As a photographer, I’m always on the lookout to ‘see’ an interesting photo.  In this ongoing quest to capture things I find interesting, it’s all too easy to overlook some of the most important and most interesting photographic subjects around me because of familiarity. I forget that things which are familiar to me might not necessarily be familiar to everyone else.  When something is shiny and new, I notice everything about it, but when I see something often I start taking it for granted.  This isn’t necessarily a bad thing.  We all assume the floor is underneath us every time we put one foot in front of another.  Can you imagine walking or running if we didn’t?

One of the things I love about photography is that it constantly challenges me to see things differently; from different perspectives.  I love this because it forces me to appreciate things differently, to see things differently and in new ways.

There’s been talk amongst the Fab Collective recently about photographing family and one particular photographic project has stirred many of us.

Days with My Father

Those of us who are lucky enough to have family…  Well…  Maybe, it’s time you took another look at them.

There is nothing more important to me than my family.  I’ve spent my entire life with them and they’ve helped to shape me into the person I am today.  But we’ve all flown from the nest and live miles apart from each other.  So, what I want to do is to take another look at them and the life we share.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to capture the essence of what that means to me and share some of that with you.