“What`s for dinner”?
“Dunno, have a look in the fridge”.
Pause.
“Chicken – big one”.
“Roast it”?
“OK”.
Pause
“Hang on, I`ve got an idea”.
Get chicken, prop chicken, style chicken, photograph chicken.
“When`s dinner ready”?
“When I`m finished with the chicken, that`s when”!
Cook chicken, rephotograph chicken.
The chicken is the star.
Eat chicken. Tidy up. Sit down.
“What`s for dessert”?
“You must be chicken lickin` joking”!
School`s out, the heat`s up and you live opposite a park. So what to do? Water fight – what else!
I bought a new camera! I know what you`re thinking – photographers and their gadgets and you`d be almost right. Ever since I switched to digital, I`ve used Canon DSLR`s and although they work in every respect, you`d hardly call them discreet. You`re not likely to fit one in your pocket or carry it at all times of the day. With that in mind I went shopping and came home with a Fujifilm x100s, a fantastically small and high spec compact.
So on Saturday, I wandered out with the camera tucked in my pocket and bumped in a wedding party round the corner from home.
I know this location has been done to death, not least by me, but hunting though the files, I found a different version of Neist Point in the Isle of Skye from late last year. I guess the rush to edit sometimes means you miss what`s under your nose. Ho hum, got it out there 9 months later than I should have!
Walking the streets of Hackney, I found this old motor in a parking lot. It made me think of The Long Good Friday……………………..only it was a Sunday.
We stumbled on this building in Belfast a couple of days back. A long time empty, it had once been a school but was now open to the elements as the roof was gone. You`d think at this point, there would be a few signs and fences to deter entry but nope, straight in and then pretty quickly out again, as the floor was going the same way as the roof.
There has to be some fringe benefits to being a freelance photographer and this may be the best I can think of. A mid week trip to Dorset for sunrise and sunset.
Durdle Door, Dorset
Swyre Head, Dorset
Portraits of the brothers. It`s been a while since I could get them to sit still long enough to get some pictures but warm weather, the promise of a fiver and some donuts bought me five minutes.
With this being February, I was hoping for three foot drifts of snow, stormy mornings and howling winds but it wasn`t to be. Peace and calm with the odd shower reigned. Next time……
Dunstanburgh Castle
Blyth Pier
Just before sunrise on a clear morning in December, and the Thames is steel grey.
