It’s time once again for the annual series of postings we like to call Shadows and Reflections, in which our contributors and friends look back on the past twelve months. From Mat Bingham:

This year has been a stark reminder to me that life is always in perpetual motion. Two contrasting events are etched in my mind: one of the happiest days of my life, the birth of our beautiful daughter Robyn – and shortly afterwards one of the saddest days of my life, the loss of our dog Skye to cancer. 

Time moves on and it seems appropriate to me that I should share a photo from each of the four seasons I have taken this year. Photography is my way of trying to make sense of things and this will take time to move on from. I will always cherish the three wonderful years we had with Skye and I look forward to the wonderful years we have ahead of us with our beautiful daughter.