2022 was a year of a continued pursuit of details with one of my main focusses being developing a series titled ‘Mersey From Otterspool’ (which I would return to throughout the year). Building this series was an enjoyable process which I hope to continue in the future.
Other highlights included having work featured in the Amateur Photographer magazine and shortlisted in the Close-up Photographer of the Year competition and the ongoing simple satisfaction of taking photos!
So here’s my 2022…
January - Continuing the ‘Mersey From Otterspool’ series.
A frosty morning walk back from Otterspool Promenade.
February - Wind skimming across the lake at the Liverpool Festival Gardens.
April - Additions to ‘Mersey From Otterspool’.
May - Detail of the central fountain on a walk around Sefton Park.
Morning sky reflection on the boating lake of Sefton Park.
Reflections of trees broken up by ripples in a lake, Sefton Park.
Balloon caught in electric cables above the streets of St.Michael’s Hamlet.
Evening street lights reflect in the metal sheet across the doorway of an abandoned bungalow in St.Michaels. I would return to this a few times to capture different colours…
June - Returning to the metal sheet of the abandoned bungalow above…
…this photo would go on to be shortlisted in the ‘Man-Made’ category of the Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY) competition.
CUPOTY shortlist amongst other photographer’s work.
My beach detail photo from 2020 also made the shortlist in the ‘Intimate Landscape’ category.
Sefton Park boating lake reflections.
The neck of a swan cleaning itself along the outskirts of the boating lake at Sefton Park.
Leaves of plants pressed up against the windows of the Palm House at Sefton Park.
Gnarly bark of a large tree at Sefton Park.
July - Reflection of an apartment block in the surface of a car on display in the Liverpool ONE shopping centre.
Layflat photo of the remnants of a succulent plant.
August - Spider in its web in Priory Woods, St.Michaels.
Rusted bike covered in seaweed on the banks of the River Mersey.
Return to the abandoned bungalow…
…this image would go on to be featured in the Amateur Photographer magazine…
Staircase detail at my parents’ home.
September - Stone carving at an entrance to Priory Woods.
Jellyfish at the SEA LIFE Centre in The Trafford Centre, Manchester.
October - A floating feather in the River Mersey.
November - The coiled end of a plant, taken in the outdoor dining area of Chesters By The River, Skelwith Bridge (Lake District).
Detail of Woodburn Bridge (designed & manufactured by Chris Brammall) which crosses the River Brathay in Skelwith.
December - Bird footprints in the ice covered surface of the boating lake, Sefton Park.
Ice running through bark of a tree.
Twisty branches of a plant near my parents’ home.
Thanks for looking at my look-back on 2022 - I hope you enjoyed it! Thanks for your continued support and I wish you all the best for 2023.
Andrew