It’s a Bank Holiday weekend and I could be having a lie-in. Instead it’s 6:30am and I’m out wandering around the park trying to catch a glimpse of Skylarks. One unexpected bonus was an early mist. Which very quickly disappeared. All was quiet when I arrived. Then the distinctive notes of this resident bird filled … More Skylarks
There’s no going back! Spring has undeniably sprung as evidenced by the following photos taken just this last week during my wanderings. The weather forecast for the holiday weekend is good. Could this be true?? Would be a good time to get out with the camera.
We struggle to accept and deal with them. Whether its an unexpected illness or simply getting older, having limits imposed on us is not nice. We struggle to accept that we cannot do what we used to do either for a while or for the foreseeable future. The same is true when it comes to … More Limitations
I have to admit that I am not a great fan of phone photography. There I’ve said it. I know technology has advanced at an incredible rate and the quality equally. I’ll admit it is very convenient not only to take the photo, edit and share it all from one device. But I just don’t … More April showers
officially here. The season after winter but before summer can mean different things to different people. Longer day light hours and increased likelihood of warmth means more opportunities to be out with my camera. Here are a few reasons to believe it has arrived. Most of these photos were taken outside the back door.
Do you remember what you were doing in 2005? It was the year Prince Charles married Camilla Parker Bowles and it was 200 years since the battle of Trafalgar. At the cinemas you could watch the remake of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and Tony Christie was riding high in the music charts with … More 2005
Although I would love to have a literal darkroom the reality is we don’t have the room. So having successfully developed a film my next step is to digitalise the negative which means getting it on to the computer. Enter the world of the digital darkroom. You can’t just use any flatbed scanner to scan … More Digital Darkroom
The city of York has long been a favourite location, so when the kids suggested an anniversary treat the choice was obvious. However which camera to take was not so clear. I finally decided to take the Braun Paxette II an interchangeable lens rangefinder camera hailing from the 1950’s. To keep things as simple as … More All Packed with a Paxette
The title may be exaggerated , but here in the south of England temperatures soared to over 20 ℃ for around five days in succession . Here are a few photos during my wanderings to preserve the memory . Of course it couldn’t last.
As mentioned in a previous post I have been enjoying developing my colour film at home as much as capturing the image with my growing collection of cameras. So I felt considerably alarmed to learn, last year, that the company who produce the chemical I use were going to cease to exist. However after months … More Happy Endings
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