![]() Its shape is freakish, and the engine noise is like no car that I’ve ever heard. This was at the old Brooklands circuit and I had no idea what this car was. I’d only been to a few events, but in 2017 I “went for it”. It reflects a bit of a change in my photography as I’ve slowly been getting into vintage motorsport since encountering the Vintage Sports Car Club 5-6 years ago in the Lake District. The first picture here isn’t perfectly-sharp but I love the subject and the expression of the boy in the passenger seat. ![]() I’m happy with the switch, if that is what it is, and all three of my favourite images from 2017 were shot on the X-T2. Mid way through 2017 I added the 100-400mm lens to my kit bag and while I still have my Nikon I barely paid any attention to its replacement the D850. In short, the X-T2 wasn’t content to remain as a second camera to my Nikon D800 and pushed it aside for almost all types of photography. It was about the Fuji X-T2 which I did get in September 2016, days after they released it, and it was going to be “3 months with the X-T2”, then it got pushed back to 6 months, then a year, and I still intend to unleash it on the world! I did in fact have a long post lined up, but just never got round to publishing it. But for some reason, I’m just not as communicative as I used to be! I knew I was struggling to keep the blog going, but I just realized that I hadn’t made a single “real” post in the whole of 2017! I am still alive, I do tweet, quite often, I still help people in forums, occasionally exchange harsh words too, and Facebook a little too, which I am told is a verb. The videos were just shots on the iPhone, normally handheld but using a sturdy Gorillapod 5K for the timelapse. 16 km on a single day was an exception though – and it’s really not the kind of thing Londoners do. They blocked roads and bridges, preventing buses from south London reaching the centre, so they certainly stretched my daily walking routine. So photographing April’s 10-day-long Extinction Rebellion protests was interesting and was the good exercise that I need. I feel that’s why I am doing more “street” photography, and it also explains my project on the Brexit protests. Another aspect of this re-acquaintance with London is the interesting stuff that goes on in this huge and varied city. Sometimes I stay close to home in Dulwich and have learnt to appreciate nearby Brockwell Park or I explore elsewhere in London such as the paths along the river towards the Isle of Dogs or Greenwich, places I used to go when I first started taking pictures. I mention this because part of the motivation has been how much I have enjoyed rediscovering the city. ![]() Unconnected to that conversation, shortly afterwards I began taking long daily walks, not missing a single day for over a year. My friend loves her adopted city in the Rhineland and she was surprised and saddened by my comment, as was I, and it was one of those conversations that has just stuck in my mind. I’m a European first, from Northern England, and I always react if anyone refers to me as a Londoner. I’ve just added a couple of new collections of pictures to the site – one on the Brexit protests and another on Extinction Rebellion.Ī year ago I remember telling a German friend how I have never really felt at home in London, even after 30+ years and how I’ve always thought that in 5 years’ time I would be elsewhere. Also see my Instagram and blog posts on Brexit which are mainly links to short YouTube videos of the more eventful days and curious moments. That day’s pictures led to this project, and since Westminster is only an hour’s walk or a quick bus ride from my home in 78%-Remain Dulwich, I then started going up to Parliament Square most weeks. She then decided to call a general election but lost her small majority in Parliament and found herself in office but with even less power than before to shape events.Īfter a couple of years of this self-inflicted chaos, Remainers eventually regrouped and in October 2018 I went on the “People’s March” to demand a vote on the actual Brexit deal that would “trump” the 2016 referendum. The 2016 Brexit referendum turned Britain into an international laughing stock.īrexit’s leaders couldn’t agree what kind of Brexit the country had voted for, and the hapless Theresa “Brexit means Brexit” May wouldn’t seek wider consensus to seek a sensible Brexit (big assumption, I know!).
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