The last 18 months have been so strange it’s hard to know where to start. We’ve endured the most protracted lock-down of anywhere in the world and lived with uncertainty and an inability to make concrete plans. I’ve cancelled long planned trips, learned to work from home and struggled with anger, lack of motivation and occasional moments of darkness. While there are signs that life is starting to return to some semblance of normality, I doubt we’ll ever be quite the same again.
Certainly, my photography hasn’t flowed like it used to. Much of my work focused on the Melbourne CBD and surrounds, and I’ve hardly been there since the start of the pandemic. I just haven’t been able to click with the urban vibe close to home, but I have managed to find a few outlets, including some I haven’t explored before. Over the next few posts, I’ll share a few of them with you.
My camera club hasn’t been meeting in the flesh over the course of the pandemic. We have managed the odd field trip here and there, but for the most part we’ve met via Zoom, which has worked surprisingly well. We’ve had several virtual field trips with a variety of topics, mostly found close to or in home. For no particular reason, I’ve chosen to interpret these with self-portraits on a few occasions, so I think I’ll start with those.
