Yesterday (8th June), it was very sunny here in Watchfield. Whilst that isn’t always the best sort of weather for photography, what with the hard shadows and all, it is good weather for using compact cameras. Compact cameras, with small image sensors, need lots of light to give the best image quality. My Lumix TZ-70 […]
It’s officially spring here in the UK. The flowers are just emerging, and looking fabulous. One of my favourite flowers is the tulip, and our first of the year has just come into flower. It’s in a shady spot that only gets afternoon sun. This morning was a lovely sunny one, so I thought I […]
I posted recently about an LED toy that I had bought to try some light trail images. Well, I’ve now got a supply of different toys; a box of 30 in fact. They are flashing LED finger lights, which flash either red/green or red/blue. Using these toys I’ve made a simple version of the very […]
Yesterday, Nov 11th, was my birthday and a friend gave me an optical toy as a present. It was an insect-eye “kaleidoscope” that had a faceted lens at the front. The lens produces distorted multiple versions of whatever is in front of it. It’s got a quite deep wooden housing as it’s made to suit […]
I wanted to do some close-up garden photography today but it was too windy. Even trying my fancy cleft stick plant stabiliser didn’t work well enough, so I picked a flower from the garden and popped into the studio. I used a very high tech system, masking tape, to fix the flower to a light […]
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