A big, nicely weathered metal cross on the coast near Keyhaven Marshes. Found In: Keyhaven Marshes

The old saying goes, start as you mean to go on. While I’m not the biggest proponent of that saying - the most important thing is starting in the first place - it never hurts to get your year off on the right foot. For some that’s eating healthier, drinking less, or giving up meat for the month. For me, life is too short to deliberately make it worse, so for the last couple of years I’ve started out January in one of my happy places: lineside at the Bluebell Railway, for their annual New Year’s Day gala.

A silvery marmoset at Drusillas Park in Sussex. Found In: Return to Drusillas Park

The obelisk at Ballard Down, overlooking the town of Swanage in Dorset. Found In: Old Harry Rocks

An AMG Mercedes drifting around the skidpan at Mercedes-Benz World. Found In: Drifting AMGs

A shot of a British Basketball Association match in London. Found In: London Lions

Some presumably highly fashionable shoes, seen at London Fashion Weekend. Well, I shot these in 2013 so I imagine they're no longer fashionable. Found In: London Fashion Weekend

I've posted shots of an Ectomobile before. I'm not sure I've posted pictures of one made out of Lego. Found In: Lego Ecto-1

A model looking wistful in some candlelight. Was this a flash photography course in which I realised I much prefer natural light? Maybe. Found In: Just Some Guy

The foot tunnel under the Thames at Greenwich. Found In: Greenwich

Happy New Year! To celebrate here are some fireworks. Found In: Bonfire Night

A couple of shelters on the seafront somewhere betwixt Brighton and Hove. Found In: Hove

A bird in a tree near Keyhaven Marshes, on the south coast of the UK. Found In: Keyhaven Marshes

A phone box turned into a cash machine. Since cash machines can't be that far away from irrelevance I wonder what it will become next. Found In: Return to Borough Market

A man with a plant for a hat. Sort of. London is a bit of a weird place sometimes. Found In: Hipsters in the Wild

So you can have a stiff drink whilst looking at the state of the world. Found In: Tilgate Nature Centre

A shot of Chattri war memorial in Sussex, just inland from Brighton, taken from a drone. Found In: To the Skies

Happy Christmas everyone! To celebrate, here is my Christmas tree, shot a bit too close, and entirely out of focus at f/0.95. Found In: More Festive Bokeh

A little over a decade ago, I marked the hire of a 50mm f/1.4 lens by taking some lovely blurry shots of my Christmas tree to see the big aperture in action. Nine years later, I briefly repeated the feat with a hired 24-70 f/2.8 lens (and I ended up buying both lenses). So it seems quite a bit fitting that I mark my first Christmas with a 50mm f/0.95 lens by photographing the Christmas tree again.

A misty coast path in Dorset. Found In: Swanage in the Mist

A figure in the darkness during a stage show. Found In: Dance Show

The palais de l'Île In Annecy, France. Found In: Lake Annecy

A tiger at the Big Cat Sanctuary. Found In: Big Cat Sanctuary

The Garden of Eden Waterfall in Ashdown Forest, Sussex. Found In: Trek to Nutley Windmill

A whole bunch of paragliders above Devil’s Dyke in Sussex. Found In: Devil’s Dyke