Un/Taken ep. 10 Neil Milton

Want to read what you don't get to see?

This topic is about the photo you did not take. If you haven’t seen the previous episodes, read those stories here.

In this episode we get to know the story of the Scottish street photographer and fellow Substacker

Neil Milton

. He tells the story of his photos, taken and untaken.

Here we go.

Untaken

Which photo was untaken and why did you not take it?

Like most street photographers, many of my pictures go untaken. Early on, I may have been too obvious in my approach. Experience brings invisibility - photographing in plain sight yet inconspicuous. Then, of course, there are times when reticence or naked cowardice rears its head and the camera remains by my side when it should be at my eye. It's tempting to think of the legends of street photography as devil-may-care artists, though I know masters of the craft who will admit great opportunities have passed in fear of bodily harm.

Recently, I wrote of the French adjective, disponible, which Ri…