On the weekend I took my son to the local transport museum, which is open the last Sunday of every month. The museum (Whitewebbs Museum of Transport) is well supported by volunteers and is also behind the well known Enfield Pageant of Motoring. It sounds a wee bit crackpot, but the displays are actually very …
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X
Admittedly, most cameras seem to have an X in their name these days 😉 . I further admit that I can’t see the point in owning multiple Fuji X cameras. I can see myself wanting two FF cameras to shoot events, but otherwise I’m glad I sold my X-Pro1. Cameras like that ought to be …
Indecision/Decision
It’s one of those times again when I’m in a bit of a quandary regarding an aspect of my photography kit. In particular, it’s my Fujis. First of all, let me point out that they are smashing aps-c cameras. Nothing wrong with that! However, all too often I’m using them at times of day I …
The Heritage Coast
This is actually a bit of a fraud, since I didn’t really visit the whole of the Glamorgan Heritage Coast, rather just the beaches at Southerndown and Ogmore when visiting around Christmas time. It’s a stunning location, which I know well from growing up nearby, but also from last years Christmas visit with my GH3. …
The best of 2013
I’m lazy, or busy, depending on how you might look at it! I still have a bunch of posts to write on (amongst others) Nikon AIS lenses, the Fujifilm X-E2 and the (surprisingly great) Samyang 8mm for Fuji X and 14mm for Nikon F mount. But those are for another time! As a goodbye to …
Fear at St Paul’s
Absolute terror. Buttock clenching, stomach churning fear. That’s what happens when I go to high places. “to pull the higgle” is how my son refers to St Paul’s Cathedral. Now I’ve explained to him how I felt at the golden gallery he’s fascinated by the pictures of “the higgle”, and tells me how I was …
Food riot
On my way to the Collect+ dropoff at my local newsagent yesterday it was slightly bizarre to come across people dressed as riot police and food all over the road! This was literally about 100 yards from the front of my office. It turned out this was a scene from a TV show being filmed …
Blues & Royals hit Liverpool Street
This lunchtime I headed over to Liverpool street station to grab lunch. While there I heard a band playing. It wasn’t until I headed into the station proper that I realised it wasn’t just a band, it was the band of the Blues & Royals, a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The Band is …
Birthrights Dignity Forum
This week, my employer and manager (thanks Joe) gave me a day off to do some charity volunteering for the UK Charity, Birthrights. The story starts earlier in the year, when, after covering the Birthrights launch, the trustees asked me to cover this event, held at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Of course, …
It’s all purple…
A while back I ordered some Lomochrome Purple from the nice people at Lomography. The film allows you to shoot infrared-style photographs. Although the resulting photographs look very different from standard color negative film (greens become purple shades), they are developed using the same C-41 process. The film mimics Kodak’s old Aerochrome (slide/E-6) film line, …
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