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It’s been a while since I put key to computer and talked about my photographic work.  It feels long overdue and to put this right here are some notes that I hope you’ll find interesting.

My recent personal targets have been to sharpen up (if you’ll pardon the pun) my manual focussing skills. It hasn’t let to lots of bokeh, which I guess would be what most people are expecting. It has resulted in quite a few very badly focussed shots but a goodly number of interesting, and bright photographs. I’m a big fan of this kind of challenge.  It forces the mind to take a step back and to think not just about the technique itself but also on the impact it will have on the composition. Technology and artistic composition are two of the underlying principles of photography and one cannot thing about these too much.

Of course targeting a technique is all very well, but you need to have something to photograph. I’ve spend some time looking at forgotten parts of my home town and also used a trip to West Wales to help me out. I’ve not been to West Wales for at least a decade so it was a great opportunity to take a fresh look at things.

Here are some my favourites.

You can of course see my photos on Flickr

Or at my shop on Red Bubble

Flickr houses the largest collection of my work. Red Bubble is a list of those that are available as commercial prints