Just a brief bit about me. I have just had a birthday on all Saints Day. I am 42 and feeling every day of all those years today. I ran yesterday morning with my youngest daughter (11) and it nearly killed me. 8 O'clock on a cold Sunday morning, 5 miles, the only saving grace is that it's followed by a Costa to wake me up. This morning we had freezing fog and we ran 3 miles, that was harder and colder. I have no idea why I find the week day 3 milers harder than the weekend 5 milers.
I have been a little unispired with photography very recently, maybe it's the Winter kicking in. A glorious Autumn has passed and all of a sudden everything is bare and grey so I guess it takes awhile to adjust. However, I was inspired by the fog this morning, I tried to emulate a fantastic shot that I saw recently of a pine forest in mist. I failed miserably but did get another shot that I've yet to look at in detail but looked good at a glance.
I missed Bonfire night as I fell asleep. I was really looking forward to going to a firework display at one of the many glorious castles or at the local lake, I had big ideas on what I was going to do, amazing back drops, reflections of fireworks in a moat or a lake, long exposures with multiple explosions and unlike last year, it was a perfect evening for it, totally clear and unusually warm, oh it sounded to good to be true. I had such a busy day that fell asleep early, woke at 3am and crawled into bed missing everything, I didn't get a single shot.
I do have a habit of missing things. There was a photography competition in one of the local towns recently. I spent days, mornings, weekends and evenings taking shots and took a few that I was very proud of. I missed the closing date by 3 days. I nearly entered another competition for clouds but missed the deadline for that. I am currently missing the deadline for a portrait competition. After that I think I may miss a Christmas photo competition.
Anyway, enough of my late night ramblings!
No comments:
Post a Comment