What's a lockdown Photographer to do !

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You can come in , and out and in and out , it's like the hokey cokey ! What is a lockdown photographer to do ...

In my case I have been sorting out my slides, photo's and postcards , I also thought I had about or around 15, 000 saved....BIG no ! it's now closer to 93,000 !
That was a shock and a new hard drive and more backups were done in the most quick of manners.

I had great fun looking back on what I actually had/have some published and some have yet to see the light of day ...
below is one I had written about before for a now out of print magazine and redone for the E-Zine OLM 




Made me think about the things I do in my spare time and what photos am I actually aiming for in the long run?  Do I want to appear on the weather channels - nice - but folks you just get the kudos and no pay! The 'nationals' are a better bet, but again the shots used on a regular basis are quite niche, say we both took one of Blackpool Tower, one was a drone shot...guess which would be choosen! Not all can afford a drone or the cost that goes to create a professional image.





The above one was taken in 2014 on a trip with my wonderful mother - Kath Gregson - who had been treated by my dad - David Gregson - to have a flying lesson as an anniversary present - a local shop for the past two years have been asking the local population to submit photographs to use in a calender to raise money for charity , I have been proud to have been chosen to appear in the last two.

When I was on my travels ( seems so long ago now ! ) to take pictures of a building in town, a lady stopped me and said "Are you that Juliette that does the history ones?"
"Why yes, yes I am ! "
I still think it's me and a few friends that go *ohhh look at that *

For the future I shall continue to take my kooky shots and talk myself hear and there.. Life is too short to do something that you do not enjoy..










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