Adam Perfect

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High key high tide

In late April I took a punt on a cheap Asahi Pentax Takumar 35mm F3.5 lens on ebay. The first real opportunity I got to try it was a calm, sunny morning in early May when I had it mounted on my Fu...

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September

September is a transitional month as we move (in the northern hemisphere) from summer to autumn, and the weather has certainly taken a turn for the cooler these past couple of days.Time to look ah...

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Inspiration through constraints

Breaking out of a creative lull by making things harder?

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The storm passes the bay

This has been a personal favourite image for a while now, but I had never published it here.On a gloomy October morning in 2020 I went for a walk along the beach at Whitley Bay to photograph the d...

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Spring at Howick with the original Fujifilm Finepix X100

In mid-May, on a family visit the the beautiful Howick Hall Gardens in Northumberland, I decided to see how the original Fujifilm X100 holds up in 2023.Released in February 2011, the Fujifilm Fine...

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Fret day at Cullercoats

In mid-June, as the temperatures rose, we got a few good fret days at the coast and on one of them I managed a wander with the camera.As you drive through Cullercoats coming from the north, the co...

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Rainy Rendezvous Cafe

As the weather here turns to rain again, I thought I would share a couple of images from a rainy-day walk to the sea front at the end of June this year.The Rendezvous cafe in Whitley Bay is a prop...

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No. 1 Queen Street

With some work visitors in town this week, I was reminded of the really interesting building at 1 Queen Street.Having been out for dinner in Newcastle last night, we headed down towards the river ...

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First impressions: Lowepro PhotoSport Outdoor Backpack BP 24L AW III

Early thoughts on a lightweight photography hiking backpack

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Goodwood FoS rally stage on film

Photograph a flying rally car with a 6x7 medium format film camera? Go on then.

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