11 June, 2025
My five rules for taking street portraits
“Being nervous isn’t bad. It just means something important is happening.” — Michael Jordan Asking someone on the street for their portrait is a bit like asking someone on a dat...
10 June, 2025
Let the Sky Fall – Part 1
Let thy west wind sleep on the lake; Speak silence with thy glimmering eyes, And wash the dusk with silver. – William Blake St. Andrews West Sands Beach, March 2025 An ora...
8 June, 2025
Rocamadour with an EOS3 and Velvia 100
Writing about my EOS3 got me wondering, when had I last used it exactly, and on what? Looking through my notes showed use had gradually petered out and towards the end the photo...
7 June, 2025
Analogue Photography goes ICH…
…or 5 frames on the intersection of UNESCO World Heritage and UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage. In early February this year the German Commission for UNESCO added Analo...
The day was beautiful and the meadow I was standing in was quiet except for the birds in nearby trees. Without the signs placed around the meadow, you would never guess that I ...
29 May, 2025
Autumn Equinox Anarchist Talk and Apple Pressing at Bramley Organic Farm in East Sussex with an Olympus Evolt E1
In September last year I was invited to join my friend Paul Cudenec for an Autumn Equiniox talk he was giving at Bramley Organic Farm in Sussex. I of course had my Olympus Evolt...
28 May, 2025
Scaling Skellig Michael (with a Fuji F31fd)
You can’t climb Ireland’s Skellig Michael monastery island if the gods of rain, wind, waves and tides are against you. Sure, you can go to the lovely small village of Portmagee,...
27 May, 2025
Parakeets Playing it Cool in the Cold
This post is a short, personal record of London’s wild parakeets, seen from a fourth-floor window in West London, from winter into spring. It can be easy to miss what is just ou...
