A shadow of my current self

I took this shot doing about 17mph on the A281, which on reflection was a very silly idea. There was quite a bit of traffic about and I wasn't paying much attention to the stuff you really ought to pay attention to as a cyclist. But I need lots of generic cycling pictures to go with my road.cc blog so needs must and all that - and I do quite like the outcome.

Family portrait

Here we all are, strolling towards the King Alfred Leisure Centre for some Sunday morning family leisure - specifically a swim, followed by a walk home again, then a bargain lunch of some description.

I know this is going off the point a bit in relation to a shadow family portrait, but I remember when we used to go for two or three Sunday pub lunches a month and not worry too much about the finances. We were able to buy little treats here and there - we even went for the occasional foreign holiday!

But not any more, oh no. The freelance lifestyle has put paid to that. It seems we can't be happy and comfortably off. This is almost certainly not the case at all, of course, but it certainly feels like it at the moment. So maybe the photo isn't off the point at all - maybe we're a shadow of our former selves. Or something.

Anyway, we had a splendid time in the swimming pool and whatever the lunch was it was jolly tasty, so all's well really.

Seafront shadows

I was thinking today, as I randomly strolled around looking for photographic inspiration, how much easier it would be to decide what to photograph if I had some sort of overarching theme to bear in mind. And that's when it struck me how much I like shadows - the way they change things, how completely we take them for granted, the depth they give to textured surfaces, and so on. So maybe that's something I'll bear in mind the next time I'm randomly strolling around looking for photographic inspiration. Or maybe not. We'll see.

Fire escape shadows

Went walkabout this afternoon in search of something suitably lovely for the first proper photoblog shot. Didn't have much inspiration if I'm honest but this caught my eye. I think this is going to be very challenging some days. But hey! what's life without a challenge?