Click!

Notice the title of this post? The very first one on this blog! The "Click" of a camera shutter is one of the most satisfying sounds I know - especially when I know that I've bagged a good shot. It's also one I haven't heard in a while, ever since I switched to digital, more than three years ago. My mobile phone camera attempts an electronic approximation, but it's not quite the same.

About this blog - it's meant to be a sort of photographic journal, documenting what I've been up to with my camera, a commentary of photographic techniques and experiments, the places I visit in search of a nice-looking image and maybe even a look at what's out there - cameras, techniques, people and websites.

Over here in Kent, England it's autumn. The trees are beginning to blaze. And from the train, you can once again see those scarlet creepers draped across walls beside the tracks (where do they go in summer?). And cliched though they are, like almost all photography, autumn shots are a delight. For the next month or so, that's what I'm going to be doing. Till the leaves are all gone. And then it'll be time for those frosty, snowy winter shots.

Here's one to start with - this was taken in the parking lot of a local shopping centre - not the most inspiring place for nature shots, but I thought this worked, somehow, the bright red of the leaves contrasting with the drab dirty-white concrete, and a hint of more autumnal beauty in the background. I'll leave you with this one today.