Collins Dictionary has named "brat" the 2024 Word of the Year, reflecting a cultural shift in attitudes towards self-expression. The term now embodies independence and confidence, especially among younger generations who embrace assertiveness and personal freedom. This signifies a broader trend of reclaiming negative labels for empowerment.
“Don’t shoot what it looks like. Shoot what it feels like.” David Alan Harvey
Gingered up July ’23 Whoops, I seem to have slipped again on my gingered up, updates! I skipped April because we were in Scotland, then I made a plan to get this out in May, well that didn't happen. We're now at the end of June. Sod it, lets aim for the start of July… Continue reading Five things that got me gingered up this July ’23
16th March 2023 Photography is an art of observation. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. - Elliot Erwitt
Freedom Day! It sounds like a Hollywood blockbuster, right. Wrong.
"Hey, Whatup dram fans, this is One Minute Whisky!" There's no better way to start this glorious Friday than a shout out to my cousin Stewart and my favourite Instagram account over the past few weeks – Dram Dabbler. I love watching the 'One Minute Whisky’ videos and the descriptive anecdotes he uses to describe… Continue reading This is One Minute Whisky!
"Forget the usual questions about whether your photograph is good, or sharp, or well-exposed. Ask instead if it is alive. If it is true. If it is honest. Ask if it is worthy of your vision. Ask if it connects. The world has enough photographs that are perfectly sharp, perfectly exposed, perfectly boring". David duChemin
The idea 'Feck Perfuction' is not about lazy skills or settling for less than great, it's about finding (sometimes creative) ways to accept your life as it is, not as you wish it were.
The Shortbread Shed 