and agreed to send a selection to Matt for further review. These were the six images that I selected…
And after discussion these were the four updated images…
More information on Street Photography
Follow Matt here on Instagram @streetwithmatt
From Matt’s website here is a list of his favourite resources:
Best Street Books: https://streetwithmatt.com/best-street-photography-books/
Best Street YouTube Channels: https://streetwithmatt.com/best-street-photography-youtube-channels/
Best Street Podcasts: https://streetwithmatt.com/best-street-photography-podcasts/
Street Theme Generator: https://streetwithmatt.com/street-photography-theme-generator/