If you are living in the north east of England, and are interested in a photo shoot – please get in touch!

JT.photo@outlook.com

You can now buy some of my pictures at

JTPhotography92.picfair.com

I have only started to upload a selection of images, some being available to buy from tomorrow. Keep checking out the page weekly for new pics to buy!

Thank you!

JT

I’ve been looking back through my photos that I have taken in and around my home town. All bring back memories, either of when I took them or who I was with. It’s been so lovely to recap on the good times and reflect on the life I lived before lockdown.

I was on the way to bingo when I took this photo, and my friend introduced me to the world of Lightroom. This is an editing app which I use on all my photos, either to turn into black and white or simply just to slightly enhance the colour within the image.

This was taken after work, on a walk in town. These steps simultaneously frighten and amaze me. The eerie, crooked steps which lie beneath my feet create a feel of an unknown and hidden threat that is dying to trip up anyone who walks on them, but equally welcomes fresh footsteps into its colourful and secret lair. It’s my favourite hidden alley of Newcastle.

As lockdown continues, and eases, but the world still seems at a confusing standstill, just remember your happy places, your friends and family – which you will be able to be reunited with again soon. Have patience, have faith, but most importantly – have and spread love.

JT

So this is week 11 of lockdown we are finishing.

If someone told me I would have to be mostly inside for 11 weeks, I really wouldn’t have been happy or believed them! It’s been a rollercoaster. But, boy, what an achievement it will be when this is all over!

Now that we are allowed out a bit more with the lockdown easing, I am going to take the advantage of being able to get out and about with my camera. I have to say, regrettably, that I haven’t had much time with my camera. After all, there is only so many times you can go around your housing estate and take pictures of flowers.

Now that we can go further afield, I plan to brave and brace the elements of the next couple of weeks. However, the weather is seeming to have other plans.

The weather was dry, breezy and sunny this afternoon. I used this chance to get out for half an hour (before the rain) to take some floral nature shots.

It feels so good to be back doing my fave hobby and love.

Watch this space for some more stories of past snaps, and some recent and future photos as I continue to catalogue my life in lockdown.

JT

I received a bunch of beautiful tulips from a colleague last week for my birthday and , unfortunately, came downstairs to a rather lifeless bunch this morning!

So, seizing every opportunity in the photography world, I neatly arranged them on a couple of pieces of A4 paper on my kitchen floor.

I placed them in different orders and compositions and was pleased with the outcomes!

Love them!

Today I am grateful for the beautiful sunny weather, that has (after sitting and baking in the garden for over an hour) left me Rosie and sun kissed. And a bit sleepy!

JT

Isolation takes you up and down. One minute you’re feeling positive about everything, then the next you are knocked down. But please don’t be disheartened.

Find that calling. Text that friend. Eat the cake. Go for the walk or run. Smile to the children you walk past. Wave to the birds in the garden. Do it all. Do as much as you can, as much as you want – you will feel better!

I’m throwing myself back into exercise, french and money management. I am going to educate myself to help improve my world, whilst the actual world seems to be falling apart around me.

Keep smiling. Keep doing. Keep going.

We will get through this.

One day.

JT

I was grateful, so so grateful to be in work for two and a half days this week. It felt so refreshing to be doing something worthwhile and helpful. Plus, it was so lovely seeing and speaking to other people and seeing different walls!

I feel I have achieved a bit whilst being on lockdown. I have completed the Rubik’s cube, I have coloured in, I have begun and am currently running a photography email course, I have gotten fitter, I have entertained my friends daily with a challenge in our group chat and I have sewn!

Sewing isn’t really my forte, but with time on my hands, I put a needle and thread into them! Above are the creations I have completed so far! A bit messy and rough/ frayed around the edges, but I have done them myself and feel a huge sense of accomplishment!

So this weekend I am grateful for my friends, family, hidden and newly discovered talents and patience. After all, we need a lot of patience at a time like this.

Keep safe, and let’s hope we get some new and positive news soon.

See you all soon!

JT

I am grateful for having the chance to add a little sparkle to my lockdown days – even if it is just on my nails!

I’m jazzing my hands up because I am off to work for the rest of the week. Hopefully I can remember what to do!

What ever you are doing, however you are coping in this crisis, treat yourself. Do something for yourself that will make you smile. After all, I think we all need it.

Take care

JT

Earlier in this interesting year, I paid for some adverts to be featured in my local, neighbouring suburbs. How thrilled I was when I received a copy of the magazine that included my advert!

I was so excited! On page 19, here is my advert! Featuring my best friend at Wallington Hall.

I am grateful for hard work, I am grateful for my friends and I am also ever so grateful for the internet.

I came up with the idea of running a small course under a week ago and I have been thrilled with the response. I am pleased that people want to take part in it and I am excited to get it started on Friday.

I also signed myself up as a photography mentor on one of the pages I follow on Facebook. So it’s all go! Which I am happy and grateful for, because lockdown isn’t my thing!

Take care

JT

I took this photo this morning with my iPhone on the way back home from my run. I love to pass this beautiful blossom tree, and couldn’t resist an “action shot” of my “running legs” across the blossom filled grass.

I am grateful and proud of the efforts I have put into my running and exercise recently. I enjoy walking outside in the warm sunshine, or cloud, everyday. Granted, I can’t wait till I can go more out and about, but for the time being, I am making the most of practicing my jogging and getting me health and fitness up.

And I can’t resist a progress photo either!

JT