Normal Service Resumes
26th April 2011
After what seems like an eternity I am finally able to get back out on site and start taking images again. Back at the beginning of March I managed to sustain considerable muscle damage in my chest area (The price you pay for helping out your little brother - Thanks Joe!!!!!). This seriously curtailed my photography in every way and all our photographic trips had to be cancelled or rescheduled for later in the year.
A lot of people have said to me that this was a good chance to catch up with the backlog of processing images etc., however the problem was it’s been absolute agony siting down at the computer, or driving, as the muscles are compressed in the sitting position. Not to worry as it’s all back to normal now and full steam ahead with our spring projects.
Well spring is now here with a bang and the local woods are full of bluebells and wild flowers, and over the last couple of days it’s been a real joy to be out and about in the warm soft morning light taking pictures. It really feels good to be alive at this time of year, and I think it’s all too easy at times to forget how lucky we actually are in this country with our beautiful landscape and wildlife. It’s something we should all cherish and defend for our future generations.
My advice for this month’s photography is, if you’re not normally an early riser just for one morning make the effort to get down to your local wood before sunrise, and just sit and listen as the natural world awakens. The dawn chorus coupled with a beautiful sunrise is something very special and not easily forgotten, and you never know you may become addicted to this wondrous time and join the ranks of us bleary eye landscape photographers who roam the countryside at silly o'clock.
Over the next couple of weeks I won't be updating the blog as I’ll have no internet access where I’ll be working, however on my return I will post some new spring images, and have news of a couple of new trips/workshops for the Autumn and Winter.
