Why is it when you think you can get time to do what you wanna do and you try to make a point of making time to do what you wanna do…you can’t seem to do what you wanna do. Things have a habit of taking over don’t they. So since the start of the year (ok admittedly only 2 weeks ago) my plan was to make time to get out more often to take some photos, try new locations, return to familiar ones and maybe even try the dreaded portrait shots, however the usual then took over me. Family commitments (rightly so), work and that fear of going out in public with a camera and drawing notice to myself (more on this one in a later blog).

Not all was lost so far this month though. You will notice from my latest uploads in the gallery and the shop off course that I had the chance to return to one of my favourite places to visit, not just for photos but for the views…Mussenden Temple and Downhill Beach on the North Coast of Northern Ireland. A little time available while in the area on a day where it was quiet and nice enough weather helped me to get out of the car and take the camera. I had the photos in mind cause I uploaded a phone camera one from the same spot a few weeks before on instagram and I wanted to get them with “the good camera” for printing purposes but imagine my horror when I rounded the corner to get the photo and there was a lovely Massey Ferguson and white van man right in front of the Temple, so my visit turned into a walk with a couple of photos thrown in, which was fine as I had time to enjoy the moment of solitude, breath in the sea air and savour the open space, outwardly and inwardly. Here’s hoping the rest of the month affords me… time to get out.

I hope you are doing alright, wherever you may be.

Winston