Spotted this on a tree near the entrance to a local park. The entrance is near a motorway bridge, and it was surrounded by bunches of sunflowers attached to the trees with letters to a young local man who had committed suicide a couple of years ago. The letters were from his father expressing how sorry he was that he didn’t help his son.
As the poster says, many many men suffer suicidal thoughts for one reason or another, either because of abuse, personal situation, depression or otherwise. Thankfully the days of the ‘pull yourself together’ stock reply are rapidly becoming a thing of the past.

Today was the annual TalkPhotography North West meet. Unfortunately due to unforeseen circumstances I couldn’t make it. I was still in the mood to take some photographs so popped to Pennington Flash (a local nature reserve) with another fellow photographer, Gaz Eddleston, to wait for the sun set. We spotted some rather interesting debris by the waters edge.

A silhouetted tree against a sunset with some cloud definition. It’s like the bangers and mash of the photography world. Real comfort food for the mojo.

I went to the beach with my wife and children last month. I took my camera with the deliberate intention of taking some shots of the children for post-processing. Here’s my 10 year old daughter at the beach.
Again, it’s very much a Chromasia-influenced shot, and the same with the processing. For that I make no apologies. I do not intend to copy, but merely imitate and emulate so I can learn more tricks and skills to find my own path on this photographic journey