{"id":215,"date":"2016-07-25T07:29:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-25T06:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/?p=215"},"modified":"2017-01-04T12:07:42","modified_gmt":"2017-01-04T12:07:42","slug":"starting-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/25\/starting-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve found it a difficult thing to get back into photography. It\u2019s a bit like a muscle in that you need to exercise your photographic instincts regularly otherwise they can become dulled and flabby. And boy, have I let mine get flabby.<\/p>\n

About a year and a half ago, my Canon 350D decided it could no longer work. Lifting above the horizontal caused it to have all sorts of issues. So I put the camera aside and, as I had other priorities at the time<\/a>, a long while passed before I looked for a replacement.<\/p>\n

Sure, I\u2019ve taken camera phone pictures and borrowed an SLR to play with on a couple of occasions (a photographer without a camera would be an unusual sight<\/a>), but it just isn\u2019t the same thing. So, after taking the plunge and acquiring a Canon 70D, I\u2019m now in process of relearning plus getting to grips with a brand new camera, which is on a whole other level compared to what I\u2019m used to.<\/p>\n

Setting up this website is part of this process, though it\u2019s been in the works for a long while. I just needed to get www.manchesterbe.es<\/a> out of the way first. Big thank you to Danielle Wright of Pesky Varmint<\/a> for all her help.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that\u2019s enough background for the time being. Hi, I\u2019m Gareth. Welcome to my photography blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve found it a difficult thing to get back into photography…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nStarting Over - Gareth Hacking Photography<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/garethhacking.co.uk\/index.php\/2016\/07\/25\/starting-over\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Starting Over - 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