A reflective look back at the last year.

2019 seems like such a long time ago now. It’s history and by looking, I’m looking back. I find that I don’t do that as much as I used to. Possibly because I now prefer to look forward. What was quite nice though was to look back and see what I had experienced throughout the year. It was certainly very busy and to look back at some of the imagery brought the pace home.

We do quite a lot of portraits here, although I use the term portrait quite loosely. Many of them a little more than passport photos, we get the chance to be a little more interesting. Working in both the studio and on location a big part of the job as a photographer is dealing with and portraying people… or pigeons.

Sometimes you see a character that just draws you in. Often at the most surprising times, like the man who came dressed as a poppy on Remembrance Sunday in Banjul, Gambia.

I do love a good expression. In this image, the situation is not obvious at all, but the look on the young mans face tells a story, especially with his right hand lightly touching the bar, I can feel the tension.

Photographers get the chance to experience life outside of your normal boundaries. The annual Gurkha Dashain festival, is, by all accounts very different to the event back in Nepal, but when held here in the UK, they are vibrant colourful and great fun to experience.

It’s not all about bullets and bangs, there is often a subtlety in play when you have to try to tell a story in a visual way.