after a ten year gap i challenged myself to do the thing i was always scared of, candid street, got a smaller camera, more discreet, but what got me out the door was a cheap ebay converted full spec camera and shooting in full infra red, big fluffy clouds against a black sky had me going wow at my shots, i went cloud chasing, not thinking of street, but my confidence grew at including people in compositions, then they became the subjet, took it to extreme where i got a 10mm lens and basically can now take your photo and light your cigarette im so close, i watched a guy use the lens i wanted in a vid and he took so many shots in 5 mins, i decided to use the 15 mins between trains i had every day going to work, had so much fun and so many shots i love im a year in and putting together a book. i found having the limited time each day added to the challenge, and there is only so far you can go in that time so calculating which route i would take, sitting on the train looking at the shots, having stuff to work on when i got home all very quickly became part of my routine, those 15 mins were long and boring if i didnt take the camera cos i forgot to charge batteries or was too rushed that day.

i found i was not being challenged enough by the thing i was scared to do a year ago and thats a great place to be, so now im doing long exposure street stuff as a new project while putting together the book, im learning book binding and want to complete the project all the way to a finished product i can keep.

i posted the 15 mins stuff online and had a few followers not many didnt really make an effort to get noticed was more a record for myself, but my new project ive for some reason kept offline, its quite freeing losing that feeling of looking for others approval, and im experimenting more, and i like the shots im producing, not as many not as often as the conditions need to be right for what im trying to achieve but im busy working through a year of shots at the same time so its just right.