Wow.. It’s been a while since I have posted on me ole blog and here was me saying I was definitely going to post as often as possible.
Life changes, sometimes for the better and sometimes for the worse. In this particular scenario my life changed for the better. I had mentioned in previous blogs that I was going to post something that I had been “working on” over the last year. It has absolutely nothing to do with photography per se but more to do with enhancing my wife and I’s life.
At the end of May, Debbie and I finally got through all the waiting and frustration of the adoption process and two little souls were placed with ourselves for us to nurture and turn into adorable, sensible, perfect little people. I can’t honestly guarantee that they will actually turn out to be anything like that but I shall try my damnedest to make sure it goes that way.
The little people in question are a boy of 3 and a girl of nearly 2. The only frustrating thing about it is that I can’t actually post photos of the wee cherubs as you never know who may see them and all the legal stuff that goes with that. I’m sure my 3Tb external storage can take the strain of all the photos I am taking right now.
Which I suppose brings me to my favourite subject in the whole world right now (after my wife and kids obviously), photography! Having been with the two kids practically 24 x 7 in the last month, I’ve not really had much chance to get out the house myself and take some landscape shots or any other undertaking for that matter. I had the chance to escape the family for a little while and scooted along to Bangour Hospital (just outside Broxburn). This particular hospital has been closed for a few years now and it’s all boarded up. I really wanted to get in to get some stock shots of the abandoned buildings and get close up shots of flaking paint, boards, concrete, etc to start using in grunge art.
I have to say, I got plenty of great shots and great textures to use for future posts which I will show you all in the future but for the moment I shall step back to the beginning of the year and post one of my favourite photos from my birthday weekend, in this case, Rannoch Moor. Man, that seems so far away!
I particularly like the above photograph just because of the ice on the water. It wasn’t a cold day, just that the ice was melting from an overnight frost. I changed the tone of the photo to look colder and boosted the contract and colours slightly, to make it stand out better.
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