It’s often hard for photographers to choose an image for their Christmas card, and this is my choice for 2009, which some of you on my various card lists will already have seen. It’s a picture I like and it has a bit of a festive spirit about it, and it’s also from suburbia, if a rather more lush and leafy part than where I live. It’s not very Christmassy, but after several years in which I’ve sent out cards with Santa pictures I felt I needed a change.
I did think briefly about writing a post on the cards that other photographers send, but decided I’d rather like all my friends to keep talking to me! Seriously I do like to get cards – and increasingly e-cards to remind me of old friends, and it’s so much better to have something with someone’s work on it than a more standard Christmas card.
Seriously too, for many of us 2009 has not been entirely smooth and prosperous, so let’s all hope for the best for 2010. I shall be busy with various things other than photography over the next few days, so there may be rather less posts on the blog than usual (our first Christmas guests arrive in a few minutes) and it could even be 2010 before I post again.
So, my best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year, however and wherever you celebrate the season.