Nature through the eyes of my camera

 I am going to work with a group of like minded photographers on the theme of 'Connection'. Each of us will produce a piece of work about our connection to Suffolk. This will include eight photographs and a written piece about our subject. Our group will be led by Gill Moon, a professional photographer and publisher. Each participant was chosen from a number of photographers who had shown an interest in the project. Our first meeting was a zoom session where we were all introduced to each other and Gill explained her thought process about a topic on Connections. We all chipped in with our ideas and another meeting was made for February when we would meet in Woodbridge and talk through our own ideas for the project. My connection to Suffolk was going to be about insects and if there was a place for them in todays society. My first idea was to photograph insect/insects with an iconic building in the background such as the Orwell Bridge or Felixstowe docks.  I did a rekey of plac...

Having finished my Bronze Voyage award I wasn't sure if I would continue with the silver award. After a few months break, at the start of 2025 I decided I would attempt the next award. I knew I would need to take more time than I did with my bronze and go at a slower pace. Having decided what I could do for each section I made a start. Service I decided that my service would be split into two sections. Both would be with service to the community in mind. My first piece of work was with the Layham Local History Group where I photographed over 60 images of local artifacts that had been found in the local area by local detectorists. The items ranged from coins, brooches, horse buckles, bells to musket shot and cutlery. All the items were photographed, downloaded onto the computer, enlarged and tidied up. These were then printed and handed over to the history society who used them in an exhibition before saving them to the Layham history archives. The second piece of service will be he...