New year, new (photographic) beginnings
The entire calendar year of 2024 passed by without a single post added to this blog, so this is a short one to attempt a reset for 2025.Last year was not a good one for me photography-wise. I took...
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Stairwell with a view, Barbican
Leaving a conference at the Barbican Centre in London, I had to quickly snap this scene with my iPhone.The lovely team at Clearleft had invited me to their excellent Leading Design conference in ...
Moon over Cullercoats Harbour
A few weeks ago I was in Cullercoats and noticed the moon looking particularly large, hanging over the bay.I happened to have my Fuji X-Pro3 with the 23mm F2 ‘Fujicron’ lens with me in the car, so...
Park days
On a quick scroll through unprocessed photos from the past few years, I stumbled across this image from a nearby park that I actually had processed, just never marked as ‘done’ in Lightroom.The par...
Folkestone Harbour
Happy memories from a disaster holiday.With our kids reaching an age where they could both appreciate it, we had booked our first family trip to Disneyland Paris. As we landed in Paris however, ou...
Triple fret
Three days of sea fog and an awful pun
The BALTIC gallery viewing deck
Nice soft window light on a grey day.When I lived and worked in London, I used to love going on lunchtime walks to the Tate Modern with a camera. The people watching was great and the large open ...
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...
Photography
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...
Inspiration through constraints
Breaking out of a creative lull by making things harder?