WRC.

The Coast to Coast, Glasgow and Isle of Skye

After a taste, probably best to follow through. 

I recently arrived back after almost three weeks in the UK. The first twelve days were spent with my mother on a trip we've wanted to do for a long time. On the road, in the mountains, on map, off map. What will be slow dripping over the next week or so are the photographs I just picked up from those fine boys at Sydney Super 8 (http://www.sydneysuper8.com.au) in Newy. Go there, develop there.

What Place: Three days of the Coast to Coast in the Lake District to the Yorkshire Dales- then Glasgow, then a sheep farm on Isle of Skye.

What Camera: I wanted to go holiday cameras- aka something faithful and something new. My two picks were a Nikon 35ti, and my new baby Canon Eos-3. As I’ll dig in more as we go, both turned out to be perfect and surprising- appropriate, inappropriate, challenging and a joy all at once. For two operationally easy cameras, it’s great to find challenges and unexpected twists in getting that sweet spot. 

What film is a little less wild and more basic. I picked up a bunch of film on the cheaper end- Kodak Gold, and Kodak Colorplus 200 in Glasgow when I was pinching pennies before London. For cheap film, I was surprised and tested by the quality of both. Wouldn't be a holiday though if I didn’t introduce some form of barely-an obstruction for me to work with, now would it?

If I said I’m back, would you believe me?

The last photograph I uploaded was about a year ago, and how fitting it was of the same lovely lass who I just visited in London. Ridiculous- and when I held a camera again, I realised how long I’d gone without photography to feed on.

2018 was much the same. I still live in Sydney. I’m winding up my Doctorate. But you’ve caught my on the precipice; next year is another one of those years where a lot will be changing. I suppose this is what this project is about- everything changes but it’s always there to come back to. As they say, wrcreagh, he’s always hanging around somewhere.