This "through the viewfinder" stuff is great fun. I have a few more examples of pictures I've taken using it up on Flickr now, including this rather messed up picture of a light bulb. I actually have a fair few pictures of this light bulb in various guises now - it sits above my desk and is the obvious first subject on which to test whichever new technique or bit of equipment I'm playing with at the time.

This has led me to the idea of trying to theme my photography a bit more. As interesting as these photos of light bulbs are (and I do think that they are), and as nice for me as my documentary pictures of Ludlow, Paris and Harborne are, there are many many other subjects out there.... but what to take? Well shortly, I hope, I will be able to have a section of this website devoted to different subjects, with a variety of different types of capture and effects for each one. Light bulbs today, tomorrow, who knows? Maybe even a doorknob or something. :-)

Well, Christmas is almost upon us, and I shall be spending it high in the Clywydian hills of North Wales, at my parents' new house (smallholding is probably more accurate). Devoid of any central heating or mains water, it will certainly be a Christmas with a difference. Still, it's all about the people I think, and trying to focus on the romantic side of spending the festive season atop a Welsh hill with only open fires for heat will, I hope, make this Christmas a brilliant one.

I have finally got round to doing what I said I would, and become a Fellow of the Free Software Foundation Europe. I get a new (additional) email address (prlewis {at} fsfe.org) and a shiny cryptocard, which I can use to digitally encrypt and sign my documents and email. I'm still waiting for the card to arrive in the post, but this looks like a very interesting (and potentially important) idea. So, as I hope to get further involved in Free Software advocacy and the like, expect to read more about it on this site.

Happy Christmas!