When the Seasons Change part 1
Without a doubt, my favourite season not only to photograph but also to enjoy is the wet season. “Wait, where does the Wet Season fit in with Summer, Autumn, Winter and Spring?” I hear some of you say. Well, not a whole lot really, apart from it corresponding with summer and into early autumn in the respective hemispheres. I will talk more about this in part 2 but in the meantime, if you have never experienced a tropical downfall (rain) it is something you must add to your bucket list.
Summer
My early experience with summer was as a child when we spent Christmas with my mum’s family every couple of years, most of whom lived just outside of Sydney and some in Sydney. Most of those summer holidays were spent at the beach but before you ask, I have never been to Bondi.
As I was a child for most of these experiences, I didn’t take many photos.
Most of the summers I have experienced have been since I moved to the UK, and I know how much everyone here loves it. But what in the UK is called a heatwave would still be considered a cool Dry Season Day in the Top End of Australia. I find the beaches here far too cold personally, but I do enjoy taking the family there and I have on occasion got a good photo here and there. This is defiantly the best time of year to be outdoors in the UK and a great time to capture subjects in nature, but sometimes you may have to share these sites with a lot of people.
Autumn
Autumn is probably the best time of year photographically, you have the leaves turning orange and it’s still warm enough to visit locations and in most cases, the crowds have left. Just down the road from where I live is a massive oak tree that looks stunning when the leaves turn orange, ironically, I have never photographed it at this time of year, or pretty much any trees in autumn.
It was during autumn that I captured what is my favourite photo from the UK, which is of the sand dunes of Talacre beach with the lighthouse in the distance. I know I have shared it everywhere but here it is again, because why not.
Winter
This is to me, the worst of the four-season cycle, don’t get me wrong, it’s not because I was 25 before I first saw snow. I love the falling snow, it is amazing to see, and seeing the snow-covered peaks are spectacular, but for me, it is the never-ending cold and daylight is far too short. But that’s enough winging from me about that.
Spring
Since moving to the UK summer had been my favourite season of the four-season cycle due to it providing what little warmth we get in this part of the world. It is only in recent years since I have started capturing small subjects in closeup that Spring has become more exciting to me. It brings with it an abundance of new wildlife, insects and flowers. It was also in spring that I got the panoramic image, and also when I went up Snowdon, which is without a doubt the best photographic journey I have taken in this part of the world.
Despite not liking all the seasons, I have to say that I do like to see the changes in my surroundings as they change. But I am biased towards the tropical wet and dry, this will be blatantly obvious in part 2 when I discuss this then.
On an unrelated topic, I have a new personal project that I will be starting, where I will select a photo and discuss the story behind it. These won’t just be recent photos but also those that I have taken right along my journey.
Also, if there is a topic you would like me to discuss, please let me know, this month’s topic was suggested to me by one of my girls while out on the road.
