I have added some new pictures to my photoblog: http://www.photoblog.com/dreadwear.

They were taken on Boxing day when I, Sam and Oliver and Nana and Louis all decided to brave the weather that day and go to Covent Garden.

Oh what fools. It was so cold, so horribly viciously cold that we all managed to stick it out there for a too long half an hour! Yep, all the way from Enfield and Bounds Green to walk as quickly as we possibly could through the plaza, round the very few stalls that were there on the day and to listen to one lonely song from a couple of very brave opera singers. Then we just had to mad dash it back to the station and home to Nanas house for a slap-up meal.

I took a lot of photos, but not many were really worth keeping. Just those that are now on my photoblog and here is one to adorn this post.



This is a picture of the Enfield Lock Train station underpass. I don't know what made me photograph it, it is really not very picturesque at all. BUT I think I have now managed to capture the bleak coldness of Boxing Day by turning the picture into a black and white one, whilst keeping the air and the outside blue. And believe me, the weather was blue!

I wish now that I had taken pictures of Nana's delicious vegetarian curry that warmed me up perfectly later that evening. It would have been a great 'hot and cold' set of pictures. But hey. I forgot!

Regardless of how cold it was, it was a great day none-the-less. I think BECAUSE it had been so uncomfortably cold, we really did then appreciate the warmth and cosiness of being at home with good food and good company.

A great Boxing Day!

Photoblogging

I have joined photoblog.com and have been uploading a few of my favourite photos there and also checking out other peoples photos. Really enjoying it a lot so far and have had a few positive comments about my own offerings.

I have always had photography in the background of my life, my mother was a model before I was born and I used to really love looking at her portfolio of photos. She was indeed a most beautiful looking woman. And then my father was the MD of Gilchrist Studios (now no longer around) which was an advertising agency where they did the retouching of advertising photography.

My father also had a huge collection of photography books that I used to pour over whenever I visited him. I didn't know why I loved photos then, but I am getting an inkling as to why I do now.

I have always had a bit of a creative streak in me, have been doodling and sketching all my life. I even went to an Art school for a year during my time living in Spain (as a child/teenager/young adult). I have kept this up all these years, drawing, in the main, comic/cartoon panels (which I will scan and upload here and elsewhere soon). I and my mother used to make costume jewellery way back then too and sell this at markets in Mallorca for a few years. etc etc.

Now, I have discovered photography and it is becoming a bit of a habit now.

So, anyway, I am going to upload a picture here and also add the address of my photoblog here to in case anyone is interested in checking it out.

So, here is my favourite picture so far. I took it in the Summer of 2007 during one of our visits to the Southbank in London. We loved it there. There is so much going on there, street performers and people and fun and excitement. It is full of excellent things to see and do.

One afternoon we had tired ourselves out a bit and were resting on some grass and were about to watch yet another performance (I think it was to be Dragon Heart which was BRILLIANT).

I was just lying there looking up and this picture is what I saw. A bright red umbrella peeking over a balcony or terrace at me. The red against the blue was perfect and the building roof framed it exactly so.

I love this picture. It just has this open feeling to it - lots of blue sky, a random umbrella peering down on us and interesting angles of a roof.

And it reminds me of just what a wonderful Summer we had each time we visited Southbank. We returned there again in 2008 and had an equally great time. Will add more photos of both years there shortly. We will be going there again this year...

Please see more photos here: www.photoblog.com/dreadwear. I hope you enjoy them...