Monthly Archives: December 2012

Christmas in Wales

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It’s that time of year again and as ever its always a good time to take pictures of family near and far. This year we went to Wales to visit my family for Christmas. The journey was fine except for Reading Services being flooded and similarly the stretch of road near the bridge under the …

Cowbridge

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone! I’ve been spending Christmas with the family in Wales and have only just got around to processing some of the pictures I took of where I grew up and went to Secondary School in Cowbridge, South Wales. My family moved to Penllyn, near Cowbridge, in 1989 …

Southerndown and Dunraven Bay with the GH3

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Southerndown is a village on the coast of South Wales. It is known for its beach, Dunraven Bay. The cliffs are an obvious example of sedimentary rock, being made up of layers of carboniferous limestone and shale. As Southerndown is a west-facing beach, off-shore winds from the East generate much good-quality surf, helped by the …

Borough Market with the Olympus 17mm F1.8

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I have decided I really like this lens. Me really liking it doesn’t mean it is the holy grail, or that it’s sharper than lenses like the 75mm. It’s just a really nice lens for the focal length. Today I took the lens and my E-M5 to Borough Market in Southwark, South London. The present …

“Street” with the Olympus 17mm F1.8

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So this is the new 17mm (34mm equivalent) lens from Olympus. Obviously Oly had a previous 17mm lens (the 17mm F2.8 pancake). It was a slow lens with soft corners, but was the only option for a 35mm equivalent. Panasonic released a 20mm F1.7 pancake that is excellent and very sharp in the centre but …

Some quality time with the X100

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This little fella is a great camera. It certainly has its limitations (the biggest being its fixed 35mm equivalent lens) and strengths (the biggest being its 35mm equivalent lens). OK, I’m contradicting myself, why? Really, there is nothing wrong with the 35mm focal length, other than if coupled with a slightly slower focus – you …

A journey down memory lane…

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I recall a young law student, later trainee solicitor, who lived in a “dodgy” flat in Highbury (actually next to Canonbury, then British Rail now Overground, Station), with about 52,000 other people… OK I exaggerate, but it felt like that on occasion. In 2000 I was looking for a place to live and hooked up …

Alexandra Palace

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I pass “Ally Pally” every day on the way to work. It is an inspiring building, particularly in the sun. Today I found myself awake at 6:45am, the legacy of a dodgy self made curry the night before. Rather than trying to get back to sleep I decided to take advantage of the golden hour …