Getting out

For the past couple of weeks I haven’t been able to do much exploring due to a rather badly sprained ankle. Ironically I did this, not during any dodgy photography pursuits (which knowing how blinkered I can get when I have a camera in my hand would be kind of understandable) but rather just by getting out of my car at work! Very embarrassing. Still I am starting to get a bit more mobile again and so a couple of days ago I went for a short walk to see how it was doing. It was only going to be a short walk so I didn’t take a camera, but the light improved as I walked and I started taking images using Hipstamatic on my phone. Again I had an absolute blast with the app - its great to just concentrate on the composition without really knowing what the results will turn out like!
For me this trip proved once again two of my favourite philosophies: that the best camera is the one you have with you and that it’s the seeing, not the equipment you use that matters.