My name is Jon and I am a bit LOST........

Who I am, what I do and what I'll be writing about on here.

Is that a dramatic enough title for the first post on here??

It is true though, not in a literal sense, but I am lost, directionless and adrift and at 54 years old, that is bloody annoying.

Ok, enough of that negative crap, there’s enough of that about.

I’m just a regular bloke, a quiet man from Norfolk in England, I have a lovely partner and three gorgeous kids. Over the last twenty-ish years I have been doing my best to make some kind of living (and believe me it is definitely some kind of living!!!!) from being a landscape photographer.

‘Are you f’in kidding??’ I hear you cry. Seriously, there are genuinely people who do make a good living from landscape photography, I’m just not one of those. I don’t crave wealth in any shape or form but I do crave a little more security and a few extra pounds here and there!!!!!!

So, yep, I’m adrift, but no, I’m not getting negative, it is merely an honest assessment of where I am, an incredibly apt word that encompasses exactly how I feel. On the flip side, I’m positive about times ahead and I’m resilient, to a point, and very very patient in terms of my work one day leading to better things, whatever that is. In other aspects of my life when my impatience kicks in I tend to like hitting or throwing inanimate objects, oh well ;)

You know what? I’m a good photographer, there you go, I said it, that’s not being big headed, I just believe I produce lovely (unpopular) work. You will not find me adopting the latest photography trend or travelling to far flung places that you see 2000 views of everyday on instagram. Simple, truthful, good old honest landscape photography (whatever that is?) is where I reside photographically. Let me try and explain that last sentence further, I like how the world appears to me, and I try my best to record it in my imagery how I see it at the time of making the image, to me, the world is beautiful as it is, I do not need to embellish it’s beauty with computer processing that will give me more likes on instagram, twitter etc etc.

Believe me, that is not a criticism of how other photographers work, it is just a statement of how I approach 99% of my photography. My more experimental images are normally made with my phone which gives me a great opportunity to play about and really try different things. It is a welcome change from my’ big grown up’ camera work, we all need that little break from the norm here and there.

So, what am I doing on here?

I miss writing. I used to do a blog a few years ago and I really enjoyed it, my follower used to enjoy them too!

In all honesty I can’t put my finger on exactly why I wanted to start again but it probably comes down to the fact that I wanted to put a little bit more of me out there. Yeah, I’m a photographer, but I love music (listening and playing), art, chocolate and cake (eating and baking) and I’m going to write about whatever I like and if you stick around or it entertains a few of you then that’s great. Above all, it will be good for me, it may help to keep the dark clouds away.

For example………you could get a description of my latest photo shoot with pictures and insights into the images, the next entry could be a review of an album I’ve listened too or a gig I’ve attended or hopefully an insight into some of my own music, the entry after that could be a triumphant appraisal of my latest cake, fair to say it could be a mixed bag of writing but hey I’m 54 and I really don’t care, I just want to do this.

Thanks if you want to join me.

J x