Despite my January optimism, February has been quite a disappointment. Mostly the issue is timing, with sometimes a decent amount of sunshine during the week but then densely overcast skies at the weekends. It’s infuriating. It didn’t help that my car had something of a fit while we were visiting friends in Lincolnshire – enough … Read more Not a Fab Feb
Gimme a Break of Dawn It’s happening at last! The days are getting noticeably longer. It’s no longer nighttime when we arrive at work, nor when we leave at the end of the day. Granted it’s barely light – dawn and dusk – but it’s a start! It’s cold, though, and that’s still an issue. … Read more Daylight At Last – January Update
After a relatively warm November, the winter temperatures definitely arrived. Over the last few weeks temperatures have dipped below freezing repeatedly overnight, sometimes to the tune of 3 or 4 degrees, and one or two days they’ve failed to get above freezing all day too. Although the temperatures climbed again before the end of the … Read more December Update: Fridays and Weekends
Silence in the courtyard, silence in the street… At work we have entered “the quiet period”. There is little to no new work in, or even on the horizon, and nothing is currently expected until well into the new year. During the busy period, we dreamed of this time. Now that it’s here, I think … Read more November Update: Colonies and Sanctuaries
May genuinely started out looking quite promising, at least in regard to my photography. The weather was beginning to improve and the colours were beginning to shape up. My new job was a social hour catastrophe, though, but pretty ideal for shooting photos – mornings and early afternoons to myself, evenings and nights given over … Read more May Goes Pear-Shaped
It’s probably fair to say that, photographically, April was something of a slender month. The loss of my walking buddy at the end of March obviously plays a significant role in that, but also that I started a new job. The new job had, shall we say, interesting hours. They tended to lean more heavily … Read more The Slender Month of April (A Review)
This update was mainly written before the end of March when Maisie passed away, and this has changed things greatly. Rather than discard this update, I’ve decided to post it, albeit edited and somewhat out of sequence now, because it focuses mainly on the enormous photography differential between February and March. The earliest months of … Read more February & March Update
Squeezed in on the last day… Photography First What an unexpected start! Whereas the lead up to Christmas saw me struggle photographically with the transition from Autumn to Winter, the New Year has really started very well. There are reasons, of course, and firing up my new p365 project has definitely been key. I think … Read more January in the Can
The new year is upon us so it’s time to take stock by looking back at the last twelve months. Favourites From 2021 I think almost all of my favourite photos from this year have been posted on this blog already, in previous posts. I’ve been more committed over the last 12 months to my … Read more Twenty One: A Review
I have been a heavy consumer of Youtube photography channels for some time, but during October, rather than the typical gear, composition and location reviews/tutorials, I began to focus more on exploring the philosophies of photography. As a consequence, I’ve spent most of my spare time in the last month learning an inordinate amount about … Read more Review and Update (Oct-Nov)
