Cheers! 🍻

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Took these a few weeks ago, and was wondering what to write about them, only to remember the significance of today’s date: 17 years ago today I started My Funny Eye! The internet has changed so much in that time, but I’m very grateful that my own corner of it is still pretty much the same. So, I raise you all a glass and thank you for being here throughout the years 🥂

Place of worship

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I only took one picture during the gig me and Z went to a few weeks ago, and this was it. I got a text from her a week later saying, “Aaahhh, I want to rewind one week and go to the Justice gig tonight!!”. I felt exactly the same; I think it was the first gig that I’ve ever wanted to see again, exactly how it was, because it was that good. We have since made a pact that we will commit to see them every time they tour. The rest of their current tour are all festival shows, but I think I draw the line there. I mean, I’m 50 this year *

* I’ve said this so many times since I turned 49 that I don’t think I’m letting myself be the age I am. I also say it a lot, as so many new people I meet say “You don’t look old enough to have a 15 year old!”, to which I reply “I’m 50 this year!!” 🤪

10/01/25

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Hello hello! Hope you’re entering 2025 ok? I felt a bit low towards the end of last week, so I made sure that I headed into town to look at some art. It was the perfect reset, just like I knew it would be. I’ve also got a new camera which I took with me, and I really enjoyed trying it out. I usually shoot with a wider angled lens, so the 50mm one that I used on Friday is literally like looking at the world with new eyes. I’m not sure it’s right for me, but we’ll see. It’s funny how much the blog format dictates whether I shoot landscape or portrait, and I was a bit miffed that I kept going for landscape again, when I’d managed to wean myself off it in the past six months. I never crop pictures afterwards, but when I took the last picture - landscape - I immediately realised that I’d made a mistake. The guy moved before I could re-take it, and I felt Saul Leiter on my shoulder, shaking his head with a sigh. Well, I’m cropping it here Saul - especially for you. And I reckon the picture with the water being swept (NOT cropped) was a little high five between the two of us.