Di Meo’s ice cream and the Whitella
The beach at Whitley Bay is just a short walk from our house. Down at the edge of the beach is this ice cream hut run by Di Meo’s, who have a pizza restaurant and ice cream shop on the parade nearb...
Journal
Spotting better portrait prints with a vertical monitor
This is something of a niche tip, but for those who have multi-monitor setups and like printing portrait-oriented photographs at least some of the time, read on…A computer setup tip I picked up fro...
Big waves at Whitley Bay
As Storm Ciara continues to howl outside my window I thought I’d share this image from just over a year ago, on New Year’s Day 2019.We had gone for a wander on the beach at Whitley Bay and I took a...
Week notes #3
I’m still having a very slow start to the year photographically. I desperately need to find space for a day to get out with the camera gear on my own.I am also trying to keep a camera with me most ...
Photography
Learning to leave a photograph alone
I make sure to set all my cameras to save files in RAW format, giving me the most leeway in post-processing. I worry though, that it can lead to me post-processing some files that just don’t need i...
Golden leaves
Here’s a photograph from a successful day out in November 2018. I got down to Knole deer park in Kent for sunrise and spent the morning there, before driving a little further down the A21 to anothe...
Natural History Museum by night
Here’s a real oldie, but one I don’t think I’ve ever properly shared. All the way back in May 2010, I went to one of the Natural History Museum ‘Night Safaris’—where you get to tour the museum afte...
Week notes
Week notes #2
Well, I wasn’t wrong to suggest I’d struggle to make this a truly weekly thing but where my week notes aren’t ever going to live up to the name, I have at least done a pretty good job of publishing...
Window Seat: a new series?
I find myself increasingly looking for themes to follow in my photography: common threads in photographs I’ve already taken and inspiration for new concepts to look out for in future work. In decid...
Atlas Adventure backpack review
The ultimate photographer’s backpack?