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Projects in colour!

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Over the last couple of weeks I decided to leave the large format camera and move in another direction for a change – colour digital! For the last 10 years or so I have been doing black and white analogue prints but not actually moving forward. The process was getting in the way of the content, even preventing me from acually getting out there to photograph. The thought of lugging the 10×8 or even the 5×4 around was starting to become a pain – in many ways! A change was needed. Last year I bought a small digital camera to take to Paris for some street photography. I found it, … Continue reading →

Backyard in December!

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There’s an old adage in photography that says you don’t need to travel far to find a photograph. This one is from a corner in our garden. The bird bath belonged to a man called Bernard who lived in our village. Bernard lived here all his life until he passed away earlier this year. Before his house was sold we asked if we could take the bird bath from his garden and place it in a rose garden at the village hall that he had funded for his wife, Mavis, when she passed away. Bernard and Mavis were gardeners and used to have a fine display of flowers every year … Continue reading →

November at Rock House Wood

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I had another couple of visits to the wood in November. I wanted to try the Hermagis 305mm brass lens wide open hence the ‘swirl’ towards the back and front of the print. It’s supposedly a ‘look’ that photographers want from these old lenses but I’m not sure I’m keen for my own work. Still, I was pleased with the print. What attracted me to this particular scene was the old wall which has been a boundary at some point but has been left to fall down over the years – probably when the area was taken over by the Forestry Commission. I have been back to the wood in … Continue reading →