United colours of nature
Last Saturday, my wife and eldest daughter went out to gather some material for my daughter’s GCSE photography project. They went out seeking autumn colours. I thought they were a […]
Interference
Here’s a wave interference pattern recorded by deposited sea coal. How cool is that?
When Objects Align
During the same evening walk by the sea as mentioned in my previous post, two items that had washed ashore provided rare moments of alignment with two considerably larger man-made […]
Teesbay Angel
Yesterday was uncommonly warm, so after work I decided to enjoy the evening and drove down the zinc works road to the beach. The tide was exceptionally low, allowing me […]
A half baked idea with a half frame camera
Back in 2017 I acquired an Olympus PEN EE half-frame camera. I took it to Durham City with the idea of recording little street scenes unfolding over three frames. I […]
My old cap
It hasn’t been artificially aged. It wasn’t bought last week. It didn’t come with a shitty logo and a premium price attached. The oldest visual record I have of me […]
How Street Photography Stole My Heart
Originally published in 2014 on Street Level Photography. 23rd February 2012. The day I became hooked. I had taken an Easyjet flight to Marrakech as an antidote to cold grey […]
Revival
It has been 14 months since my last blog post. If you read the last one, you may understand the hiatus. The lack of blog activity doesn’t indicate I have […]
Goodbye Dad
My dear dad passed away on 21st June, the longest day of the year. He was 87 and had been unwell for some time. I took this photograph at a family […]
The Number of the Beast
Well, I have developed another roll of Tri-X from the South Downs walk back in May. I am going through the negatives and scanning choice frames. Then I will be […]
My Latest Article on 35mmc.com
Hamish over at 35mmc.com has published a piece I put together about the Nikon 1 V1, a fabulous looking classic, yet somewhat flawed digital camera. It’s called NIKON 1 V1 – […]
Surprise Supplies
One 4LR44 battery, a Fujica ST901 SLR, and a happy photographer. For my Edge of Town project (whose gallery I really must update), I have chosen to use Pentax screw […]
Backlog
I have some films to develop. It would be wise if I developed these first before taking any more; or would it? It never stopped Garry Winogrand. He left behind […]
Some Thoughts on Photography
Photography widens your horizon by narrowing your field of view. Photography is comforting company when you are lonely, and glorious solitude when you want to be alone. It soothes you […]
The Keys
Last week I hauled myself up Worset Lane on my bicycle towards High Volts. It was my first time out since my radial head fracture, so it was a bit […]
