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Retrospective March 2026

So here we are in March already, it almost feels like I have blacked our and have only just realised that the month is done. This really has been a super busy month with some huge changes to our life at home so I better catch you up. Also probably a few things I have worked out with these changes too.

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Retrospective February 2026

So here we are in March already, it almost feels like I have blacked our and have only just realised that the month is done. This really has been a super busy month with some huge changes to our life at home so I better catch you up. Also probably a few things I have worked out with these changes too.

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Retrospective January 2026

Now call me crazy but didn’t I just send out the December retrospective and tell you all to have a great time? How has January come and gone already? The whirlwind has continued for me as you will see below. I have very much hit the ground running and I know its going to be a very busy but very good year.

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Retrospective December 2025

Well, well, well here we are. Look at you, hungover, lying in your bed having waited for 2025 to leave and 2026 to arrive. I just put my daugher to bed for the last time as a one year old (new years day baby), the big bash is on and I have a birthday cake to make so lets get into it.

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Retrospective November 2025

Every time I sit down and write one of these newsletters I always feel like the month has raced away and I can’t believe I am writing the next one. This project has been a lot of fun and I can’t believe that I have nearly completed an entire year of the monthly recap.

This months has been incredibly busy and there has been a lot of running around a lot of changes going on in my life. There have been a few new additions to the bag thanks to a couple of very nice deals from eBay.

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Retrospective October 2025

October in Australia usually gives us a glimpse of weather to come and this year has been no different. We’ve had cold days, incredibly hot days and cold mornings that end up being hot days with a thunderstorm in the evening to bring the temperature right back down.

One of the best things though is getting daylight savings back, the extended light lasting all the way up to 7pm now is brilliant. It brings a freshness of possibilities for what’s possible once we put Bronte to bed.

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Retrospective August 2025

Remember when I said in the July newsletter that August was the tipping point to being busy? Welcome to the start of that rollercoaster to the end of the year! I have been to a few events at Leica Sydney, made some new friends and I feel like I have made some good work.

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Retrospective July 2025

July has had a lot going on in my world. I've sold a lens to make some room for some new stuff down the road, Picked up a printer in the Amazon Prime day sales, did some video editing for a client. Like I said, lots going on.

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Retrospective June 2025

Wild to be crossing off the halfway point of the year already for both the newsletter and for 2025, this year has very much been the ride that feels like it keeps picking up speed. I run through the halfway point of 2025 at a bit of a lull if I am completely honest with you.

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Retrospective May 2025

Here we find ourselves again, another month flying past at light speed. It really does feel like this month has been the first and last week with just a blank space in between. I really do find these newsletters cathartic in the sense of looking back and acknowledging the things that I do month to month.

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Retrospective April 2025

I think that this month is again proof that small movements forward keep the momentum going. Things that I have spoken about in previous newsletters finally coming to life and being things I can share with people is the continuing motivator of this newsletter.

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Retrospective March 2025

This newsletter is already a great example of why taking some time and reflecting is important. I felt like March had been a little underwhelming to be honest, I feel like I have not done a lot. Turns out I did do quite a bit, just in some very focused areas.

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Retrospective February 2025

The goal of the year is to be more public with my photographic world as well as my work, which is why you’re here in the brand new newsletter, and there is a YouTube video I have made below, and an appearance with a brilliant podcast host even lower down. I have spent a lot of time sitting behind my work and behind the camera, 2025 I will be in front a lot more.

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Retrospective January 2025

The goal of the year is to be more public with my photographic world as well as my work, which is why you’re here in the brand new newsletter, and there is a YouTube video I have made below, and an appearance with a brilliant podcast host even lower down. I have spent a lot of time sitting behind my work and behind the camera, 2025 I will be in front a lot more.

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