Sometimes I wonder if I have any talent for photography at all. After yesterday’s walk around the marathon that was taking place in the town, going in with a plan (“a documentary look at a marathon”) and coming back with two SD cards of crap images, I can’t help wondering if photography is for me…

So much for exporting Instagram data in JSON format. It just doesn’t work. Now I’m left with this 600mb archive full of WEBP files that are about as useful for what I want to do as a chocolate fireguard. Why can’t things just work as it’s supposed to {shakes fists at clouds} …

With everyone out, or at work, or asleep I went out for a short walk around the polder behind the house. I didn’t bother taking the camera, instead relying on the mobile phone. Listening to The Photowalk, a brilliant podcast about, well, photography…

Up early this morning. I don’t do lie ins - any longer than about six hours in bed and my back is destroyed. So, up early with the birds. Coffee on, radio on, heating on, time for breakfast. While I wait I’m continuing my trawl through Lightroom in an effort to put some order into it all.

I’m getting pelters of my family for my Xmas Playlist (which I’ve been working on since July) because it features Paul McCartney’s Wonderful Christmastime about six times throughout. They just cannot accept that it’s the greatest Christmas tune of all time. Period.

As part of my New Year’s resolution, I wanted to start blogging again. So, 2025 is the year to start doing it. Mind you, I said this in 2021 as well, and in 2022, and probably in 2023 also, but this time around I’m really going to give it a good go.

Now to find some people to follow…