Cheating! So I have been using ChatGPT 5 to come up with interesting photo ideas to take down in Melbourne. I have asked it for those which would be free to take at certain times of the day, when to be there etc for the best light, and for each photoshoot I would be happy to pay for entry fees to gain access to others (e.g. The Latest French Impressionist paintings on display at the NGV - National Gallery of Victoria). I've given it a fairly liberal 12 hours for a planned visit. So in the grid it came back with some excellent ideas, a number of which I had not thought of. But here's the problem . . . I have asked it for map with a walking route with times between targets and whether or not a trip on a Tram is best, etc. It stays stuck on stupid and keeps referring to "as the crow flies". I am not a crow however, and need denoted footpaths and laneways and streets to walk on and how long they will take and which obstacles I might face - what are the known Tram delays due to Protesters on a Saturday, etc. Will keep working on it, however once this is perfected and one has a Drone at hand . . . LOL, just input this and say "Drone Go!" and observe from 150 km away. Taking all the fun out of Street Photography by 2030, but hey . . . you can't beat nor fight the ever improving Tech World we are slowly inheriting. Thoughts? What do you think we will be facing in 2030?

A shot from NYC earlier this year, taken from Tiffany's window.

Hi, I'm Steve, I'm a 60 year old professional laminate floor fitter from Northeast UK, I rekindled my love of photography last year after discovering street photography. Here are a couple of street shots, first one from earlier this year taken in New York, a black and white shot from York, UK, and an old shot from around 10 years ago before I even knew street photography was an actual thing. Hope you like and hopefully this will be an inspirational community.