pixeldiva wrote in November 2009

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The view from above

I’ve always loved seeing things from different angles.

In fact, one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me was getting my Nikon Coolpix 995 camera with ace macro function and swivel body. Suddenly, I could see detail I would and couldn’t have seen before (the underside of flowers, etc.).

A few years ago now (five and a half, to be exact), I was lucky to be allowed up to the top of a very tall building in the centre of London. I was there to take publicity photos in advance of a charity abseil. I was very lucky to be allowed to do this (and also that they didn’t make me read and sign the inch thick document most photographers are asked to sign before being allowed to take pictures at the top of this building) and I still love the pictures I took up there. I remember being totally blown away by details which I’d never seen before (and would, most likely, never see again).

I was reminded of those photos by the fact that I’m working in a very tall building at the moment. I unfortunately don’t have the time I’d like to stand and gaze out of windows on high floors, but the time I do have is taken up by a childlike sense of awe at how amazing London is when seen from such a high vantage point, removed from the hustle and bustle of the rat race. It energises and inspires me.

I never got round to posting the photos I took that day, all those years ago, but I think it’s time that I shared them.

For all it’s grimness and grime, London is still an amazing city.

Making up for lost time

I decided, somewhat at the last minute, to try and blog every day in November.

Then I got an amazing job which took over my brain before I even knew I definitely had it, and so posting every day became not so much difficult, but less of a priority amongst the hustle and bustle of getting back to the discipline of the daily commute.

I still want to get back to posting here more regularly. I’ve really missed blogging properly (as opposed to the micro or nano blogging I do on twitter), so I’ve back-filled a wee bit with some of the photos which have been piling up on my hard disk.

It’s been a funny old year, this one, and there is too much that’s gone unsaid. There’s a fair amount which will have to remain unsaid, and — for reasons of client confidentiality — go unsaid in future, but I’m hoping that I can write (and post photographs) more and more frequently in future. I’ve got out of the habit of writing regularly and that’s something I’d like to remedy.

So forgive me if things go in fits and starts a little bit around here in the coming days, weeks and months. There’s a lot (been) going on and I’m trying to make up for lost time.

Many hands make light work

A Balloon over Bristol (Evening)

A Balloon over Bristol (Morning)

Ripples

Thankful

I don’t do it nearly often enough, but it’s so important to stop and count blessings every once in a while.

I have been incredibly blessed this past year.

I’ve been loved, supported, encouraged and asked to marry the most amazing man I’ve ever met.

I’ve been welcomed with open arms by his entire family and grown closer to my own.

I visited a place I’d wanted to visit for 20 odd years.

I’ve worked with some amazingly talented, dedicated, inspirational people, and learned a huge amount in the process.

I’ve been given the gifts of friendship and advice many times over.

I’ve been inspired and energised when I thought my well had run dry.

Tomorrow brings the first step down a new path for me and I am incredibly excited. This has been quite a rollercoaster of a year, but I wouldn’t change a minute of it, because it’s brought me to this moment, in this place.

Life is good.

I am blessed.

Thank you.

South Bank Sunflowers

London Autumn Sunshine