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            Happy New Year, folks
 
This year, I’ve coined a new phrase to add to the lexicon of already impenetrable photographic jargon which we all love to use- and that is the Photography Hardship Coefficient (PHC). As I’m not a mathematician, this is of course a purely qualitative assessment representing the physical pain to perceived reward ratio for any given image. For instance, whilst attempting some hi speed photography last year with our newly acquired TriggerTrap device, my very good friend and fellow Flickrite (DW) managed to shoot a hole through his garage door. And of course there was no image to show for it as neither of us had actually bothered to read the manual or set up the hardware properly. However, there was quite a lot of pain when his partner returned home. In this situation the PHC (which equals the amount of pain taken to get the image divided by how well you think the image came out) approached infinity as the denominator was zero (no image). This isn’t a great result. And neither was the other weekend, when a long hike in Snowdonia resulted in some distinctly poor images from me and a bad dose of man flu.

But at the other end of the spectrum, there’s this place in Lofoten, which couldn’t really be much easier to shoot. Ok, it took 3 flights to get there from the UK but it’s not like you have to do anything other than sip G&T in airport lounges for a day. And once you’re there, there’s even a handy bridge to shoot from just a few short steps from the car park. In fact, the only pain is trying to find a spot that’s not already occupied by a dozen other photographers. Oh, and remembering to bring a tall enough tripod to clear the rail. Costas. All of a sudden, the PHC looks much better, no matter how your image comes out.

And so, as I recover from my severe case of  grippe d’homme  by watching a 12 hour  real time train journey across Uzbekistan on Netflix, I’m thinking that this year will be different. My aim is to reduce my photography hardship coefficient as much as possible- something that maybe our world leaders could also consider if they were to change the P to Political.  

Wishing you all a very happy new year. While it still lasts 

Taken on: March 14, 2019

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