A New Year Roundup
I was up early again this morning and caught a great sunrise from Parliament Hill. I had arrived at South End Green just as Blue Hour was about to start and mozied onto the hill just as there was enough […]
Read MoreKilling Time Around Leicester Square
I went down to the West End early – before I was due at a book launch for a friend – and indulged in some unaccustomed ‘street photography’ before the start of the event. It required some readjustment, with all […]
Read MoreEarly morning – on a whim
I woke up early this morning and rather than trying to get back to sleep realised that I felt good and that I should seize the day! I got out of bed and went down to Primrose Hill as dawn […]
Read MoreReal 35mm Film
I was asked before Christmas by a friend and neighbour whether I would test her 1970’s Nikon FM2 camera. I agreed but have only just got around to it. The final stimulus to getting started was finding an old, heavy […]
Read MoreThe Surprise of Snow
I got up this morning half expecting a blanket of snow, so was slightly disappointed when I opened the curtains and found nothing but grey and damp. I got on with whatever work I had to do and gave the […]
Read MoreOut in the Snow and Ice
The snow has a wonderful way of making the familiar unfamiliar, and I took time out on all three days during the recent cold snap to get out and about. On the first day I didn’t get far, but the […]
Read MoreLooking back over the trees…
I’ve been looking back through my Lightroom catalogue for possible competition entries for a ‘The Glory of Trees’ challenge on my camera clubs website. A couple of these have been posted before, either on thefiddlersriddle, or on Facebook, but some […]
Read MoreCaught in the Rain
I made my way up to Great Titchfield Street today to see an exhibition of work from the 50’s and 60’s by Franziska Themerson, the aunt of my friend Jasia Reichardt. I was caught in an absolute deluge of a […]
Read MoreDragonfly laying eggs
I went out onto the Heath yesterday. It is a year on from my last dragonfly shots, and decided at the last minute to restrict myself to dragonflies as I don’t have as much free time to devote to this […]
Read MoreA Lack of Subject
It’s been a long while since I lasted posted here, and this hasn’t been the easiest winter for me to get out and about. At the back end of last year I managed to get a very wide angle zoom […]
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