In late 2011 while reading a newspaper in a local pub, I came across an article stating that the Ministry of Defence had launched an investigation into 14 known sites across the...
I have two hobbies: Cameras and Photography. I’ve warbled on about this before, but recently experienced a situation where the difference between the two felt really quite tangi...
In late October of 2020, the last vestiges of the devastating Bobcat Fire are winding down. In its wake, 180 square miles of the Angeles National Forest were burned, making it t...
Some years ago – I don’t remember when exactly – I went to our municipal library. Looking for some interesting books, I was searching for inspiration. At the art section, I stum...
I’ve quite recently realised that one of my favourite photography subjects is the sea. We go to the coast as a family once a year, and I always take a camera to the beach with m...
Our daughter moved to Scottsdale Arizona, and my partner Amy and I helped her move her belongings with a large U-haul trailer from the Twin Cities. All this happened in middle o...
It’s the one that comes with the camera, it’s the 'nifty fifty' and the bog standard prime lense everyone has included in the pack that’s so quickly forgotten and replaced by fa...
During one of the longish weekends late 2019, we made an impromptu drive down to Santa Barbara. The plan was to rest the night, and then drive onwards to Oxnard to reach the Cha...