I was so thrilled when I published The Gameshow last year. It came out even better than I’d hoped and thankfully, reviews have been positive. They all mean so much. I don’t normally reblog but with longtime blogger Beetley Pete wrote about it I just had to share it.
I don’t post about my creative work much here, but I do have two instagram accounts for those who want to follow.
https://www.instagram.com/raphaelalexx/
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In my last post I shared some of the incredible photography from the World Sports Photography Awards. They were so many other fantastic entrants I just had to add some more. Do you have a favourite?
Photo 1:Grand Prix Silver winner: The Underworld by Beatrice Ryder da Costa
Photo 2:Basketball: Breakaway for the Lead by Bob Donnan
Photo 3:Boxing: Uppercut by Alexis Goudeau
Photo 4:Cycling: Vistas desde el abandono by Aritz Arambarri Goenaga
Photo 5:Urban & Extreme: Klickflippin’ India by Martin Bissig
Photo 6:Venues & Views: Championship View by Andrew Hancock
Photo 7:Athletics: Tokyo Rocket by Kenjiro Matsuo
Photo 8:Basketball: by Emilio Comos
As a big lover of sports and photography, I just had to add my favourites from the recent World Sports Photography Awards (WSPA). It’s a prestigious competition that has been running since 2020, covering 20 categories.They’re all so eye-catching. Do you have a favourite?
Photo 1: Grand Prix Gold winner: Carlos’ Shadow Hits A Ball by Edgar Su
Photo 2: Grand Prix Bronze winner: India v England layers by Richard Heathcote
Photo 3: Racquet Sports: Kim Nayeong – WTT Foz do Iguacu by Abelardo Mendes Jr
Photo 4: Motor Sports: Emerging Ford by Mwangi Kirubi
Photo 5: Equestrian: Equine Reflection by Morgan Treacy
Photo 6: Rugby union: New Zealand Haka by Andrew Dowling
Photo 7: American football: One Player. 110,000 Screaming Fans. by Christian Gresko
Photo 8: Winter Sports: FIS Freestyle World Championships, Women’s Aerials in St Moritz by Claudia Greco
“If I had my way, I would remove January from the calendar altogether and have an extra July instead.”
Some amusing words by one of the world’s most famous children’s writers Roald Dahl (1916 – 1990). Less sunshine does means more time for reading though!
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The world’s most famous ever physicist Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955), who discovered relativity and won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921. I hope you all have had a great start to 2026.
Alex Raphael 