Tuesday 25 August 2009

Nice work if you can find it . .

Well that was last Sunday when I turned up at the Burnham Beeches ½ Marathon and asked the Race Director if anybody was taking photos, and as they weren't, could I? And the RD he say Yep!

So I did . . 45 minutes sat on a grass verge opposite a nice looking country pub, and then about 90 minutes laid on the grass in the corner of a sports field in the grounds of Caldicott School in Buckinghamshire . . and very nice it was too, in the sunshine, watching all those runners go by . .

And either side of the photography, some time spent with some lovely friends . . Great Day :-)

I realise I've said something similar to this before, but where does the time go? Can't believe it's been so long since I last blogged here! Things have been good . . I've been to three races - the Harlow 10, the Bearbrook 10k, and now the Burnham Beeches ½, and had official blessing from the race organiser to take photos. Usually a little further in advance than an hour or so before the event starts!

I've written to 4 more races asking to go along and take photos, 2 have replied and are considering, two haven't replied. I'll probably just go along anyway, and if it's obvious that nobody is taking photos, I'll carry on . . and I've the Dunstable Downs Challenge and the Ridgway Run ahead of me, where in both cases I'm definitely t'Official Photographer :-)

Can't complain about not hearing from running clubs when their websites are usually run by volunteers in their spare time . .

Interest has been promising from the 3 races to date, and I'm pleased with the number of sales I've had so far given that I've had hardly any publicity . . all the more reason to use this blog of course - anything to help people find out about me and my photographs . .

So to pick up from my last blog, yes, I've found out how to cut down much of the work I used to have to do to get mmy photos online. There's still plenty to do of course, and on each occasion I learn more about how to streamline it all even more . .

That's enough for now . . here's my tribute to Yorkshire Day . . which was August 1st btw . .