Bye bye weekly Fotophilia

After 10 years I have decided to end weekly editions of the blog. Instead it will be relaunched in the new year possibly with a new design and topics which reflect the photographs that are currently being produced on the website. (At this point I will pause so that you can have a mad scramble to see what is on the website at the moment)

There will be collections of images on the same theme and reports of outings which I have currently made. It is quite often suggested that I should visit a certain event. When this happens the photographs will be a record of whatever it is, so that those taking part can view happily – or unhappily all the pictures.

Each blog will be on a specific topic or event. Frequency of publication will mirror what I am currently working on. On the one hand this may mean they won’t appear weekly and on the other hand it may mean that successive blogs show a development of an idea. You’ll get the hang of it. Sadly the humour will be the same though.

As you may gather I have obtained a drone. In fact Father Christmas brought it last year and I am still getting used to it.

I have enjoyed putting it up on slightly misty mornings. I am not fortunate enough to live in one of those wonderful locations half way up a mountain where on a sunny day one can see the mist hanging in the valleys, but putting the drone up, even over our rather flat landscape may reveal gentle elements of mist and an emerging sky behind.

Familiar landmarks may be photographed from new and interesting angles.

Majestic Norfolk churches may be seen as part of the landscape which they inhabit.

I was asked by one of our neighbours to take some photographs of the damaged roof of his barn with the drone. It helped him and the builder who could instantly see what he was up against in order to repair it.

Next sailing season an occasional shot of a regatta might be an addition to the pictures I normally take, but this sort of thing is not without problems. Discretion needs to be used because of wildlife, also one aerial shot looks rather like another so one mustn’t do it too often. The weather also is a governing factor. There must be enough wind for people to sail but not too much for the drone to fly. Drones also don’t perform well in rain.

Well that about wraps up this week’s entry.

Anticipating questions – how often will blogs be posted? Difficult to say at the moment but those who have subscribed to the blog will be notified in the usual way.

How does one subscribe? Follow this link to the blog page on my website and fill in your email address.

Alternatively you can keep visiting this page and new posts will appear, but not necessarily weekly.

My thanks to our regular reader(s) for putting up with me for the last ten years and greetings for Christmas and the New Year to you all.