Today’s Sunday Showcase comes from Gary Perlmutter. When he’s not earning his living from Wedding and Portrait photography, Gary heads out to embrace his real passion…. Street Photography.

My father inspired my passion for cameras and photography. I went on to become a professional photographer, earning a living photographing weddings and portraits. In my spare time however, I have always had a love for Street Photography; indeed my first published photograph on the front cover of the local paper was of non-matching speed limit road signs, taken whilst I was still at school.

I try to take a camera with me wherever I go. Although brought up on film, I love the immediacy of digital, so I was an early adopter of digital. Over the years I have used various cameras for my street work, always looking for the ‘perfect’ street camera. At present I use the amazing Fuji X100. One day an Leica M9 perhaps?

In Street photography the images I am attracted to the most and the ones that I try to achieve, are those with an element of humour in them. Of course not very trip into town yields a winning image, but there’s always next time ……