I went for some exercise recently. The lockdown rules in the UK allow the use of a vehicle to drive a “reasonable distance” to where a person will exercise. I drove a few miles to the Ridgeway. The car park I arrived at was empty, so I considered it reasonable to park there and walk. […]
Last weekend I was up in Manchester for a social event. I stayed in the First Street district, which is all shiny new office and entertainment buildings. There’s a lot of glass, and a lot of rectangles. I popped out one morning with my Lumix TZ-100 compact camera to try and capture the feel of […]
I don’t know about you, but my eyes don’t see things framed by rectangles. Cameras, on the other hand, do see in rectangles and we have to take that into account when we take a photograph. Having forced the view of the world into the rectangle defined by our camera sensor, you can use the […]
Well, it’s actually the River Severn between England and Wales, but the point is the same. This river has one of the largest tidal ranges in the world, so crossing it has always been a bit challenging. It has fast currents, and from time to time a tidal bore, which is well worth seeking out. […]
I recently I gave my “Movement in Photography” talk to Salisbury Camera Club. I had a chance to wander round the cathedral before my talk. It was a lovely clear evening, so I took the chance to test my phone camera for night photography. This was a while after sunset, in the so-called “Blue Hour”. […]
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