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The world is now experience life with anxiety.

hello friend Are you ok? I hope you’re ok. This is a tough time and I fear it’s just getting going. So take measures now to make sure you’re going to be ok. By that I mean panic buy chocs, wine, beer and video games. There are

On edge

hello friend breathes I have never been this on edge for this length of time. The way I feel now is how I felt about 3 weeks ago but it only lasted a night. The time before that was maybe 5 years ago. I get up. Go for a run.

Anxious as hell

Anxious as hell

hello friend How’s your day? I spent last week feeling good about myself for getting up early and exercising every morning. On Monday I had a migraine. So maybe my early mornings were too much for my body? Whoops. I’m taking this week off and I’ll try

Running and depression

hello friend Hello. How’s your week been? Ever wonder where rainbows come from? Well wonder no more! So, how are you? photos It is International Women’s Day on Sunday. Here are some international women I’ve been fortunate to meet through the medium of photography. A young woman

Working towards something

hello friend It’s a Friday again. How are you? This week I’ve been getting up real early to paddle in the river Mersey. It’s a thing I do now. It’s cold but not horrible and it strangely sets you up for the day. I’m not

Catastrophising

hello friend How has your week been? For me it’s been a bit rocky. More on that later. For now I’d just like to say how nice it is to have Star Trek back in my life. I am loving the new Picard series and I loved Disco

Photographer anxiety

hello friend Sorry friend. No newsletter last week. I was doing a big photography job for multiple clients and the week just got away from me. It’s been a while then. How are you? Did you survive Storm Ciara? Are you prepared for Storm Dennis this weekend? I’m

Stargazer

An older brother embraces his distressed sibling to comfort them while in a park.

Pansexual Pride

A look at the photography of two people who identify as pansexual for Pansexual Pride

Diverse performers are on stage. One with a walking stick, one in a wheelchair, and one person with Downs Syndrome.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

A look at the work of disabled photographers from around the world.

A lone figure walks along an empty beach as the tide is out.

Autistic people using photography to communicate

If everyone has a camera, how are autistic people using photography to communicate through photographs of their every day lives? A look at a study on autism, photography and communication. Also featuring Breadth, a project aiming to challenge autism stereotypes.

People place candles on a Trans flag to remember loved ones.

Trans Day of Remembrance

Thinking of the photos we wish we made when we had the time. Remember to make time.

A person with Down's syndrome is contemplative on top of a hill.

My Perspective Photo Competition

Highlighting a photography competition by Downs Syndrome Association. Photography is for all.

A woman holds up a sign saying "Bridges not walls". Bridges is in rainbow colours.

Queer Joy is a Protest

A look at queer work during the last Trump administration

A male bottom. The person is wearing shiny rainbow hot pants.

AI and the Queer Gaze in Photography

AI is good but built upon so many problematic systems. How can queer photographers use it?

HelloComputer

Black and white portrait of a man

My one year anniversary of Long Covid

Avoiding catching Covid-19 was exhausting, but not as exhausting as living with Long Covid.

A watercolour of a puffin

Finally learning how to relax

After years of trying to find ways to relax with video games, I've discovered a different way doing something I never thought I could. Drawing.

Several small boats are stored in a wooded area.

One year of sobriety

ADHD medication meant I had to give up alcohol. What would that mean for me? How hard would it be?

Sunset over the Mersey River, with the Liverpool skyline in the distance.

A nice morning

A wild audio post appears

A misty landscape featuring a faint sun rising. The scene is shrouded in fog.

ADHD medication after one year

After a year taking ADHD medication am I super productive? Have they worked out OK? How are the side effects?

A scene depicting people swimming in a body of water. Birds are flying overhead against a twilight sky.

What 5 years of cold water swimming has done for me

After 5 years of cold water dipping, has it saved me? Cured my anxiety? Made me buy shares in Dryrobe?

Autism

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Autistic people using photography to communicate

5 years of Hello Computer

An autistic person travels

Avoiding being overwhelmed by travel

Autistic Burnout again

photography

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February 2025

Wave

Pansexual Pride

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Autistic people using photography to communicate

non-binary

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Skirts are back

5 years of Hello Computer

Why is sci-fi fashion so binary?

A non-binary person goes to Paris

Being invisibly non-binary