There was a little shop in Hawkeshead, Cumbria and these boys were set outside. They’re brand new; made in China. At school we were encouraged to call them golli-dollies (this was after…
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OK, so when I visited the Lake District last month there weren’t exactly any daffodils, but there were plenty of lonely clouds, vales and hills so three out of four ain’t…
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I took quite a few Polaroids whilst I was in the Lake District – it was only a little over a week ago but it almost seems like a dream now.…
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This past couple of days I’ve been feeling pretty awful; tonsillitis and I can hardly hear! The only up-side to this is I have had lots of time to trawl the…
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Now that the weather has finally decided it really is autumn rather than a scorching hot summer (that was a rather unexpected but lovely few days, wasn’t it) I have become…
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What sort of camera is it? The Olympus XA2 is a 35mm film camera. It’s a point-and-shoot ‘zone focus’ camera. Zone focus means it has different planes of focus that need…
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One of the places we visited in the Lake District was Grasmere, and I feel I need to dedicate a whole post to the delicacy that is Sarah Nelson’s Grasmere Gingerbread.…
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OK, brace yourselves, if you scroll down you’re going to see a lot of photos, and this is just the tip of the iceberg really – I still have films to…
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I have stuck my mobile phone out on the windowsill of my hotel room and made it ‘do wi-fi’ and here I am; on my laptop, online in the middle of…
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Have you heard of Lomography? You probably have if you’re interested in film photography – I have purchased an item or two from them in the past and my favourite camera…