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October 2011

pumpkins and squashes
Photography

Boo!

Hope you’re all having a spooktacular halloween! In England we apparently now ‘do’ the whole trick or treating thing so I have been handing out gummy-eyeballs most of the evening. I’m glad they’re nearly all gone as they look…

New Forest symbol
Digital Photography

Let the show begin

Meteorologists have been saying that when autumn finally gets started then the mild weather we’ve been having should mean it will be a very colourful one, leaf-wise. Well, I think it’s finally got started and it is indeed looking…

we love autumn - olympus xa2
Film Photography

A last look

I’ve almost exhausted my supply of Lake District photos (you’re probably glad to hear) – it was such a fantastic place to visit, a photographers dream! Here’s a selection from the cross-processed roll of film I took with my…

horsie - after
Free Photography

Autumn Nights (a lightroom preset)

Do you use Adobe Lightroom? If you do you might want to have a play with this preset I’ve created – it’s called it Autumn Nights as it’s quite cool and contrasty with dusky black hues (plus it’s night…

coffee for two
Digital Photography

Weekend wanderings

Have you had a lovely weekend? I have – it’s been one of those ones where you don’t do much apart from read papers, drink coffee, wander your local streets and chat. Obviously (for editorial puposes) I am choosing…

dead queen anne's lace
Digital Photography

A breath of fresh air

I had the afternoon off work today, it was lovely – a long, lazy lunch, sunshine, fresh air and photography! The trees are mostly still green but you can tell they are about to change – I don’t wanna…

sam uba by george plemper
Inspiration Photography

George Plemper

Nowadays, if a school teacher insisted on taking lots of unofficial photographs of all the kids at school he would (at best) be looked on with some suspicion. This hasn’t always been the case though – thank goodness –…

lomo diana - post box
Film Photography

Serendipity

One of the (many) cameras I took away with me to The Lake District was my little Diana F+ (a 120 film toy camera). I diligently ensured it didn’t get left out amongst its bigger, flashier cousins and that…

xpro - weeds
Film Photography Tutorials

Cross-processing

Cross-processing (or x-pro if you’re down with the kids, like me) is addictive and makes film photography an even more exciting adventure than it already is, I love it a lot! Want to know more? Zenith 80 + Fujifilm Velvia…

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Life

Subscribing

Just a quickie – I’ve had the lid off this blog and have done some tinkering – you should now find it a lot easier to subscribe to this website via your preferred blog reader – alternatively you could…