one photo every day in January

As I sit here to write a summary of the first month of the year, I can’t quite believe how quickly it’s gone. January is always a bit of a funny month. There is often so much talk about setting goals and jumping into a brand new year but so far in 2023 I’ve done my best to quieten the noise and take things at my own pace. I knew I wanted to start this photo a day project but I wanted to be kind to myself - I knew there would be days that it wouldn't be easy to take an aesthetic shot (long work days with short daylight hours for example) but I wanted to learn to accept this and get used to sharing things in a more honest and real way.

There were days in January where I headed out on beautiful walks and took lots of photographs and there were days I was so busy that I completely forgot and had to grab a quick photo at the end of the day with terrible lighting and no time/energy to make it look better. But all together the following collection of images fully represent the January that I had - the beautiful icy days, the homemade soup and blanket days, the times that I had every intention of getting somewhere but got stuck on a train for 2 hours… all of these moments make up for a pretty good month and a great first start to this project. Enjoy :)

New Years Day walk in Ampfield Wood — *day 1 - A quiet new year’s day walk in ampfield woods, nr romsey*

Sun reflecting off the ocean — *day 2 - a beautiful day by the sea in boscombe*

Christmas tree decoration with lights behind — *day 3 - the final full day before the decorations come down*

Beautiful mountain artwork by Kerry Langlois — *day 4 - an exciting post day as these beautiful original paintings from kerry langlois arrived*

The River Test running through Romsey — *day 5 - my favourite walk in romsey along the river test & this beautiful house*

Early morning view of rooftops and a bird — *day 6 - good morning birdy*

Spearywell woods in Romsey — *day 7 - a lovely walk through spearywell woods in between rain showers*

A rainy day window black and white — *day 8 - a slow and rainy sunday*

*day 10 - felt poorly, made soup & almost forgot to take a photo today*

*day 11 - christmas decs are still up in town*

*day 12 - sleepy dotty, I almost forgot to take a photo again*

*day 14 - a rainy adventure in the new forest which ended with hot coffee and going home for a nap*

Southbourne beach in Dorset — *day 15 - southbourne beach looking beautiful*

Romsey on a winter's morning — *day 18 - a sunrise walk through romsey*

River rapids in Hampshire — *day 19 - river rapids*

Black and white cat looking at camera — *day 20 - she’s not camera shy today*

Deerleap New Forest, Hampshire — *day 21 - a beautiful day walking through deerleap in the new forest*

*day 22 - starting a new hobby and listening to an adventure podcast*

A walk through Romsey on a sunny winter day — *day 23 - a beautiful day for a lunchtime stroll*

A colourful mountain watercolour painting — *day 24 - not bad for a first proper attempt at a watercolour painting*

Ducks on the river test in Romsey — *day 25 - ducks*

Lord of the Rings lego — *day 26 - I love a visit to the lego store*

*day 27 - dotty is a great model for the times I almost forget to take a photo by the end of the day*

A group of friends walk through a muddy field — *day 28 - first shoot of the year and there was lots of mud :)*

A pile of rainy leaves and grass — *day 29 - I’ve been leaving a pile of leaves at the end of my garden for the little creatures to nestle up in this winter :)*

Free from Easter eggs — *day 30 - these come out earlier every year*

The London skyline from London Bridge — *day 31 - a trip to London*

January

February