Self Portrait – Day 4 of 7

Do you ever have one of those mornings where you are all "fingers and thumbs" (not being able to hold anything). Well this was one of those mornings

Self Portrait – Day 3 of 7

Having more time before cooking, I took a little more effort with the lights; An AD200 in a gridded (and softened) small 300mm dish, placed to the left of the camera, way to close to me due to the size of the room set to TTL.

Self Portrait – Day 2 of 7

Gosh this camera is unforgiving, especially if you dont have the time to set up the lights.

Challenging myself to reset.

I was recently reading a post by Don Giannatti (someone I have been reading on and off for years). The post extoled the virtues of going back to basics, reseting, giving yourself (as a photographer) some challenges to shoot in a way you are not at the moment.

Relaxation and Photography: Our Time in Portmeirion

Dave and I chose to start the new year at a place we visited early in our relationship: Portmeirion, a very unique hotel in North Wales. This stay was 3 nights of pure relaxing. Minimal use of the phone (an occasional Instagram story - not post), no laptops or iPads. One camera; the X100VI