The weather during November / early December proved to be largely uninspiring for my usual type of photography, weeks of dull, damp, wet days. My thoughts during the early winter turned to documenting the conditions, the moods, the environments I encountered on my regular photo walks. Working in monochrome shifted the focus from the lack of any vibrant colour to texture, shape, contrast and atmosphere. The things I looked at, the places where I looked on days that sometimes d