It’s been around four months
since my last blog post. That gap could be, in part, be attributed to the Covid-19
Coronavirus pandemic which has turned the world upside-down.
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| The Tipsy Two. A composite of two backlit shots. Original images F/16 --- 1/200 sec --- ISO 100 --- 24mm |
But really, that’s a bit of
an excuse. The truth is, I’ve ever been very good at keeping a journal, which
is basically what a blog is. I once took a course in journalism - and I passed
it. Got a certificate and everything. And I do love writing. Next to photography,
it’s my favourite thing to do with my clothes on. I suppose that I just lack
the self-discipline to keep up with it when there are other things to be done.
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| Fun with a glass ball and two specs rests. Composite from an outdoor shoot with a white screen behind |
However, although I have
been mostly locked down in my house since the beginning of March, with only the
occasional very limited necessary sally forth into the outside world, I have
been able to make use of my camera. In fact, I think I have shot more frames in
the first six months of 2020 than I usually manage in a year. I’ve experimented
with water, backlighting, bokeh, macro, the Moon, and other stuff I probably
would not normally have got around to doing. And just recently, I have found a
shed-load of videos that I like (as opposed to the wealth of on-line dross that
I’ve ploughed through to find them) which have and will, both help me to improve
my skills and give me ideas to try for myself.
And I’ve been entering
contests on Photocrowd and plugging away at uploading images to Flickr, all of
which has helped to get my work out there.
So it hasn’t all been a total
loss.
Anyway, that’s enough
gassing for now. Enjoy some random shots from the last few months this I've picked for this post.
