photos and other media

It's only been a short time that I could stand up in public and say "I'm a poet". If you'd said to me last year that I'd have over a hundred pieces of creative writing to my name by the middle of summer 2005, I'd have thought you crazy.

Now, if you'd said to me that I'd have over a hundred photos on my website, I'd have said "At last!" And why? Because I've been taking photos since about the age of 10 - and that's quite a long time ago. I've had phases - sometimes I really get into taking photos - sometimes I leave my cameras in the bag for months or even years. I probably have several thousand photos around the house - I actually have no idea how many there are.

Five years ago, someone asked me if I'd ever done any drawing - and that got me started on drawing and sketching and painting. What I found is that I really enjoy quick sketches, but long paintings bore me. And I missed the immediacy of being able to capture an image with a camera - even though it might be ages before I saw the results (the cry of the pre-digital photographer).

So, now I have multiple ways of capturing what I see - poems, photos (both digital and film), drawings and just talking about it. Hurray!

And today I got the latest batch of digital photos onto my website - after a long struggle with the technology. What's there? Nature; Art in Action; the ships lined up for the Trafalgar 200 celebrations; Arreton 1642 & the promotional shoot for 1628; and summer in the Chilterns.

Simon.