July
After nine years, I finally returned to Fladbury
Walkabout. I went on the Sunday, and
although not the sunniest of days, it was good enough to produce some decent
images, and I suspect if it had been sunnier, it would have been hotter as
well. The session produced 68
photographs, which meant at least July 2026 was much more productive than July
2025 was.
Had I not done FW this year, I suspect that I would not have
attempted it again until 2028. I am
expecting another art trail in Worcester next summer, and I will probably make
that the priority for next July.
I did also manage one day at the Gloucestershire
Warwickshire Railway’s Diesel Gala, on the Sunday. I had hoped to do the Saturday as well but
ended needing to run some errands instead; as a result, I ended up working
mainly in Gotherington on the Sunday, rather than being able to go further
afield. At the time of writing, I’ve not
processed any of the image, but the initial examination looks promising.
I didn’t do the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival. It was a possible fallback position if I
didn’t do Fladbury, and so wasn’t needed in the end.
The June total has been revised to 134 images, meaning that
the production target for Quarter 2 was met, and I am on track to make the
target for the year. I still have one
session to process from my holiday, but may well leave that until I’ve seen how
many images I’ve produced for Q3. I’ve
finishing uploading the May work (although I may replace one image with a
further reworked version at a later date).
August
As I write this, the 2026 Battle of Evesham Festival is
imminent, and I am expecting to take some photographs over the weekend. Quite what I manage remains to be seen: I’ve booked to attend the Professor Alice
Roberts talk on the Saturday, and I am staffing the Vale of Evesham Historical
Society’s on the Sunday Morning. I’m hoping
I can get some battle images this time, but this may involve some waiting
around. It is also likely to require
both cameras, with the A7III working at short-to-medium range, and the A77
& 500mm lens working at long range.
I am hoping to do a National Trust visit at some point during
the month, but suspect it will be one where I take my mother somewhere local.
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