Escapism

I believe that everyone needs some from the day job and for several years now for me it has been photography which I always thought was about being outdoors, standing on a beautiful beach or up the side of a hill.

Over the last few years that seems to be a small part of it and it has developed to be more than that with evenings and weekends spent in front of a screen or mic. 

However, it has become more rewarding and allowed me to engage with organisations and people from around the world.

The last few months have been busy and I feel I have accomplished a lot without actually taking photographs, and a lot is all coming to completion around the same time.

• Evenings spent to redesign and update my website which is now live with new work.

• Preparing a new talk, Not Just A Single Photograph, about my work to give to organisations, societies and clubs around the UK in person and on zoom.

• Planning and recording new episodes of my podcast which I’ve run for 5 years and published over 160 episodes reaching thousands of people.

• And very important to me, supporting those in need. I’ve raised over £4,000 for charities in the last 3 years and this year I continue to do so with a donation from every print sale and talk I give.

I fit this all around my work commitments and personal life but I do schedule time away from it to allow myself to come back to photography feeling refreshed and motivated.

So much for just taking photographs.