Photographing 2013: My New Year's Resolutions

The Big Wheel at Birmingham's Christmas Market: my photographic highlight of 2012

Like half the country, the arrival of 2013 yesterday found me writing down New Year's Resolutions and earnestly committing myself to personal wellbeing and self-improvement. I'm still working on the whole social sharing thing so I'll spare you the serious stuff. Instead I'd like to use my first blog post of 2013 to set out the challenge I've set myself in the area of photography.

As ever, I'd love to know your thoughts on my what I've written. As I am still very much developing as a photographer I would particularly welcome any hints or tips you might have in this area.

Every Picture Tells a Story

Wet Night in Birmingham: from one of my recent Photo School assignments

 (Please excuse me for giving this post such a hackneyed title. I blame Rod Stewart's recent whirlwind of activity to promote his latest Christmas wares. I can't promise things will get better from here on in but I will certainly try.)

I am writing this post on a wet Saturday afternoon in Birmingham. What light there was earlier is beating a hasty retreat, leaving in its wake nothing but a grey and dreary expanse. Despite the weather's best efforts, however, am feeling upbeat and energised. What can explain this state of affairs? I can only put it down to having got myself along to Matt & Pete's Photo School this morning.

Since moving to Birmingham earlier this year I've attended Photo School several times already and have learned something new about photography each time. I'd like to use the rest of this post to show you some of the photos I've taken at Photo School and share what I've learned from Matt & Pete.