Merry Christmas everyone, it's December 2019 and my final show of the year (although this will miss the usual Wednesday slot since its Christmas).  The idea behind this show was to look back over the year and talk about what has been happening in terms of meetups, blogging and podcasting.

Obviously we are going to go through the results of the Kodak competition too, so stay tuned to the end for that.

ARTICLES

Well, what a year, as far as blogging is concerned I wrote articles for:

Analogue Wonderland

35mmc

Kosmo

Emulsive

Street Photography magazine.  

We even had a guest article by David on my website about shooting infrared film too (check it out here).

FRIENDSHIPS

I would like to thank my friends for their continued support and help over the years teaching me how to improve my portraiture and lending me gear too.  These are namely:

Leon Broomhead, Jay Good, Jay Clarke, Stephen Rendall and Jon Scrimshaw.

KODAK COMPETITION

Quick update on this.

PODCASTING

As far as friendships are concerned, there are just times when you meet like-minded people.  You cannot do this every time, but when you do it's a long-lasting relationship.  These are (in no particular order):

Jason Lane

Steve Lloyd

The Graybills

Quinn Jacobson

Dominique

David & Ned Collyer

John Hughes

Andrew Sanderson

Tuan Bui

SHOOTS

Occasionally there has been a group photoshoot and one model session too, which I really enjoy. The group shoots have been arranged by Jay Clarke at the x-church in Gainsborough.  They are fantastic for learning, sharing, practising and networking.  

During December I shot a wedding too, it was to help a friend's daughter out in my home town of Scunthorpe.  After checking out the venue earlier in the year I anticipated my gear would not be suitable but arranged something to get past this.  Hopefully, in due course in the new year, I can show you some photos from this session.  Shooting in December indoor is never easy and without light, you have no photo, so it was challenging.

MEET UPS

In early 2019 we managed to catch up with a few faces at the Photography Show and it was the first time I managed to speak with the likes of Stephen at Kosmo, Paul at Analog Wonderland, Steve Lloyd at Chromas, Sunny16 podcast team, Sam at Solarcan and John Whitemore to name a few.

I was fortunate to catch up with Paul Lefko from L.A. during December.   On the way home from meeting Paul, I dropped in at Cambridge to meet up with John Hughes.  

PROJECTS

During 2019 the secret project ended, full details will be released in due course.   The Washi project started and there was one update about issues with the camera, more details soon.

For 2020, there is a street photography project due which is tailored around a few individuals and talks are ongoing with some analog photographers for another too.  

FUTURE

During 2020 your first podcast due is with Bellamy at Japan Camera Hunter, there will be a fighter pilot due and many more to come. Don't be afraid of approaching me with your ideas, sell your story.