I spent a lot of time over the past 12 months really enjoying my attempts to rekindle a love of photography.
As well as buying a new camera (a Sony DSC-H400), a definite highlight was being asked to take pictures of the brilliant Depeche Mode tribute band, Speak & Spell, at two gigs in London and Bedford (many thanks to Keith, Paul, Tony, Paul and their manager Claire)
Here are some of my favourite photos from a year behind the cameras – the forementioned Sony and an old Canon EOS 350D (and sometimes an iPhone).
Keith Trigwell and Tony Clare, Speak & SpellPaul Wood, Tony Clare and Keith Trigwell, Speak & SpellNever Let Me Down Again, Paul Wood and Tony Clare, Speak & SpellKeith Trigwell, Tony Clare and Paul Boddy, exit stage-left, Speak & SpellKeith Trigwell, Paul Boddy and Paul Wood, Speak & SpellPaul Wood, Speak & SpellPaul Wood and Tony Clare, Speak & Spell… (this shot has since been used by the band in promotional material)Dean Goodwin, Kloq (Speak & Spell support act)Tony Claire and Paul Wood, Speak & SpellTim Jackson, Dean Goodwin and Oz Morsley, Kloq (Speak & Spell support act)Last night in Marrakech, kids and streetfood market stall hostsSunrise in the Sahara Desert, near ZagoraSunset, Sahara Desert, near ZagoraHotel door spyhole, EssaouiraSunset, overlooking Jemaa el-Fnaa market, MarrakechSouk steet diner, MarrakechRecreating a classic Depeche Mode video, city walls, MarrakechBeach walk, EssaouiraStumbling across the old and the new, St Alban’s Church, LondonFirst morning of “frosticles”, Bishops StortfordHedge mischief-makers, Audley EndJet-lag wandering, SingaporeQuiet time with book, Bishops StortfordSensory overload in a taxi, post-12-hour flight from Amsterdam to Hong KongKillarney Castle, Ireland.Train travel, LondonPub lunch, The Firehouse, LondonCross-processing, Bishops StortfordPre-summer festival hair dye, Bishops StortfordHeat break, Marrakech
And… if there is one from a list of favourite photos this year, it would probably be this image from Les Dex Alpes in France.It was purely by chance that I clicked the shutter went just at the moment the clouds started to clear as we climbed higher.
It was purely by chance that I clicked the shutter went at the moment the clouds really started to clear as we climbed higher. I think the ski tracks in the snow from earlier in the day actually create a nice contrast to the cloud and sky above.
