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Queen Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
I was at Queen Street, very near the Kingdom of Sweets shop and the Chopstix restaurant having a quick break, then got back to doing the photojournalism of the Pride parade as they marched past me.
I was simply trying to grab some shots, and this guy walks past, I figured he would make an interesting subject, so I grabbed some shots.
I’ve no idea who he is, when preparing the photo for uploading, I simply nicknamed him as “Some Guy”
Notice the jacket, it would look like he could be with the health care services, maybe an ambulance crew or something, considering that he was with a group of others whom do have health care services badges on their shirts.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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College Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
This photograph was taken at the junction of College Green and Anchor Road, opposite the Bristol Marriott Royal Hotel.
This dude was just sitting on what appears to be a bench of some sort, in front of a shop, and using his smartphone. At that time, many transgenders had started a protest, and started marching towards city centre, they were going past his guy.
I thought to try a street photography kind of candid capture by taking a photo, while the protesters were still in this street.
It was originally shot in colour, but during Adobe Lightroom, I decided to convert it into black and white for the good old fashion classic photography looks.
After taking a few photos of this guy, I keep up with the marching protesters towards the city centre.
You are welcome to comment about the subject in my photo, of the photo itself, or of your relevant experience.
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Colston Avenue, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
The photo was taken approximately around the junction of St Augustine’s Parade and Colston Avenue, when the protesters’ march into city centre was briefly halted, I think to make sure the next stage of the march is prepared.
Here I noticed those two women and their flag, so I took some shots.
The flag signifies lesbian feminist movement, and judging by the writing on the flag, those two ladies are showing their support for the transgender people.
The protest was due to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that the legal gender is based on the sex at birth, and thus many transgenders all around the United Kingdom carried out a series of protests.
When I found out that there was one in Bristol, I decided to go there and try doing some photojournalism shots.
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St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
After the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that sex is defined as sex at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom, along with the support of the LGBT community, too to the streets in a protest.
I found out one was planned to be staged in Bristol, so I drove there, and arrived at Collage Green park, which was where they started from, and they marched into city centre.
The photo shown was taken approximately near the junction of St Augustine’s Parade and Denmark Street, looking towards north. In the background is the Luxe Fitness.
Here, those two people, and I have no idea of who they are, could be friends or a couple, appear to be not part of the protest, and are simply bystanders whom just stopped for a moment, to watch the marching protest walks by.
The colour shot was converted to black and white while in Adobe Lightroom for the good old fashion photojournalism feel.
You are welcome to comment about the subject in my photo, of the photo itself, or of your relevant experience.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
Because the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that the definition of sex is biological sex at birth, many transgenders all over the United Kingdom started a protest. I found out that there was going to be one in Bristol, so I decided to drive there.
The protest started at 10am, at College Green park which is where the Bristol City Council is located, and by 11am, they started marching towards the city centre. I was doing photojournalism of the event.
In order to leave College Green park, and march towards the city centre, they needed to cross the road, so a few of the protesters formed a roadblock.
This is a viewpoint from the crowd of protests crossing the street, the two in front of the camera are the human roadblock holding up the traffic, in order to allow the protesters to safety cross the street.
On the left side of the road are two cars that had turned around, to try to find another way around, but the bus doesn’t have much of a choice as it had a route to stick to.
I figured to take this viewpoint, to give the illustration of what it looked like from the crossing protesters’ point of view.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, to try to get a dramatic feel to it.
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Colston Avenue, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
The photo was taken approximately at the junction of St Augustine’s Parade and Colston Avenue as the protesters were crossing the road, and heading towards city centre.
I attempted to take this shot, hoping to show a sense of how many people were on the march, and figure to convert it into black and white for a newspaper-like photo.
The protest was due to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that the legal gender is based on the sex at birth, and thus many transgenders all around the United Kingdom carried out a series of protests.
When I found out that there was one in Bristol, I decided to go there and try doing some photojournalism shots.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
Here, this lady is wearing a coloured stripped skirt, and have an impressive butterfly-like cape on her shoulders. As she walks with the parade, she also spins around, and in doing so, the cape kind of flies around, displaying the butterfly-like wings.
I was taking photos of her when she spotted me, hence her smiling at the camera.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
Because of the Scottish Supreme Courts ruling that sex is defined as sex at birth, many transgenders with the support of the LGBT community all around the United Kingdom, took to the streets in a protest against the ruling.
Bristol is one of the cities that had one planned, and I drover down there to try photojournalism shots. I arrived at College Green park where they gathered so they would start their march into city centre.
The above photo was taken approximately near the junction of St Augustine’s Parade and Denmark Street, looking towards a building next to Clare Street.
While the protesters were marching towards the city centre, in the right-to-left direction as seen by two of them in the foreground, one of them is going the other way, likely to look for some friends.
I thought to take a street style photo of this protester. Notice the flag on his/her back, this is the transgender flag.
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St Augustine’s Parade, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
After the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that sex is defined as sex at birth, many transgenders and those in the LGBT supporting the transgenders took to the streets in protest. When I found out that there would be one planned in Bristol, I drove down there, parked my car, walked all the way to College Green park which is where they started.
The protesters started their march towards the city centre, and it was not only just the transgenders, but also support from other people. This photo shows the length of the marching protest, and there was still some more behind me.
The photo shows them marching down St Augustine’s Parade towards Colston Ave South which would be just to the right of the traffic lights seen in the background.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
Why did I give the title DON’T BRING YOUR PETS to those two photos of two different dogs, that were taking part in the Pride parade?
It is because it was a very hot day, a very hot summer day, so the pavements and the tarmac on the streets and roads got very hot.
Even when you think a dog’s paw pads look like they’re tough, the paws are still made of skin, and can be as sensitive as the bottom of your feet.
For those dogs, the one hour, one mile walk on hot pavements and roads, can cause pain and discomfort, may even burn the dog’s paws.
You try walking on one mile of hot pavements, with your bare feet, and see how you feel. If it’s too hot and painful for you, then consider how those dogs feel.
I was trying to do some photojournalism kind of photography, of the Pride parade in Cardiff, and while it took everyone approximately one hour to cover the one mile, it took me about two hours, bearing in mind I sometimes jog back and forth, up and down the parade, looking for interesting shots, in the burning heat.
I was sweating buckets, during the summer, I took photos of 5 different events, all outdoors and in the sun, I lost one whole stone of weight.
Imagine how it feels for those poor dogs, panting with the heat. I know some owners have stopped briefly to give those dogs some water, because I saw them doing it, but you have to consider that during a moving parade, with a group of people, you could be side-tracked and forgotten to give your dog some more water.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
The Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that a “woman” is defined as female born at birth, then transgenders all over the United Kingdom decided to carry out a protest.
One of the many protests was staged at Bristol, and I went there to do some photojournalism photography.
At that time I took the above photo, the crowd had grown larger, and in about ten minutes or so, they would be getting ready to start the march.
I was looking around for interesting shots, I spotted this man sitting there. He had nothing to do with the protest, he was simply on his way somewhere else, and stopped for a short rest and check his phone.
He just happens to be a bystander, and casually looked at the crowd of people. In the background (at the top of the photo) is the Bristol City Council buildings.
The photo was converted into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, to give it a good old fashion newspaper black and white feel.
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St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken somewhere on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
While I was looking around for some shots, I noticed this guy’s scarlet top hat, and decided to take a photo of him, however he had spotted me, and decided to smile for the camera.
On the side of his hat is some kind of a label of some sort, I have no idea what it is, other shots of him, they all don’t clearly show what it is, only one photo gives the illustration that it could be a business card.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
I heard there was going to be a protest staged in Bristol when many transgenders, with the support of the LGBT community, decided to carry out a nationwide protest in respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that the definition of sex is biological sex at birth.
So I drove down to Bristol, parked my car, and went on foot to College Green park which is where the Bristol City Council offices is (seen in the background on the left, in the above photo).
This photo was taken when the protesters stared their march into city centre. They were leaving College Green park, and needed to cross this road, so a few protesters staged a roadblock to hold up the traffic.
While some cars were held up, but still waiting anyway, a few other drivers could not wait, and decided to make a U-turn, as you can see the car in the middle of the photograph.
Unlike a parade which would have been planned months in advance, giving the council time to set up a diversion in places, a protest can be arranged in a matter of a few days, and there would be no time for diversions to be set up.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, for an old fashion newspaper-like photo.
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Lower Castle Street, Bristol, South West of England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 9th of July 2022.
About those photographs.
The 2022 Bristol Pride started at Castle Park, moved into Castle Street, and turned left into Lower Castle Street, heading north towards Penn Street. Those photographs were taken somewhere near the NCP Broadmead car park next to the Marriott hotel. It was approximately about 15 minutes after the start of the march.
I took up a position near the car park’s entrance. In the wide photo (0251), you’ll notice the KEEP CLEAR wording painted on the road, and the lowered kerb (in American-English: “crub”), that is where the entrance to the car park is.
This was where I spotted the guy with baseball cap, sunglasses, and a rainbow mask around his face, holding up a placard. I had noticed that thousands of people on the march had showed their faces, only a very rare number would choose to hide their faces.
In the second photo (0263), I zoomed to the 200mm length and took some shots of the guy. I have no idea who he is, when preparing the photos for uploading to Flickr, I simply called him “The Masked Man.”
It had occurred to me that I had taken zoomed in photos of him for uploading to Flickr or Instagram or whatever, to showcase my experience and skills, and considering that he wants his identify hidden, he may want his privacy.
So I went over to him, to ask him for his permissions. Here is where it gets interesting…
Bearing in mind that I am a deaf person with speech impaired, often mispronouncing my words, and that he is wearing a mask over his mouth, making lip-reading impossible for me.
So how do we communicate with each other? No problem! The simple fact is…
Days before coming down to Bristol to cover this event, I had prepared some kind of ID tag of my own, stating that I’m a photographer and that I’m deaf. On the other side was a simple typed text, that simply asked “May I have permissions to publish the photos online? I ask out of respect because you are clearly seen in the photographs.”
On this day, at that point, I went up to him, and I said to him “Excuse me, I’m deaf.” Then I held up the back of my ID tag, let him read the wording.
Even thought he’s wearing a mask around his mouth, so if he were to say something like “Sure, go ahead.” It would be impossible to know, but no problem there. As he knows I’m a deaf person, all he did was simply nod his head.
When I was in my last year at a deaf school, I told the hearing teacher that I wanted to get into college and study photography. I was told that I can’t become a photographer because I’m deaf and how am I supposed to communicate. Even my mother agrees with the teacher and wasn’t supportive of my aims.
It’s not like I wanted to become a wedding photographer, which would need a lot of communications between the photographer and the wedding party.
My mother, her friends, the teachers, and most other people, were all wrong. Even thought it is difficult for me as a photographer to do this kind of photography, it should be seen as a challenge to overcome, not a barrier.
So, I got his permissions to publish the photos, and there it is.
About the event.
Bristol Pride is an annual festival held over couple of weeks, promoting equality for the various LGBT+ people, with a march through the city at a weekend.
The Bristol Pride started life in 1977 as a fundraiser for the local LGBT community, and evolved into an annual event held every year. There was a gap of only some years between 1994 to 2010 when it was restarted.
The 2022 march started at Castle Park, near Castle Street. The route took them past Cabot Circus, and went around the major shopping area by using The Horsefair and Union Street, and as they went down Union Street, they headed towards Castle Park. When they reached Castle Park, they turned into Wine Street, went into High Street, and into Baldwin Street, headed towards the A38 which is Anchor Road. This route took them into Canon’s Road, and ended up near the Bristol Aquarium.
The march was said to take about an hour, but as a photographer whom would go back and forth, up and down the line, looking for good shots, it took me at least a couple of hours to complete the route.
After the march, those whom bought tickets, can attend an evening musical festival at The Downs, approximately to the north-west of city centre. I did not attend this event, and by the time I got back to my friend’s home, I was worn out from the heat.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that sex is defined as biological sex at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a protest. I heard there was going to be one at Bristol, and decided to go there to do some photojournalism photography of the event.
From 10am onwards, they started arriving at College Green which is where the Bristol City Council buildings are, and they gathered until there were like hundreds of them. By about 11am, they started the march into city centre.
This is the front part, and very shortly after the photograph was taken, they started the march towards the city centre.
The building in the background is the Bristol City Council offices.
In Adobe Lightroom, I converted the colour photo into black and white, for a good old fashion newspaper like feel to the photo.
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It is trend these days by resorting to cycling to reduce pollution in the city, exercise and saving money. This is today’s mentality. In the background, blue canvas is a home for the homeless. Homelessness has increased in multiple folds in recent times but at the same time becoming richer in their possessions. On the other hand, the richer becomes poorer relinquishing their possessions to homeless people - of course it is put into good use. And bridging the gap. However, the super wealthy have gone untouchable. It is a wonder where today’s trend is heading to in the future ?
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
If you are wondering about the meaning of the title The Megaphone Back in Action, that is because this photo was taken within few minutes of file 2025002-0048 which showed this person, along with two others, attempting to get the megaphone working. They managed to get the problem with the megaphone sorted out, so they can start using it.
While attending the Trans Resistance Rally event at Bristol as an out-of-work freelance photographer, looking to freshen up and improve my skills, I was looking around for anything interesting going on.
As in the previous shot, I saw this person with the short black T-shirt carrying a megaphone, had been attempting to get the megaphone working, hence the other two came around to help out.
Now that it was working fine, this person started using it at the beginning of the protest. At that point in time, the gathering was still growing bigger and bigger.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, and cropped it while in Adobe Photoshop.
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File: 2023006-0437
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
Why did I give the title DON’T BRING YOUR PETS to those two photos of two different dogs, that were taking part in the Pride parade?
It is because it was a very hot day, a very hot summer day, so the pavements and the tarmac on the streets and roads got very hot.
Even when you think a dog’s paw pads look like they’re tough, the paws are still made of skin, and can be as sensitive as the bottom of your feet.
For those dogs, the one hour, one mile walk on hot pavements and roads, can cause pain and discomfort, may even burn the dog’s paws.
You try walking on one mile of hot pavements, with your bare feet, and see how you feel. If it’s too hot and painful for you, then consider how those dogs feel.
I was trying to do some photojournalism kind of photography, of the Pride parade in Cardiff, and while it took everyone approximately one hour to cover the one mile, it took me about two hours, bearing in mind I sometimes jog back and forth, up and down the parade, looking for interesting shots, in the burning heat.
I was sweating buckets, during the summer, I took photos of 5 different events, all outdoors and in the sun, I lost one whole stone of weight.
Imagine how it feels for those poor dogs, panting with the heat. I know some owners have stopped briefly to give those dogs some water, because I saw them doing it, but you have to consider that during a moving parade, with a group of people, you could be side-tracked and forgotten to give your dog some more water.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
File: 2025002-0332
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that sex is defined as biological sex at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a protest. I heard there would be a protest at Bristol, and decided to go there to do some photojournalism photography of the event.
Starting from 10am onwards the crowd started arriving at College Green, which is where the Bristol City Council buildings are, and they gathered until there were like hundreds of them, by 11am they started the march into city centre.
They started the march, but only a minute or two later, paused the march. I think it is to make sure everyone at the back part of the march, are able to get into position or something like that.
In the background, the building is the Bristol City Council offices.
In Adobe Lightroom, I converted the colour photo into black and white, for a good old fashion newspaper like feel to the photo.
File: 2025002-0394
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photographs.
As a result of the Scottish Supreme Courts ruling that the definition of sex should be the same as sex at birth, many transgenders with the support of the LGBT community, took to the streets in protest, all around the United Kingdom.
I found out that there would be one in Bristol, so I drove there, and arrived at the Collage Green park where the gathering crowd was growing larger until about 11am, when they started their march into the city centre.
In order to leave the park and make their way to the city centre, they needed to get across a street, so they could start walking on the route to the centre. At this part, a few of the protesters decided to block the road.
This car was at the front of the queue of cars waiting to get through, and the driver wanted to speak to the protesters, likely to ask how long the crossing would take, or to ask if there is another way around.
There was a calm chit-chat, the driver and the two protesters were having a calm chat, very much diplomatically. The person wearing the hood and sunglasses is one of the few organisers of the protest.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, to try to get a dramatic feel to it.
Please feel free to comment on the photo, about the photo, about the subject in the photo, or about your experience.
File: 2023006-0506
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken between Hodge House and Cardiff Market (Marchnad Caerdydd) on St Mary Street.
This part of the area is not very far from the starting line (in the far background of the photo), because I often go back and forth along the parade looking for any interesting shots.
I took the photo here, to showcase what the route looks like, it was lined on both sides by people who came to watch the parade.
Notice the person wearing the T-shirt with the words HEDDLU POLICE on the back, this person is one of the many police officers taking part in the parade.
The parade would take approximately an hour to complete the one-mile course, but it took me about two hours, plus sunburn.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2025002-0116
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
There was a protest by transgenders in Bristol, one of the many around the United Kingdom, in respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling.
I went there as an out-of-work freelance photographer to do some photojournalism of the event.
At that time I took the photograph, the people taking part in the protest were mostly arriving, and the crowd was gathering. They all were simply milling about, as the march was not due to start for the next 45 (ish) minutes.
I was looking around for some shots of the protesters getting ready, and noticed this photographer doing the photojournalism.
In the background are the protesters, and like I said, were simply milling about.
Sometimes I wonder, this is what I look like to other people.
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File: 2023006-0635
The Hayes, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This was shot near the John Batchelor statue (the base is seen in the background) on the junction with Hills Street.
I think this lady is a street busker, and is seen singing as the Pride parade continue past her, heading for the junction of Duke Street and Queen Street.
Being a deaf person, I wouldn’t know what kind of songs she was singing, but by the look of the speed of her singing, and her movements, I’m taking a wild guess, and thinking maybe a ballad song.
Normally it would take about an hour to complete the one mile parade, but this is for everyone who is on the march, I on the other hand was dashing back and forth, looking for any interesting shots, would have taken about a couple of hours to do the photojournalism of the parade.
This area, where she was, would be more or less the approximately halfway point.
Because it was a very hot sunny day, I was sweating buckets, and ended up with a sunburn. The perils of doing outdoor photography in hot weather, is not thinking of bringing a bottle of sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2023006-0562
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken somewhere outside of The Alchemist, and Flight Club bars. The Greggs bakery would be on the left side of the photo, the logo is noticeable visible.
I was looking around for some shot, and noticed her with the whistle in her mouth, and carrying this placard, so I decided to try some shots.
I converted the colour photo into black and white via Adobe Lightroom, to try to give it a photojournalism feel, but I’m not so sure about the B&W tones, I think it needed more contrast.
The Pride parade was about one mile in length, and for those who were taking part, it would take them about an hour from the starting point to the finishing point. But as I keep going back and forth along the parade looking for any interesting shots, it took me like about a couple of hours, and I ended up with sunburn.
It was my second time doing a Pride parade photojournalism, as I had done the Bristol Pride in the year before that, which was also a very hot sunny day too.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2025002-0199
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
A transgender rights organisation arranged for a protest to take place in Bristol on that day. While the crowd was gathering at College Green before they were due to start the march into city centre, there were speakers taking turns to speak out their options.
What you see is some of the people sitting down at the front, and listening, while the rest of them at the back were standing up.
Notice the masked person with sunglasses on the head, is using a mobile phone to do the filming of the speakers giving speech. I believe this one is one of the organisers.
The photo was converted into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, to give it a good old fashion newspaper black and white feel.
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File: 2023006-0710
Queen Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photograph was taken in Queen Street, approximately outside of the Rokit, Kingdom of Sweets, and The Works shops. The Works is barely noticeable in the background, in the upper left of the photo.
It was taken on the last leg of the parade route, just one more block to go in order to reach the finishing point, by that point, unlike everyone in the parade who only need to march one way, I have been moving back and forth along the parade route, thus I’m more tired than they were.
The photos were shot in colour, I used Adobe Lightroom to convert them into black and white, for old fashion newspaper feel to it.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
Feel free to comment on the photo, about the photo, about the subject, or about your experience.
File: 2023006-0624
The Hayes, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This shot was taken just near the Vans shop, and the Gaucho restaurant (you can see the name in the background on the left side of the photo), on The Hayes in city centre.
Those guys are with the St John Ambulance, and are taking part in the Pride parade through the city centre.
At that point of time, it was more or less approximately the halfway of the one mile parade, and while it would normally take everyone an hour to walk from the start to finish, it would take me about two hours to finally take photos of the back end of the parade, bearing in mind, I sometimes went back and forth along the parade. This was approximately the halfway of my two hours photography task.
The photos were shot in colour, I used Adobe Lightroom to convert them into black and white, for dramatic and old fashion newspaper feel to it.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2025002-0186
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
A transgender rights organisation arranged for a protest to take place in Bristol on that day. While the crowd was gathering at College Green before they were due to start the march into city centre, there were speakers taking turns to speak out their options.
At that stage, a group of transgender rights protesters invited a small group of people who were protesting against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, to stand with them.
This lady is part of the transgender rights movement, you’ll notice that the flag she holds is actually the Palestinian flag.
While the people in the group were taking turns to speak, I was trying to get some shots, and zoomed in on her as she was speaking.
I converted it into black and white for a dramatic feel, and old fashion newspaper style image.
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File: 2023006-0359
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
This group of people are members of a band called Barracwda, the ones at the front are using just the drumsticks, but the ones behind them are using drums.
Barracwda is Cardiff’s Afro Brazilian inspired band, and according to their Instagram profile, said ”fusing the love of samba with funk, reggae and jungle.”
This is all the information I could get out of the Internet.
At that time the parade was still in its early stage, the front part of the parade would have already on behind me as I took those photos. I hang back to find more interesting shots from the rest of the parade.
Never assume the front of the parade makes great journalism photos, there would always be something worthy anywhere along the whole parade.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
File: 2025002-0193
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
In respond to the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that define sex as sex at birth, so many transgenders around the United Kingdom took up a protest against the ruling.
An organisation calling themselves What the Trans arranged for a protest to take place in Bristol on the 26th April, and when I read about it on the Internet, I drove there to do some photojournalism of the protest.
While the crowd were still gathering at College Green before they were due to start the march into city centre, there were speakers taking turns to speak out their options.
In the photograph, a group of transgender rights protesters invited a small group of people who were protesting against Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip, to stand with them.
Instead of taking a photo of the front of them, I figured to take a photo behind them, and show the gathering of protesters in the front of the speakers.
At that time I took those photographs, it was about less than half an hour before they were ready to start marching into city centre.
I converted the photo into black and white, while in Adobe Lightroom.
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File: 2023006-00761
Queen Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
I was at Queen Street, very near the Kingdom of Sweets shop and the Chopstix restaurant (noticeable in the background of the photo), doing the photojournalism of the Pride parade as they marched past me.
This crossdresser spotted me taking the photographs, and decided to do some posing for the camera.
The other crossdresser is holding the flag of Wales, known in Welsh language as Baner Cymru or Y Ddraig Goch. The dragon on the flag is normally red, however the flag the crossdresser is carrying seems to be modified for the Pride, as the dragon looks like it is in pink.
At that stage of the parade, they need to go around one more block before reaching the end of the parade.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
You are welcome to comment on the photo, about the photo, of the subject in the photo, or of your experience.
File: 2023006-0335
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken on St Mary Street, between Guildhall Place and Wharton Street.
This lady is seen wearing a T-shirt with the word Barracwda on the front, she is a member of a band called Barracwda.
Barracwda is Cardiff’s Afro Brazilian inspired band, and according to their Instagram profile, said ”fusing the love of samba with funk, reggae and jungle.”
This is all the information I could get out of the Internet.
At that time the parade was still in its early stage, the front part of the parade would have already on behind me as I took those photos. I hang back to find more interesting shots from the rest of the parade.
Never assume the front of the parade makes great journalism photos, there would always be something worthy anywhere along the whole parade.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride in 2022. I was covering the pride parade in order to build up a portfolio, with the aim of going freelance.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for better shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography pursuits, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2025002-0321
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that sex is defined as biological sex at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a protest.
I heard there was a protest planned at Bristol, and decided to go there to do some photojournalism photography of the event.
Starting from 10am onwards they started arriving at College Green, which is where the Bristol City Council buildings are, and they gathered until there were like hundreds of them. At 11am, they started the march into city centre.
This is part of the front of the march, here in the photo, they were bringing some loudspeakers, along with a portable generator manufactured by Kipor, I can’t be sure if it is petrol or diesel driven, on a trolley so they could keep playing music.
In Adobe Lightroom, I converted the colour photo into black and white, for a good old fashion newspaper like feel to the photo.
File: 2025002-0242
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that a woman is defined as a female at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a protest.
I heard there was a protest at Bristol, and decided to go there, to do some photojournalism photography of the event.
At that time, the crowd had built up and got larger, and it was getting closer to the time for the start of the march.
I noticed this table, the people there were giving out various information, so I thought to try any interesting shots around that table.
I converted the photo into black and white for a dramatic and old style newspaper feel to the event.
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File: 2023006-0250
High Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on High Street, roughly near to the High St Arcade, entrance.
Those people were holding up the colourful balloons designed to spell out the word PRIDE. They are the ones at the front of the parade, and in this photo, they were not far from where High Street ends, and becomes St Marys Street.
Notice the security officers and police officers at the front escorting the parade leaders, and also notice the other journalist also at the front (like the cameraman seen in file 0240).
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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File: 2023006-0040
Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
Those two women are helping put on an elephant head, onto the guy whom is seen already wearing an elephant costume. What the two ladies were doing was actually helping to make adjustments for him, to make sure the head would be put on correctly.
Why do I give this photo the title The Hot Suit? Well, at that time, the weather was really hot and sunny, the temperature was really high, like over 25 degree Celsius (for those of you who use Fahrenheit, that would be around 77.)
I could possibility imagine how hot it would be under this costume suit, it would be very hot, so figure why not nickname it The Hot Suit.
The photograph was converted to Black and White in Adobe Lightroom, for a good old fashion newspaper like image.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
File: 2023006-0008
Near Castle Arcade entrance and opposite of Revolution restaurant, on Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This street vendor is seen here carrying two bags full of long balloons, all of various colours, and he is seen trying to make his way towards the rear of the parade.
By strange coincidence, if you look in the background, near the top, you’ll notice the building’s shop front have three long strips of colours, just like the balloons.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
The Comment Box is NOT an adverting billboard or adverting space for the groups. Do NOT leave canned comments or award codes. You are free to comment on my photograph, about the subject in the photo, or your similar relevant experience. If you want to promote the groups you are member of, do it in YOUR own photos and YOUR own Photostream.
File: 2025002-0341
Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
The Scottish Supreme Courts ruled that the definition of sex is biological sex at birth, and as a result of this, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom started protesting.
I was aware that there was going to be one in Bristol, so I drove down there, to try to do some photojournalism of the event.
I arrived at College Green where the Bristol City Council is located, and started taking photos as the crowd started grow larger until by about 11am, when they started their march towards city centre.
This photo shows the protesters being prepared to leave College Green, and to start the march into Bristol city centre. Here, one of the protesters is using a megaphone to speak out to everyone, before they started the march.
It was shot in colour, I converted it into black and white while in Adobe Lightroom, and cropped it while in Adobe Photoshop.
File: 2023006-0524
St Mary Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
This photo was taken somewhere outside of The Alchemist, and Flight Club bars. (Note in the background on the right side of the photo, you may make out the Greggs bakery.
This section of people taking part in the parade are police staff, or in Welsh language Heddlu.
Among with them is someone wearing a red dragon mascot outfit, with a flag in the mouth. Notice the guy in the T-shirt looking back, he is likely to be making sure the mascot guy is doing fine.
The Pride parade was about one mile in length, and for those who were taking part, it would take them about an hour from the starting point to the finishing point. But as I keep going back and forth along the parade looking for any interesting shots, it took me like about a couple of hours, and I ended up with sunburn.
It was my second time doing a Pride parade photojournalism, as I had done the Bristol Pride in the year before that, which was also a very hot sunny day too.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
This is one of the earlier shots I took of a protest outside the council offices in Bristol. At that point of the time, people were gathering around, and it was building up, so it would be a while before there’s something going on. In the meanwhile, I was like doing a warming up, getting into doing some shootings simply by looking around for anything interesting to take photos of.
I figured this flag will do nicely, but even thought there was a very light breeze, it was not enough to keep this flag flying, I was still trying to catch it showing the whole flag. It was best I could come up with, and in the background is the actual council building.
The protest was gathering at College Green, and building up until there was plenty of protesters before they march into the city centre.
I start off a new series with this photo, the series is about the transgender protests, I believe called Trans Resistance Rally, organised by various groups, the photos will be slotted in between other photos I’m still uploading.
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Castle Street, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Wales (Cymru), United Kingdom, on Saturday 17th of June 2023.
About the photograph.
The photograph was taken on Castle Street, very near the junction with High Street, you can see the entrance to Cardiff Castle in the background.
Those people were holding up the colourful balloons designed and built to spell out the word PRIDE. They are the ones at the front of the parade, and in this photo, they were getting ready for the start of the parade through the city centre.
This was my second Pride photography, having done the Bristol Pride the year before, and my fourth photojournalism kind of photography. I was simply being an unpaid freelance photographer, taking the photos in order to build up experience and portfolio.
That day was a very hot sunny day, the parade was about one mile in length, and for those taking part in the parade, it would take them only about an hour to complete the journey. It took me about two hours, considering I often went back and forth along the parade looking for good shots.
At the end, I got myself a massive sunburn, but don’t worry, I learnt my lessons, on the next similar photography missions, I use sun cream.
About the event.
Pride Cymru was previously called Cardiff Mardi Gras when it was formed in September 1999. It held annual festival in Bute Park. It became a registered charity in 2010, and starting from 2012, they held a parade through the city centre.
In 2014, Cardiff Mardi Gras was renamed to Pride Cymru, and had operated under the new name ever since the change of name.
Pride Cymru is in reality a weekend event, often called Pride Cymru Big Weekend, and attracts up to 50,000 people over the three days, with Saturdays having the parade through the city centre.
The route for the parade is approximately about more or less one mile in length, and would take anyone approximately up to an hour to complete the route.
Because I was doing photojournalism, trying to find interesting shots, therefore I often sometimes walk back and forth, up and down the parade, so it would take me about a couple of hours to do the photo-shoot.
That day was a very hot and strong sunny day, and I some sunburn.
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Cathedral Plaza, at the south end of High Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. Sunday 6th March 2022, at around 2pm to 4pm.
About the photograph.
This photo shows a guy taking his turn to speak out his option of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while a group of people are listening.
Notice the two people at the far left side of the photo, one of them holding a placard saying ”Tyrants always fail” and the other person with a Ukraine flag on shoulders. There is a closer photo of them in my Photostream.
The last time I attended a protest to try to do some photojournalism kind of photography, was back in 1987-89 during my college days.
Since then, been trying to get a job in photography or graphic design. Got married, started having kids, then got a divorce and became a very busy single parent and full-time carer. Now that my kids are older and left home, I’m free and independent, so I decided to try to get back into doing photography. I need to refresh my skills anyway.
In the first week of March, 2022, I heard that there was a planned protest in Worcester which is the nearest city, so the night before, I charged up my Nikon’s batteries, formatted the memory cards to make sure I have plenty of storage space left for more photos, and made sure my photography kit bag is ready.
On the afternoon of Sunday, I drove to Worcester, parked my car at the car park, and walked over to the Cathedral Plaza, which is where the protests were due to start. At that time (March 2022), the Knife Angel, a 27 feet tall sculpture made out of knives seized by the police, was on display.
As the 2pm start was approaching, more and more people arrived there, I would say there was around about between 50 to 75 people, or something like that. The protest was really more like a Speaker’s Corner kind of protest, with many people just standing around, rather than a march. At least 4 or 5 different guys took turns to speak out their statements, while some people held up their placards. There wasn’t much of a protest, but then again, it is because Worcester is a small city compared to other major cities where protests were taking part on massive scale.
I tried my best to do a photo-journalism kind of photography, I went around the crowd and took as many photos as I could. Those are just the few good photos I could find out of the approximately 400 photos I managed to take.
About the overall subject.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine started on the 24th of February 2022, and in a short space of time, many Europeans, Americans, mostly and mainly anyone of “Western” lifestyle, people living in free countries, with freedom of speech, of choice, of votes, many of them started taking to streets to protest against the Russian invasion.
There were so many signs in various languages, often advising that Russia should leave Ukraine, stop the war, Putin being a war criminal, and so on.
This protest that I attended to take the photos, was organised by the Worcester Trades Union Council, and was listed on the Stop the War Coalition website, under the No to War in Ukraine protests section. This was just one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of protests happening all around the world on Sunday 6th March, in respond to President Putin‘s decision to attack Ukraine.
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Outside the Bristol City Council offices at Collage Green, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, on Saturday 26th April 2025.
About this photograph.
After the Scottish Supreme Court ruling that sex is defined as sex at birth, many transgenders all around the United Kingdom staged a nationwide protest in major cities.
I heard that there was going to be one in Bristol, and being familiar with how to get in and around Bristol, I decided to go there to do some photojournalism shots of the event.
I found the starting location, and saw a gathering of many people, so I started taking photojournalism shots of the protesters, many of them were sitting down and listening to various speakers taking turns giving speeches, until it was ready for the march into the main city centre.
I slipped in and out of the crowd, moving around them, trying to find any interesting shots that I could find.
I noticed this guy wearing a fur hat, and can’t figure how he would manage the heat as on that day, it was a very warm spring day.
The photos were taken just some minutes before everyone were to get ready for the start of the march into city centre.
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