This is a shot taken on one of the Newcastle Photo Walk just before my birthday last year.
I normally skip over photo’s of my friends when deciding what to put online. I managed to take this just before the obligatory “pull a funny face for the camera” started.
I spent a little bit of time deciding if I should go with the black and white or color version of this shot and in doing so I started to notice that my friend is getting older. I’m not saying that he’s getting on a bit (before you start kicking off Adam) and even if he was I’m older so that would mean I’m screwed!
My point is that you often spend so much time just getting on with things that you forget how much older your are. I remember a time when the drunken weekends of partying seemed like they were only a few weeks ago, in reality they are closer to 10 years ago.
Its not till your face starts to shows the lines of laughter or stress that you notice just how far you have come. Luckily for Adam its all smiles and laughter.
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