I feel I have completed my 'apprenticeship' with Flickr now and have developed my confidence in producing the sort of images I want which cover my interests.

On looking through some of these photographs I find that my immediate environment has changed in a short time-span which enables me to reflect on what 'progress' means to me. I have tried to encourage people to open their eyes and see what is going on in the community and, if something bugs you ... say so and get stuck in.

By finding like-minded individuals I have found that a small clique will form which acts like a magnet and soon develops into a group where members interact and a sort of osmosis occurs and ideas form until a whole new outlook takes place in the mindsets of those invloved.

I intend to organise myself and my images better, which shouldn't be difficult, and try to follow my own instincts as to what is and what isn't an image with a message.