The Photographer at a Bean Feast By the time the photographer arrives , the holiday makers are generally rid of any stolidity which may have characterised them earlier in the day . They consequently regard the performance of the photographer less as a historical function than as a practical joke . The effect is to make them incapable of standing still at the critical moment . The effect upon the photographer is to reduce him to a condition bordering upon imbecility as he tries to range them in decent orderliness ( Drawn from life by Paul Renouard ) 1894