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i love donkeys!
Digital Photography

Donkey work

Last week was great – the sun was shining, I was off work for a couple of days and I got to see these chaps! I do love a donkey – these ones live at Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary which…

bright autumn leaves
Digital Photography

Fabulous 40

I think my little 40mm pancake lens is my very favourite Canon lens. This is surprising because… it looks ridiculous. On my beefy Canon 5D Mk II it looks like I’ve forgotten to put a lens on at all. the actual glass lens…

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Life

Mottisfont

There’s a big stately home less than 10 miles from my home that I’ve never visited in all my life, so on Friday I took a day off work and finally got round to seeing what was on my almost-doorstep.…

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Digital

Ordinary

At the weekend I realised I’d been indoors for a whole week and that my hand had been clawed around a mouse for pretty much the whole of that time. That’s not good! So, I grabbed my camera and took…

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Digital Photography

Devon knows

I went to Devon recently and got a real taste for the outdoors life – I ate scones and clotted cream every afternoon (it’s the law), frolicked with donkeys and saw a solar eclipse! On the morning of the eclipse…

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Digital Photography

It’s that time of year again

It’s a busy time of year if you sell things. People who are a lot more organised than I am have started their Christmas shopping – apparently you don’t have to do it all last minute on Christmas eve. I…

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Digital Photography

Wild wood

I love that I get to be eye-to-eye with crazy-faced beasts if I drive for just 20 minutes from my home. And autumn in the forest is the most wonderful treat of all – I am looking forward to seeing…

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Digital Photography

Gothic autumn

OK, so Autumn is turning out to be just the inspiration I need to get out with my camera. Yesterday I visited the old Victorian cemetery in town; it’s near my house and a favourite old haunt of mine. Everything is still mostly green…

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Digital Photography

Making time

My camera got the shock of its life today. Not only did I pop a memory card into its tummy, I also removed the 40mm pancake lens that’s been attached pretty much permanently since I got it last year. I’m…

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Digital Photography

Cheltenham & Gloucester

If you’re in the UK you’ll be thinking ‘is this post about a building society’? If you’re not in the UK you’re probably (and understandably) mispronouncing one or more of those place names. To all of you – hello!…