Take a step back and view the world anew, relying on your own experiences, rather than those shown to you.
2020 has been a challenging year, there is no doubt of it, but has it really all been bad?
Ove the last nine months, the media has painted a picture of doom and gloom, death and destruction, but for all the negatives, there are positives to be had.
Spend some time thinking about what you have achieved and done over the last twelve months.
There are positives to be had in there somewhere, so share them. Spread some light, rather than shrouding everything in endless fog.
First in a potential series, delving back into the CKPonderings Archives…
Pretty sure I have not shared these in a blog before, but here are some images from a trip to Kenya over a decade ago, and some of the fauna we came across while ‘on safari’.
While I was preparing this post, I realise it has been ages since I last looked at these images. That’s the downside of photos being stored online nowadays, I guess! There are some I am particularly proud of (ones which, because of that, I have posted before, and so have not included here), but I am happy with all of these. They show not only the beautiful creatures we can encounter in this world, but also their natural habitat.
It’s time to get those cameras ready for this month’s Mass Observation Project on CKPonderingsToo!
The theme for March is Change and you are free to interpret that theme photographically in any way you like.
It’s really simple to take part. If you’re interested, just:
Take a photo that represents the Change to you
Photos should be a maximum of 650 pixels in height and/or width
Email the image to adayinphotographs@outlook.com
Include your name and location and a short note about the photograph
Welcome to CKPonderingsToo and the first of what I hope will be a wealth of shared and project-based photographic journeys!
For this first post, I asked for people’s interpretations of the phrase “January Blues”. Many thanks to everyone who had submitted a photograph – here are the results!
Location: Photograph taken from the tow path of the Sheffield canal
Note: I spent a weekend taking photographs inspired by and exploring the theme of the project. It came down to two photographs but unexpectedly it was this one I kept coming back to. It was the last photograph from my walk along the canal. At the time of taking it I wasn’t entirely convinced it would work but it won me over to become my contribution to the project. The colour palette, simplicity and composition make it an undemanding image that I find satisfyingly easy on the eye.
January Blues by CKPonderingsToo
Name: CKPonderingsToo
Location: St Mary’s Island, Chatham.
Note: I was at a bit of a loss when it came to taking my own photo for the project. There was a lot going on and, if I am honest, I hadn’t really considered what I was going to do for the project I was supposed to be curating! But, during an hour getting away from what life was throwing at me, I spent some time wandering along the river in Chatham. What had once been a seething mass of dockyards was now being transformed into high quality ‘affordable’ housing for the masses. Chatham is not a town to forget its naval heritage, and so disused machinery has become art installations. This crane, which has long since lost its ships and cargo, stood proud against the January sky and its greeny-blue colour matched the backdrop completely.
Note: This photograph was taken on the Fylde Coast of Lancashire, north-west England. It was only mid-afternoon but the cloud was obscuring the sun, making it feel like a premature day’s end, so typical for a long January. The coastscape was sufficiently maudlin and bleak to add to this feeling.
More collaborations will be on the way, so watch this space!!!
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