Introduction

So, here we go. A bit of a project....

Thing is, much as I'm aware that I'm still getting to grips with the basics of photography, I'm quietly pleased with a few of my shots and I like the idea of doing more with them than merely stuffing them onto a shelf, never to be seen again. While I can put them up on Flickr, there's still something missing. A sense of real purpose, an end product.

The project, then: I'm calling it "photocrossing", as it takes its inspiration from bookcrossing. I'm going to pick some of my favourite shots, frame small prints of them, and leave them in various places around Hastings for whoever happens to find them. Each photo will have a label on the back:



I'll take shots of wherever I leave them...and if, by some implausible chain of events, I find out where they end up, I'll record that too.

For all I know, everyone's doing it already and I'm the last to be told...but it seems like a fun and interesting way of giving life to my photos after they've been developed. Besides, I love those moments when you're walking around, minding your own business...and the world suddenly catches you off-guard in some small way that makes you smile or makes you think. If I can give someone else one of those moments, that's a happy thought.

So, the first two in the series are ready to go:





...and I'll report back when I've released them!