2016 in Pictures - January 19th

Mackerel Skies

I was reading my Kindle on the train, looked up at the frosty landscape and the golden sunrise and thought: 'That's a gorgeous view.' Then I realised that was the point of this whole thing; to notice stuff like that. I got up, went to the door - no way I could get to the windows on the east-facing side of the train - and took a couple of pictures through the door as we pulled out of Waterbeach. This was the best of those.

2016 in Pictures - January 18th

Morning

I got into work very early yesterday, so I snapped a picture of the view from the window in the half-light. I shall try to limit the number of times I use this view, but I rather liked the one lit window in the foreground.

2016 in Pictures - Jan 17th

Moon Over Littleport

Thanks go to Andrew for spotting this one while we were walking with Arya. She's taken to asking where the Moon is when she can't see it, and in this case it was by the church tower at about one in the afternoon.

2016 in Pictures - Jan 16th

Daddy's Little Princess.

Weekends are obviously going to be a weakness of this project, since most of the time I'm watching to make sure Arya doesn't fall off things. Therefore, here is a picture of Arya dressed as Rey from The Force Awakens.

2016 in Pictures - January 15th

By any other name

And this is the shot that cemented the project - a single white rose blooming outside the University Accommodation Office in early January and in the coldest weather we'd had for months. It's just a shame there wasn't snow.

Again, the limitations of my camera come into play; I'd kind of like to have got a close up, but it was too far off and digital zoom is a lie.

2016 in pictures - January 14th

Cambridge in Gold

This is the first picture in my 'I take a picture of the world around me every day' project, and the view that inspired this whole thing. Sadly, it shows up the limitations of my phone as a camera and me as a photographer, but at least one of these things should hopefully end the year less of an issue than it is now.

Resolutions

It's late for resolutions, I know, but I like to be a bit different and this really only occurred to me last week.

Resolution 1 - Publish by 40

I'm going to finish a book and get it published before I turn 40 next January. It will be self- and e-published, but it will be published. That means working on my existing manuscript and having something ready to send to volunteer readers by the time I start on the next one at Camp NaNo.

Resolution 2 - Look at the world

In order to focus more on the world around me, instead of just inside my head, I'm going to aim to take one picture a day - and at minimum two a week - of something that interests me.