NotYetHere
I Turn Up, They Pay Me.
Each Day I get up and I go to work,
Sometimes I do things to make stuff happen,
whatever happens when I turn up,
they pay me.
Pipe fittings, gate valve and non-return valve on the steam plant. My day job, is to fix things, I like to think that after all my time I am reasonable at it now.
Around and about in Plymouth. Walking, watching and finding interesting things to look at.
Keep walking and looking for the unusual in the ordinary, there’s a lot to see out there.
A walk around Plymouth after dark, looking into corners and down the lanes. Night walking, quiet times to breathe fresh air and stretch my legs.
Fragments
“This is Coach F”
The stopping train to Edinburgh,
this is too many people
to close for comfort.
Just to close for personal space,eyeing the next station for a free seat.
This is glimpses of lines and countryside.
Travel, new places, or known places seen as an outsider. Spread out and look, see what you missed last time you came past here.
A walk around the back streets of any town can be moody and atmospheric, some places though seem to have it in spades. Torquay here and now, from the South of the USA in Miami last time, to the South coast of England this time. Just a few images, hand-held at night but the High ISO works the effect well I think.
When you see these places, slanted by my vision to match some style I am trying to create, you might wonder about the place. The reality is we create the mood as we explore, the editing, the crops and pulling the image into some sort of notion. That’s us, me as the photographer, just because it’s digital now doesn’t mean it is different to how it was in some halcyon day of film and darkroom. The image has always been manipulated by the creator or designer to fit some idea we have in our minds eye.
A Fragment of How It Is
That physical skin to skin touch of a hand,
only the ghost of it in a call.
An empty chair in a restaurant,
willing itself to be someone.Space, amid the noise, silence.
Tomorrow I will be home,
Tonight I am…
All you travelling people, be safe, and look around you. Enjoy the visit.
In November 2016 I had a couple of days in Montreal for work. I got away for a few hours to have a look around. To get lost in the city and find some of the atmosphere of the place. I found the people friendly and the city a pleasure to walk around. So I would recommend it for a visit if you are passing.
Lots to see I know, and as I headed out of the city towards Toronto and my next stop, I sat amazed at the distance travelled in such a short time. The technology that we just expect to keep improving and working for us. We should remember though to slow down too, to see the sky above us and the world around us. Otherwise what are we doing?
Enjoy the sights around you and take some time to look at things with a visitors eyes for a while. You will see your home a bit differently.
Fragments
We keep the words clear,
from the edges of the page.
To hold them back somehow,
to create the margins we need
to survive.
A walk through the world between places 