Stephen Mills Photography

I really enjoyed last month’s Instagram Challenge “Leaves” and although only a few people took part, the images were really amazing!

Personally, I really enjoyed trying something different – Macro. I haven’t done macro photography for years, but I really enjoyed it and although my image wasn’t a true macro shot, it’s maybe something I should give a bit more of my time to – I’ll have to dust off my proper macro lens again though.

What a month it’s been! I can’t believe it’s been a whole month since I started my one year personal photography project. If you’re new to the blog, you can find out all about my photography project here.

Time is a strange thing isn’t it, I’m sure you’ve experienced the same as me before – it doesn’t seem long ago since I started my project on 1st Jan 2019, however, Christmas and New Year seem ages ago. Like I said, time can be strange!

Blog Post of the Month is a new segment on my blog where I will share a post from another blog that I’ve found interesting, entertaining or useful.

The posts in this segment won’t always be the most current, in fact they may even be a few years old, but as long as they are still relevant to photography today I’m happy to recommend them.

It sounds like a bit of a cliché doesn’t it - treat your smartphone like a “proper” camera - but bear with me on this one!

I am very keen to inspire anyone and everyone to get outside and enjoy the world around them. For me, I find that the best way to do this is to take my camera out and photograph the landscape – whether that be parkland close to my home, nearby woodlands, rivers and waterfalls, the beautiful Lake District Fells or other locations around the UK and further afield.

I came across an interesting article a couple of weeks ago, whilst I aimlessly scrolled through my Facebook feed, talking about a new health initiative in Shetland - for those of you reading from outside the UK, Shetland a small archipelago of islands around 100 miles off the North-East of the Scottish mainland.

The article was discussing a new initiative by NHS Shetland where GP’s are now able to “prescribe nature” to their patients.

As I’m sure some of you already know, as well as a landscape photographer I am also a Chartered Physiotherapist (or Physical Therapist as it’s called in some countries) and Clinical Pilates Instructor.

So when it comes to the body, how it works and how the body responds to injury and exercise, I do have some background.