<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Half Past Normal]]></title><description><![CDATA[Half Past Normal]]></description><link>https://www.half-past-normal.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:46:26 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.half-past-normal.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Building Half Past Normal: The Trouble With Having Too Many Choices]]></title><description><![CDATA[Building Half Past Normal means making a surprising number of choices — about photographs, edits, words, rules and when to stop.]]></description><link>https://www.half-past-normal.com/post/building-half-past-normal-too-many-choices</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a849af78cfa01baa5a11912</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:15:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de1f0b_5791c80fd1b7460e8af309632ab3687e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Half Past Normal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Broadwater Lake: What the Crop Revealed]]></title><description><![CDATA[A photograph from Broadwater Lake that nearly stayed forgotten, until a second look and a tighter crop revealed the image that had been there all along.]]></description><link>https://www.half-past-normal.com/post/broadwater-lake-what-the-crop-revealed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a777c3d2dc76a37da41b82e</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:00:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de1f0b_d619ab44bb4a4655a11a96726ca1460a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Half Past Normal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What the Photograph Knew Before I Did - Figsbury Ring]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ordinary Scout evening at Figsbury Ring became a photograph I would return to more than a decade later. A reminder of how quickly photographs gather meaning with time]]></description><link>https://www.half-past-normal.com/post/figsbury-ring-what-the-photograph-knew-before-i-did</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a69985fb324e194e0f47e12</guid><pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 13:03:20 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de1f0b_fae1d0c1077e4e2e85d388953f195f76~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Half Past Normal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Leg, No Urgency: A Quiet Moment at Winkworth Arboretum]]></title><description><![CDATA[A quiet moment beside the lake at Winkworth Arboretum, and how restrained Lightroom edits helped preserve the atmosphere of the original scene.]]></description><link>https://www.half-past-normal.com/post/one-leg-no-urgency-a-quiet-moment-at-winkworth-arboretum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a61b95c424f5a9980a3aef2</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2026 09:00:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de1f0b_20d0f2f5c7034432845578b1aa9ca725~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Half Past Normal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Half Past Normal: Finding Quiet Through Nature Photography]]></title><description><![CDATA[I return to the same landscapes, gardens and coastlines to discover what changes over time. Half Past Normal is a nature photography journal exploring England and Portugal.]]></description><link>https://www.half-past-normal.com/post/half-past-normal-finding-quiet-through-nature-photography</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a5b1958e447e3bde586565e</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:43:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/de1f0b_f091042bbcb24cc0a59b4ec94b4d2d43~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Half Past Normal</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>