Yesterday was a strange day. It is two years ago tomorrow that I maneuvered mother-in-law into the care home but it was on the Friday, a very wet Friday that the move took place in the dark that can only come from a December evening. These thoughts ran through my mind as I scuttled down the A140 from Norwich. I suppose trundled is a more apt word, one cannot really scuttle down that road anymore. I had decided to take ‘The Cheek’s’ CD with me and try it out as they suggested in the car. Good driving music. This at least kept my mind from wandering.
I came back to a maelstrom of activity following my previous blog and I suppose this sunk my spirits a bit but I am grateful for those readers who re-read it and made positive comments about the overall positivity of it.
It took a long time to get into gear and to get my mindset on the right wavelength to undertake some test shooting with a new sensor today but I did and that was after a rejuvenating visit to The Freudian Sheep where as chance would have it, two visitors popped in as a result of the leafleting that took place in my vicinity. BorinĀ had already leafleted this particular house and I happened to do it again accidentally a few days later and it was this activity that brought these two neighbours that I had not seen for 4 years into the Gallery. In fact I had only met them once before and that was at a Christmas party on the day they moved in to the street. I love it when things like this happen.
Anyway, I needed to waste some time until the sun dropped. Thanks for the coffee and chat Ian and Eleanor.
These are a selection of my tests today.

When I made this test shot indoors the result on the camera back made me think of Eleanor May’s crochet. I know it is nothing like crochet but there is something about shooting a fast prime wide open that gives a lovely soft feeling almost like cashmere.




These are heavily cropped portions of images other than the flowers. I am astounded by the quality and detail at 100% crops of the originals. All the images apart from the flowers are part of my record making for the RPS Contemporary Group Wet Dock Project.