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I've just bombarded numerous inboxes of social media accounts and email accounts alike. I've got the itch to do another fun, social shoot type thingy with all the usual suspects again. It's been a few months since we did our last one. What's it boils down to is, somebody offers up access to a warehouse, workshop or some premises that is photogenic as a backdrop, we find a car or cars, or a bike, or bikes, of some description, occasionally a model or models too.. We arrange a time to all converge on the agreed location. And spend hours pointing cameras at things, usually imbibing moderate amounts of alcohol socially, keeping ourselves within the legal driving limit, talking copious amounts of shit, while be creative and just having fun. Then, we who shot, spend days, weeks or months finding time and/or motivation to process and publish the shots, occasionally having them poached for magazine, newspaper or some form of digital media…. But it's fun...

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Before and after, of an image I'd usually just ignore as a factory second. It might print up alright on a medium canvas, say a 40x60". But I wouldn't go bigger, or even 20x30" on regular photographic media. Still. It was only a rough and quick play with it. So excuse the roughness.

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Last week or so, I've kind of figured "fuck it!".

I've been processing images that I'd once ignored, rejected or otherwise passed over for any public release, due simply to my own pickiness. They all have at least one flaw, one fault or blemish that I'd otherwise not be happy with.

The response to them, over multiple platforms, has been nothing short of astonishing.

So....
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