Fear not, I am still alive

Well, it's fair to say that the past couple of months haven't been the most productive as far as TAOP goes.

It doesn't seem too long ago that my tutor emailed and suggested that he'd be expecting my first assignment by 3rd October.  That was in September and I was motoring along.  It's now mid-November and it's fair to say that there won't much progress this side of Christmas.

Far from it being all doom and gloom I have taken a few decent shots that will form part of an exercise or the first assignment - one of which is this:

55mm, 1/125 secs at f/22, ISO 100

posted on Flickr, it's been viewed 335 times (far more than any of my other images), commented on 23 times and added as a favourite 18 times.  Lesson learned?  Find relevant groups and get your photos seen.  Not only was it a surprising response I've made some great contacts that will undoubtedly lead to more views and feedback on future images as well as inspiration.

I have done some reading of the recommended texts and I'll endeavour to do more over the coming weeks in the absence of getting the camera out.  Watch this space for more.

I'll sign of with details of one field trip in the next couple of weeks.  I've been asked to photograph a music gig; something I've never done before.  So whether or not the images will come in handy for an exercise I'm hoping to learn plenty.