The aim of this project is to take at least twelve passable images a year in the way of Tom Way. The rule is that the pictures must have been created in or around that time.
MAY 2022 Image of the Month
I was in the Lake District this month
APRIL 2022 Image of the Month
Continuing a theme around mental health awareness.
MARCH 2022 Image of the Month
Sometimes when we feel fragile even our shadow seems stronger than we are
FEBRUARY 2022 Image of the Month
It’s an oil painting.
JANUARY 2022 Image of the Month
I started the year with a floral dance.
DECEMBER 2021 Image of the Month
Smoke on the Water. An abstract early morning scene to end the year.
NOVEMBER 2021 Image of the Month
During November I have been experimenting with collage. This is work in progress.
OCTOBER 2021 Image of the Month
I am reminded of the Robert Frost poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay:
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down today.
Nothing gold can stay.
SEPTEMBER 2021 Image of the Month
Taken on a weather challenged trip to the Western Highlands of Scotland
AUGUST 2021 Image of the Month
Many people have been working at home during the pandemic, and there is anxiety about heading back to work
JULY 2021 Image of the Month
In July I visited the Lake District, the weather was unusual because it was brilliant sunshine, so no opportunity for typically moody shots. This however, captures a little bit of the magic of the place. Taken near Buttermere.
JUNE 2021 Image of the Month
At this time of year, I cannot resist a wildflower meadow. We need to fight to retain these wild spaces.
MAY 2021 Image of the Month
I have had it on my photography bucket list for sometime.
APRIL 2021 Image of the Month
Start of a project to demonstrate how the demise of local retailing caused in large part by the growth of online shopping and out of town retail, is decimating our town centres.
MARCH 2021 Image of the Month
Continuing my Life in Lockdown Project
FEBRUARY 2021 Image of the Month
I have started a Life in Lockdown project.
JANUARY 2021 Image of the Month
It has been on my photography bucket list to take a picture of falling snow, and this month I got the chance.
DECEMBER 2020 Image of the Month
I took this image mid-December, but since then it all seems to have got even worse. This picture sums up the year to me.
NOVEMBER 2020 Image of the Month
Is it lockdown that is inspiring this outpouring of impressionism? Are we a little bit cut off from reality, and living our lives in proxy?
OCTOBER 2020 Image of the Month
Developing the Pep Ventosa style a little further, based on the bandstand featured in July.
SEPTEMBER 2020 Image of the Month
A message in a bottle.
AUGUST 2020 Image of the Month
Newton’s Tree outside Trinity College, Cambridge. Grown from a cutting from the famous apple tree which was taken in 1954. Newton was a student at Trinity.
JULY 2020 Image of the Month
This is part of an ongoing Pep Ventosa project.
JUNE 2020 Image of the Month
In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae
MAY 2020 Image of the Month
Gradually emerging from a corona chrysalis to see poppies caught in the breeze.
APRIL 2020 Image of the Month
Lockdown lends itself to still life. There is a beauty in dead flowers.
MARCH 2020 Image of the Month
Due to the restrictions caused by the coronavirus I am raiding the back catalogue!
FEBRUARY 2020 Image of the Month
The start of a project to capture ghostly images in historical settings.
JANUARY 2020 Image of the Month
Fell in love with Venice. So going back.
DECEMBER Image of the Month
It is the party season. Have a great New Year and see you in 2020.
NOVEMBER Image of the Month
A poignant image of a child in a bar in Walthamstow, London.
OCTOBER Image of the Month
A seasonal image created from my Autumn almanac
SEPTEMBER Image of the Month
Back to flowers this month, however much I try to leave them behind, they continue to invade my consciousness.
AUGUST Image of the Month
A street image snatched in Galway, Ireland.
JULY Image of the Month
Bubbles / John Gough / Canon EOS R
If I had a wall big enough I would like to blow this up and stick it on it. I think it would be quite therapeutic.
JUNE Image of the Month
Red Arrows / John Gough / Canon EOS R
The awesome Red Arrows perform at Shuttleworth, Bedfordshire
MAY Image of the Month
Kings College / John Gough / Canon EOS R
The magnificence of Kings College, Cambridge. The altarpiece is The Adoration of the Magi, a 1633-34 painting by Rubens
APRIL Image of the Month
Tulips at Trinity College / John Gough / Canon EOS R
Landscape and flowers, a lovely combination
MARCH Image of the Month
Gordons / John Gough / Canon 6D
The start of a series.
FEBRUARY Image of the Month
Body Wave / John Gough / Sony a6300
The juxtaposition of hair products and this character caught my eye.
JANUARY 2019 Image of the Month
Kings College Chapel / John Gough / Sony a6300
A tour guide stands in Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, explaining its history and wonder. The painting in the background is Adoration of the Magi by Rubens
DECEMBER Image of the Month
Christmas at the Laundrette / John Gough / Sony a6500
Seasons Greetings
NOVEMBER Image of the Month
Buttermere in Autumn / John Gough / Canon 6D
Buttermere Lake with Fleetwith Pike in the distance.
OCTOBER Image of the Month
Preparing the Boat / John Gough / Canon 6D
Early morning on Longholme
SEPTEMBER Image of the Month
Put Your Right Leg In / John Gough / Sony a6300
A little physio on Cambridge market.
AUGUST Image of the Month
Mint Poppy / John Gough / Canon 6D
Part of a project: Wildflowers Myth and Legend
JULY Image of the Month
Two Lost Souls Living in a Fish Bowl / John Gough / Canon 6D
Output from my workshop at Peterborough Cathedral
JUNE Image of the Month
Old Harry Rocks / John Gough / Canon 6D
Fabulous Dorset in June
MAY Image of the Month
Leaf / John Gough / Canon 6D
An early Spring morning.
APRIL Image of the Month
The Receipt / John Gough / Sony a6300
Part of a project: Square Nation
MARCH Image of the Month
Love in a Mist / John Gough / Canon 6D
Part of a project: Wildflowers Myth and Legend
FEBRUARY Image of the Month
Doorway / John Gough / Sony a6300
A chef takes a break.
JANUARY 2018 Image of the Month
Good Morning / John Gough / Sony a6300
A Trinity College porter greets his colleague.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS
Christmas Dinner / John Gough / Sony a6300
A Christmas diner forlornly on the lookout.
DECEMBER Image of the Month
The Smoker / John Gough / Sony a6300
A skeleton smokes a cigarette