No, I’m not AWOL. After we got back from holiday - the wettest in 25 years, by the way, I wrote up a couple of entries to showcase some of the pics I took in the Lake District.

Before I could format the photos into the style I use on the blog, sadly my father-in-law died. All my time has been taken up helping my wife prepare for the funeral which will be on Monday. Part of this preparation has been copying some photos of him which we will display at his funeral reception.

Normal service will be resumed in due course.

One of the projects I’ve been working on recently is a multi-blog site to encourage other photographers to start their own blogs.

I came up with “Cathus Photography Blogs” which is a website where people can go & start their own blog. It’s completely free & there are tutorials & guides to help you get started.

I posted about it in the forums at DSLR User Magazine & as a result 12 people have signed up & started their own blog.

If you’re reading this & interested in trying your own Photography Blog, visit the site, starting a blog takes just a few minutes.

Blogging can be a lonely business, especially for special interest bloggers.

If you have a photography blog, how about trading links; I’ll add you to my links section if you do the same so we might be able to generate some visits to each other.

Just leave a comment with your blog details & I’ll add you.

Well, it’s almost a week since I started this blog & I’m really enjoying it. Even if I say so myself I think it looks really great; the design is one of thousands of free WordPress designs available from WordPress.org.

Interestingly, when I got home from the Knebworth trip on Sunday & started processing the shots from the CF card, the first think I wanted to do was stick a few up on the blog, rather than showing a few on the Photography Forum or even on my own photo website.

I’ve added a link to one photography blog so far, which happens to belong to a guy from the DSLR User Forums.

If you have a photography blog, perhaps we can swap links, just let me know.

Welcome to my photography blog!

I’ve set up this blog as a means of documenting my photography passion & my journey with photography over the next year. I’ll be including my experiences in taking photos, my meetings with other photographers & my equipment & techniques.

I also hope to include some tutorials on how I achieve what I do, together with info and pointers towards other photographers & techniques I admire.

All photographs posted in my entries will open up to a larger view when clicked on.

If you have any comments, questions or suggestions please leave a comment in the entry or email me at: