Aloha friends, shock horror it's another photography post! As much as I adore them I always feel like I ought to balance them out with written stuff, so suggestions for chats and what not are welcome, but last weekend I went along to a protest and took my camera... you know what's coming...

I was given a leaflet/flyer by my good pal Steph, saying there was a protest against Trump's Muslim ban and against May's support of it. Now, to be honest, I don't keep up with the news and least of all politics, it confuses me so I'm never sure what's going on but hey I'm blissfully ignorant and happy to just do me. I don't want you to have a debate in the comments (who comments anyway lol) or try to make you think one way or another, I simply just want to show my documentation of an event :)


I'm going to caption some of these images with chants from the event and some quotes I managed to remember from the speakers who voiced their opinions, many of which expressed the need to protest and speak out, to show Trump what he is doing is unacceptable to these people.






















The number of people there apparently doubled throughout the event, their passion was admirable as they all came together, all ages and backgrounds to argue for the same reason. It was a new experience for me not only to take my camera into town just to photograph alone for an afternoon, but to attend an event like this and see it happen for myself. I felt brave for taking myself along and was proud not only for going but also of the images I got out of it, I keep looking back at them I love them so much!

  

I found I quite like taking long exposure shots, again with this sense of anonymity as people and faces blur with day to day life as we all rush on by, too focused on what we are doing ourselves, we never stop to wonder about anybody else.



This little boy was very interested in watching the train come into the station, and I thought it was sweet to watch a young-un learning from his mama as his papa looked on with a smile.

It's a very quick one as I still have so much to do! I hope you've all had a good start getting back into the swing of things this year, and never forget to take a breather to yourself so you're not completely overwhelmed and smothered by - well stuff. Writing this is my quick break, but now I must get back to it as I'm running out of time with every tick and every tock - argh! Take care my lovelies :)

Cheeky trip to the bin, involving a friendly nudge from Ryan seconds before this shot which induced the giggles.

Teaching Annie how to catch a Pokemon. I quite liked getting shots of them on the bridge here because it felt like there was only us, until a man politely stopped dead in his tracks to avoid being photographed. Always an awkward moment isn't it.

As we headed into the library I quickly took this typical shot looking up at the building and later realised in processing that it actually says "Library of Birmingham" down the side, which I never saw before...

I always thought the new library didn't really fit in amongst the rest of the old architecture of Birmingham - particularly how it sits in a square full of old buildings, it stuck out like a sore and obnoxious thumb. But it does make a good object to photograph.

I was quite taken by the circles, they gave me something to toy with from different angles and points of focus.

I quite like this one looking though the metal cage of the library, as you can see B-town is much more full of old architecture. In the front bottom centre you can see part of the former library that this one replaced as it's in the midst of being torn down.

It me.

Despite the crappy view and disappointing gallery, the company -as ever- were bundles of laughs and made a very pleasant day.

There's always someone who asks "can I have a go" and reasons it with "there will be no photos of you!" - I should really start making myself more photo ready for such occasions.

Many Pokemon were caught in the making of this blogpost. I swear I'm not sponsored by Pokemon Go

Oh my friends do make me cackle.