Sunset at Hunstanton in Norfolk, England

Walker on Hunstanton beach during the last sunset of 2011 (Click pic for photo gallery)

…it’s been a pretty crap year.

While I’ve had many really interesting commissions, met and worked with some fantastic people and produced some really pleasing images – it’s been a fairly quiet year for work. I’m hoping 2012 will be a great year. Alas, the current news reports don’t exactly bode well and I really can’t see the Olympics or Queen’s Diamond Jubilee putting a few quid into my pockets.

While I’d love to be a Corporal Jones type character, running around maniacally cajoling those nearby, shouting “Don’t Panic Mr Mainwaring, don’t panic!”. Realistically, I may shuffle quietly around, muttering Private Fraser’s famous phrase “We’re doomed, I say. Doomed”.
(If you don’t get the very British reference, click here)

To mark the last day of 2011, I popped down to Hunstanton in Norfolk to look for some potential pictures. I was hoping for a few cliched views of a desolated British seaside resort during Winter. In reality the mild weekend weather meant it was positively teeming with people strolling along the beach and promenade. More >