Update April 2018

I thought that since I passed the 4-year mark recently I should update my profile.

It was fabulous that blip came through the tribulations a couple of years ago better and stronger than ever - thanks to the super team at Blip HQ who are now running the show so well. And since my Read more...

Update April 2018

I thought that since I passed the 4-year mark recently I should update my profile.

It was fabulous that blip came through the tribulations a couple of years ago better and stronger than ever - thanks to the super team at Blip HQ who are now running the show so well. And since my last update I've met several more blippers in person, not only in the UK but in Australia and New Zealand too. What a lovely bunch of folk you all are!

Taking a daily blip is now as much  part of life as having breakfast (and anyone who knows me well will know that I never go without breakfast - sometimes I have two breakfasts like a hobbit).

I love doing the challenges and am always grateful to those blippers who host them. I remember hosting MonoMonday a couple of years ago and it was great fun, although quite time-consuming. I should probably offer to host again sometime, but life as a retiree can be so busy...!

Update January 2016:

Well here I am still blipping after over 650 photos - what fun I've been having! I've learned so much from so many fellow blippers, I never imagined it could be such a great community.

I really do hope that blip survives the current uncertainty, and that the blipfuture team can make it work for us all.

In case it does go awry, I've set up a specific email address for myself as a blipper:

davidcblipper@gmail.com

If blip does disappear, please do contact me at this address. I've also registered on 365project.com under the same username (davidc).

My original profile, as at April 2014:

I got my first camera (a Brownie 127) in 1961, aged 9, and progressed gradually through 2 other cameras to an Olympus OM1 which I really loved. My Dad taught me how to develop and print the old messy way but we had to talk nicely to my Mum when we did that, as we had to commandeer the family bathroom as a darkroom! However work and family took their toll on my time (though I have loved them both very much) and I didn't get the chance to progress as I might have wished.

Now I have just retired after 35 years as an eye surgeon and have more time to indulge my hobbies. Making the move to "digital" is great fun. After spending my working life helping people to see properly I am trying to see things in a different way myself. Going on John Gravett's Lake District Workshop recently gave a great boost to my progress and I am sure blipfoto will help too!