Serendpity

Accidents happen don't they?
Serendipity, happy accidents.
The trouble with the Holga camera is that they can happen all too easily, the camera being designed for it really. It will trip you up if you are forgetful, get distracted after taking one shot and forget to wind to the next frame and you end up with two exposures on the one negative as here. Mostly the result is awful, a confusing mess but sometimes there is an interesting result. This is what happened here, I find it fascinating but I'll leave it to you to agree or disagree.

I suppose if there is a lesson here, it's that what may be a catastrophe can in fact turn out to have good repercussions, when the dust settles, when things return to normal (whatever that is?). In my case the death of my mother was catastrophic but after the inevitable changes to my life, I'm certain things will turn out fine, hopefully better than fine!! Time will tell, just wish it didn't pass by so bloody quickly...>>>>>!!!

Hope this all makes some sense, I didn't plan the words or edit much, they just came out....

Disconnected

Now that Autumn has started, it's time for a summer picture although admittedly not this summer but two years ago. This is the remains of the West Pier in Brighton on the south coast of England.

I have been absent from my blog for a while now, partly due to lack of inspiration but also lack of time due to certain events in my life recently. Namely the death of my mother back in July this year, a time in my life that was incredibly disturbing and painful.

There are one or two positive things about this time in my life, one of which is meeting members of the family that had become distant relatives, I mean that more in a figurative sense than a physical one for they are not so far away in terms of actual kilometres it's just that we lost touch for many years; contact was reduced to Christmas cards etc!!! I'm sure that it's not just my family that has this problem, we are far from unique I know which makes it all the sadder really.

From now onwards I intend to keep in touch with them all and visit as often as practical, make the effort to visit or just phone or email. There are so many ways to keep in touch now that the excuses for not doing so have been reduced dramatically over the years...!!!

Red!

I like this snap shot a lot, it cheers me up on these grey, wet days that we have been having lately in the U.K. Just a grab shot of an unknown girl, daughter of one of the many tourists in Trafalgar Square one sunny winter's afternoon.
The camera chose to focus on her coat but what the heck, it doesn't seem to matter much in this picture. Hope it puts a smile on your faces too :o)

Portrait Exhibition

Just a note to blatantly publicise an online portrait exhibition exhibition, the good people did me the honour of selecting my picture and placed it among some really great portraits by real portrait photographers! The 591 photo blog is well worth a look, lots of interesting and sometimes challenging pictures to study.
http://mrurbano.jalbum.net/Portraits%20-%20591%20Summer%20Exhibition%2009/
Mine is the little girl in the ballet outfit with her birthday cake!

Tulips

Just a snapshot with the Holga in spring 2008 outside Tate Britain. I was attracted to the light and the way it illuminated the orange tulips. One of the all too rare sunny days last year!

King of the Hill!!

A good friend's dog Giorgio surveying his territory, well he maybe thinks it his territory while he's bouncing around in the snow! He's not the only one that suffers delusions, omnipotent delusions, exaggerated ideas about his own importance in the scheme of things!!
Enough anthropomorphising, Giorgio is a dog and that's all, nothing more, nothing less he just gets on with the business of being himself and no more....

A children's playground in Elgol on the lovely Isle of Skye, a beautiful place for kids to grow up I feel. Anyway, memories of childhood and less complicated times in our lives.