June (and Q2)
June’s photography was concentrated on one week in Dorset,
and so far, has produced 109 photographs, with two major sessions still to be
processed. I needed 299 photographs to
make the target for the 2nd quarter of 2026 and have managed 280; I
am confident that the remaining sessions will fulfil the target (even if I
don’t process them immediately), and overall, I am pleased with the production
levels for the quarter.
The holiday saw three National Trust visits, a return to
Bovington Tank Museum, and first-time visits to Bennett’s Water Gardens and
Upwey Wishing Well. There was a little
work done on the Swanage Railway, but with the same locomotive rostered on this
visit as in the two previous visits, I didn’t really do anything I hadn’t
managed before. As this was the 20th
anniversary of my first visit to the county, I had planned to try and do
something I’d done on the first visit, but this didn’t come off, partly due to
the rather changeable weather during the week.
That saying, the weather was an improvement on the 2024 holiday, and on
balance, I think I chose the correct week in June to go; earlier would have
probably wetter and later would have been perhaps too hot.
Sales for the quarter have been around the same as last
year, and I do intend to make some of the
Cotswold Festival of Steam photographs available for sale shortly. Perhaps the only slight downside with my June
activities is that I haven’t produced much in the way of photographs I am willing
to sell.
On another matter, the contact form reCAPCHA system on this
site was upgraded at the end of the month; this has been tested and does appear
to work. My other sites will probably be upgraded at
various points later in the year.
July
At the time of writing, it looks like the weather for the Fladbury Walkabout is going to be good enough to me to do this. It’s been nine years since I last photographed the event, so I am overdue a return.
I also plan to do the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway’s Diesel Gala on the last weekend of the month, for at least one day. I don’t know if I will be able to make the Severn Valley Railway’s Gala, as family commitments may prevent me from attending (and having looked at the event details, I’m not sure I’m all that bothered with it, anyway). I’m also considering the possibility of attending the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival but am not going to commit myself to it at this point.
The production target for Q3 currently stands at 239 images, although this doesn't factor in the unprocessed images from June, which is likely to reduce this figure.
The production target for Q3 currently stands at 239 images, although this doesn't factor in the unprocessed images from June, which is likely to reduce this figure.
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