It seemed to be getting better…then as we all start to get out and try to reboot the economy …. it got worse. Perhaps unsurprisingly we relaxed a little bit too much and gave the dreaded COVID-19 a chance to resurge. You only have to look in the local supermarket to see a lack of …
Actually managed to get out ….. for the first time in a while. Due to the easing of Covid related restrictions we drove down to the beach and had some nice sea front exercise. Despite pictures in the UK press, everybody was sensible and observed social distancing. They also appeared to be enjoying the weather …
Is the end in sight? The end to lockdown that is. There are some quite confusing reports in the media regarding this, but there is also the implication that we (in the UK) could look at a potential relaxing of the rules. I’m sure everyone would welcome less restrictions. What form that will take is …
GAS and Covid 19 make a dodgy combination. We are a few weeks into lockdown here in the UK with, at the time of writing, at least another three weeks before even thinking about lifting restrictions is on the table. (I’ve provided some images for visual breaks). Thanks to the NHS and all the key …
Printing is something that is becoming rarer these days. Most images languish on a hard drive or get buried somewhere in a smartphone album. When we cant find anything else to do we might look through them. Like when waiting at the doctor or dentist, you get the idea. Now it took us a while …
I decided to revisit my minimalism and photography post I did a couple of years ago: Minimalism and photography. Do they go together? When people think of minimalism they tend to think of having to sort out their stuff and get rid of it. If you follow The Minimalists you will get a much better …
Have you ever done anything just for the sake of it? At this time of year photography opportunities are limited. Either by weather or poor light. This tends to make me spend a bit more time at a keyboard and screen. That leads onto me looking at the design of the TMMA website. Anybody that …
Life gets in the way….. of all sorts of things. But just recently it’s got in the way of my ability to take photos. Now don’t get me wrong, I consider myself extremely fortunate and this is in a photographic context. Ive done a lot less photography in the last couple of months than I would …
You never know what you’ll come across as a visit to the local coastal town proves. It was a gloomy overcast December day and I thought I’d take my son out for a drive and maybe find something interesting to photograph. After having lunch out we had a walk down the seaside promenade. Apart from …
It’s a balancing act these days. My new found interest in Astrophotography has resulted in a new found interest in the weather. Keeping an eye out for clear nights is now something I do more often. The balancing bit comes in with fitting the odd clear night around family commitments. According to the weather forecast …
It’s bananas…. Here in the UK, Tesco managed to get them themselves some free publicity on the BBC news website over bananas. Apparently their inner city stores (due to increased rents) are now charging by the banana rather than weight. Effectively this means the price of said bananas has increased from between 10 and 15p …
There’s some new pictures added to the Eyes Down gallery here. Here is an example: My son Andrew takes all the images in the Eyes Down gallery. He has Down Syndrome and some communication difficulties but enjoys going out and taking pictures with his father. He is also has a gift to make people …
I’ve added a new gallery to the website and called it Eyes Down. This gallery contains photos taken by son. Andrew is 21 years old has Down Syndrome and likes taking photos. The images he creates mean something to him. It’s both interesting and illuminating to have this small insight into his world. You can …
With everything else we have to contend with, do we really need creative constraints as well? Leading on from my losing your creative mojo post, I thought it would be good to have a look at whether we should impose creative constraints on ourselves. Why do we want to make things harder, isn’t life hard …
A few days ago I got photobombed. It was a nice warm sunny day ( yes we do get those in Wales), so I decided to see if the dragonflies were taking advantage of the weather. I have a couple of places I go locally so I picked one to see if anything was around. …