Pulpit Rock Portland Dorset . My last posting of this year . Another shot of the stunning Dorset Jurassic coast line a really fine county and place to photograph . Living in the West country is a blessing if you love shooting landscapes , from my home in mid south west of Cornwall i can drive to most of it in about two and halve hours , enough material for ten life times let a lone one . Saying that one of my new years ambitions is to spread my wings and travel over seas and different parts of the UK , starting with Scotland this winter . I can,t believe this year is over , it has gone by so quickly i have been out as much as i can , learnt a lot and taken lots of photographs , this whole photographic learning curve and journey has snow balled in to a total change of life for me , less than three years ago i did,n,t even own a camera i was working as a humble potter with my own studio and gallery , i have,n,t made a pot in over eighteen months , i am consumed with the photographic process and it is now my full time living . I have made my living by mainly selling prints from my pottery gallery in St Mawes Cornwall which has gradually eaten in to the available space , In november the shop next door came up for sale so i have brought it , it is going to be my own dedicated photographic gallery it is being g fitted out right now . A dream come true for me for sure and i know how fortunate i am . Don,t go thinking i was born with a silver spoon in my mouth , because i was,n,t , i was born and brought up in a tough London council estate left school at fifteen with severe dyslexia and got my first job as a grave digger because i could,n,t read or write . Not a great start in life , but the one thing i have all ways had and got me through is Un bending will power and spirit , i throw every thing i have in to what ever i do and it has seen me through in some very dark times in my life . It has been an amazing roller coater ride , i have been quite successful in my business life and have the support and backing of a wonderful wife , not sure why i am telling you all this as most of you don,t know me , must be the end of the year thing when we mull over past memories , any how enough of the rambling hope you all have a great new year and for fill all your dreams . my Web Site . www.raymondbradshawphotography.co.uk/