Last time I looked we'd just finished January yet here we are in March already! February is admittedly a short month, but this year it turned out to be busier than usual for various reasons, especially the last couple of weeks. I did a short trip to give a talk to the Leicester & Leciestershire Photographic Society, which was a most enjoyable evening with a lovely group of people. Before the event, I spent some time in Brocks Hill Woods near Oadby, photographing lost of different trees. It was wonderful as it had been so long since I'd been out, so I really enjoyed it. My journey home was quite eventful with a couple of stops en route but I'll keep those for a later post.

A couple of days later I was off to Birmingham, where I spent three days at the Focus on Imaging show at the NEC, helping out on the BIPP stand. That was fun and I really enjoyed meeting other photographers and helping to sign up new members. We signed up record numbers of new members during the show, had a great time and a wonderful meal out courtesy of Towergate Insurance at The Mailbox which was wonderful. Although I didn't get much chance to look around the show, it was good to see some old friends and I even managed to get a special anniversary mug from Hahnemuhle.

Whilst in Birmingham, I travelled to London to attend an IPO meeting on Copyright in the 21st Century, representing the BIPP and its members. It was a busy but most informative and interesting day in which I learned a great deal, met some very interesting people and found it to be a great opportunity to explain the perspective on copyright for professional photographers.

Next up was a Creative Links lunch meeting organised by Blue Streak Arts in Preston, for whom I ran a series of creative photography workshops last year, for people with mental health issues. This was a valuable opportunity to explain to the PCT's why these creative workshops are so important and how they act as a lifeline to many of the participants who simply could not attend a mainstream event. The next series, which I am running again, started the following day and will continue on Friday afternoons each week until the summer.

On top of all that, I am still working on my MA project although I have not done a great deal the past couple of weeks.