I’m frantically getting out and about before lockdown 2.0 or the weather puts a stop to it, the idea is to build a catalogue of photos to edit over the winter.
Yesterday was pretty pleasant in Brighton. Folk out and about enjoying the last rays of summer / autumn sun rays.
Adios summer, for what you were.
Its nearing the end of September, summers a distant memory and we now enter into autumn.
It’s been a interesting 6 months, dealing with work, juggling home schooling and trying to fit in some photography to document these ‘crazy’ times.
I think I am writing this blogpost with the the same mindset as you, that a second wave is coming, god knows what it will look like.
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Staycation 2020
A good friend of mine made an interesting statement about Covid19, back in May 2020.
He mentioned he was calling his girlfriends pug Civid' When I asked ‘why’? I was told, ‘its simple really…… it's stopping us going on holiday, we can't go out for an evening to the pub or restaurant and it poos everywhere'!
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Take it to the streets………..
……………….. a saying people often use to encourage protest.
Last Saturday, whilst I was passing through Brighton, I came across a protest about #BLM (Black Lives Matter).
This was the 3rd protest that has happened locally, since the savage murder of George Floyd.
It’s not only the amount, but also the diversity of the protesters that seems to grow each time.
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Whilst I am one to (try and) consciously avoid GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome), there are instances when this allows you to look at the same thing in a different light, to give a fresh perspective.
I say this as this is something that I had endured in the past. Chasing camera brands, lens, tripods, £££$$$!
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Masking over the cracks
I’m sat here on Monday 27th July 2020 writing this blog post, after the announcement at the weekend on 24.07.20, when the government made the wearing of PPE / face covering mandatory in the England.
That is when visiting closed spaces such as supermarkets, petrol stations, retail shops etc, MASKS ON
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Sublime online
I'm writing this blog, some 24 hours after going live selling my #02 Zine - 12 mths with the GRii.
This being three weeks leading up to the first anniversary of going live on the website
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Photobooks, the pond and telling a story
Here’s an update on my photobook’s series.
The intention is to buy a photobook per month. These are generally themed around streetphotography or portraiture, but I have recently added a documentary / photojournalism book to the library.
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