Dont be afraid to have children. They change your life, give it meaning and make it worth waking up in the morning. It's the greatest thing you'll ever do. So many people now wait till its too late, or think I'll "cramp my lifestyle", but the truth is, having kids surpasses every other thing you think gives your life value. Do it, you'll love it :)

To be fair, I feel many of the main towns a d cities in multiple countries are in the same condition. I think a combination of the death of the high street, loss of community and people feeling desperate or hopeless has caused much of this. Most upsetting for me is seeing whole generations of people that have just become husks, drink and drugs and unhealthy living has ruined them. All they do is exist.

I went out today intending to take some street photography pictures documenting "the decline of civilisation" where I live. My rule was going to be, no poor porn, no pictures that are obviously political, just pictures showing how badly things are deteriorating. My camera never even made it out my bag. Every picture would have been poor porn or political. At 12am during a weekday, the place was full of drunks, junkies, suspicious looking creeps, beggars and apparently disabled people (with walking sticks or mobility scooters). Half the shops were boarded up and the rest were a mix of shops for specific ethnicities (Indian, polish etc), vape shops, Turkish hairdressers or Chinese nail bars. All the classic stores and cool niche shops are gone. I also felt very threatened, and I'm not exactly a timid person, but there was a horrible atmosphere about the place. The crumbling buildings, failing infrastructure, dirt, litter, lack of investment and cheap pointless "art installations" didn't come close to comparing to the wasted state of the people. Any pictures i took would have been sad and depressing, and I didn't want that, I was hoping to show a sort of "people thriving in the face of adversity" feel, but no, it would just have been people deteriorating in the face of abandonment. I havent given up, but next time I'll go to more of a tourist place, or business area, where I won't feel I'm about to get mugged and, hopefully, I can tell the story without it being a completely soul crushing horror.

Goody good, goody good, good morning 😀😀😃😃😃 keep going, we'll get there in the end.

I want to love nostr, I was f to love primal, but so often I come on here and its just froze, or won't update, or posts just vanish, or the comments wont load. Any advice to help?

Goooooood morning nostr

Android :)

So about 3 months ago i had a strange impulse to buy a crucifix necklace. I don't know why, I never had one before and didn't consider myself religious. However it just felt right, I had a sense that it was something i needed to do, it seemed important, I really cant explain why. Since then I've worn it every day and I feel im becoming more religious. A very unexpected turn of events.

What's your opinions on substack? Is it a useful thing for a photographer (me lol)

Thank you

Man I miss the 80s. I know everyone gets nostalgic for whatever era they grew up in, but the 80s had that mix of exciting new technology, good music, a thriving youth culture, impending nuclear doom (well that bit not so much fun really), community spirit (your town or place you came from was important, it was your tribe, something that's died off now), optimism for the future and a sort of innocence that feels crazy now. Its a shame gen z won't and haven't experienced it.

Yes, exactly this :)

Yeah I should have tried something like that, but I started thinking id get drunks trying to rob me if I stopped with my camera out :)

Coffee and flowers #photography

Gm nostr, thank you all so much for the love on my recent post about having kids, much appreciated :)

Thanks 😃

Oh no, I bought a new camera. I blame you guys on here. Being able to post my photography here and your feedback has been great, and encouraged me to keep going, so thank you 😃👍👍

I'll check it out thanks

The ghost of memories. What is left behind as people pass through spaces, once busy, now quiet. Memories fade like a dream. #photography