Family
Photography - Half Mile Challenge
My son is doing one of his A-Levels in photography, and his teacher gave him a “Half Mile” or “neighbourhood” challenge where you photograph what’s around where you live. I thought it sounded fun, so I went out with him and did my own version of the challenge alongside him on my iPhone! 🙂🤳
I decided to use this as an opportunity to push myself a bit out of my comfort zone and edit some of these outside of the usual style I’d put on my photos, and apply some techniques I don’t use so often, such as black and white, white vignettes, grain and so on. Also shooting things I typically wouldn’t focus on such as photos of animals, street photography that includes people as a focus and so on. I’m quite pleased how these came out and we had a really lovely morning adventuring around. 😊
It’s been truly eye opening dealing with companies and processes following my fathers death and me helping to settle his estate. Some companies bereavement departments have been truly amazing, with empathetic people who truly seem to care and also get stuff done.
Whilst other companies have bumbled and stumbled along with truly terrible processes.
Want to find a company that has it together? Check their bereavement support pages/processes 💯
My trip to Japan is looming large now and I’m part excited, part nervous and wholly unprepared 🤪 (Or at least feel that way as travel date is only in a few weeks!)
Time to write some fun lists (What I want to do, eat, where to go) and some not so fun lists (Things I need to pack, take, buy before) 🇯🇵🍣🚅
Did our yearly “Portland Bill Blow” yesterday where we blow away the old year and welcome in the new.
We have been very fortunate to roll with the punches this year, but globally, so many have not been so fortunate for many reasons.
If ever there was ever a year that deserves a kick to the kerb, this would be it!
Here’s to a better new year everyone 🎉
