It’s way past midnight now so another few minutes can’t make much difference. Today has been a photography day: taking the shots was the easy, and shorter, part; going through nearly five hundred photographs and editing some of them has eaten up the rest of the day and night – but it was worth it. And now it’s my birthday, and Lizzie’s birthday – and Demi Moore’s birthday (out of interest). Did you know that Ned Kelly was hung on the same date in 1880? He was only twenty-six years old – he certainly packed a lot into his short life.

Here are just a few of the photographs I’ve edited – these ones have had the subtle treatment…