Thursday 19th February 2026
Early evening and I set off for a photowalk, nothing in mind other than I was going to stay local, the farthest destination no more than a half hour away, each stop for a shoot ranging from five minutes to thirty minutes apart... so I had walked for a total of an hour and a half by the time I got home.
I made a total of fifty four images and this one was the last... I like it because the lighting captures a mood, a feeling, a story, and although there is no actual gesture it's quite obvious what the subject is doing, while at the same time the story could be a multitude of possibilities... is she phoning someone - is someone phoning her - is she being threatened - (she's definitely engrossed) is she being jilted - is she chatting to her meet up - or is she simply on social media!
The image was captured in RAW and though I spent some time post processing I didn't actually do a lot to the image, the main being crop and aspect ratio (I'm into 16x9 at the moment), tone curve, a little to colour grading and some masking, this is all part of the fun and fulfilment of photography for me.
I'm not a prolific shooter but when I do indulge I make sure I get my two ha'penth worth... as my grandmother would have said!
Friday 27th February 2026
For my photowalk I went to Kingswood, a small town three miles north east of Bristol city centre and a fifteen minute bus ride from my home.
The town centre has many closed down stores and empty retail units though it has a relatively vibrant and busy shopping precinct, my walk covered this and the surrounding area.
I spent a pleasant couple of hours and captured sixty odd images none of which were particularly worthy or of any note except this one and once again it was the last one I made, and rather out of my comfort zone.
I was drawn to the blue graffiti 'splodge' on the glass of a bus shelter and while working the scene I noticed the object in the corner of the business window which is similar in colour.. so a composition was set about resulting in this photograph, cropped to my preferred 16x9 aspect ratio with little in the way of post processing.
As I say somewhat out of my comfort zone and not what I look for while on a shoot but it's surprising what can catch your eye and subsequently make an interesting, half decent image... well at least I think so!