I handed my notice in at work today. I've made the tough decision to return to the UK. I'll be going around the end of August/start of September. I've had a brilliant time in Australia and will miss it greatly but things in my life have changed recently and I feel I need to go "home" and be part of my family again. It's been five years since I left the UK (and I haven't been back) and longer than that since I saw most of my family.
This doesn't mean the forum or blog is going away, I'm more than happy to keep hosting it but not sure how much time I'll be able to dedicate to it (although I have been a bit slack on the forum lately). I'd really like to find someone to take over moderating/admin-ing the forum and hopefully find someone to take over the blog and keep that updated. The blog has become very popular and while I'm not getting many comments, certainly it's getting a lot of visitors and views - around a 1000 a week and growing.
Anyway, it's still a short while off before I go but would really like to find someone who'd be happy to take over admin of the forum and ideally blog too.
Huge thanks to everyone for all the help you've given me in exploring this format of photography. You've taught me so much and shared your beautiful photographs which I'll never forget. I've absolutely fallen in love with large format photography and this is only my fourth year into this format. It's a very special format and a very special community. I simply can't imagine shooting with anything other than a view camera any more.
Thank you!
Alastair