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Cuba Portfolio Now Online

I’ve finally managed to publish my photography portfolio from Cuba. Take a look and let me know what you think… Apologies if you use the RSS feed for my album – this will be fixed in a day or two. Continue reading

Thursday, December 8, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog, Photography, Travel

It’s Only Taken a Year…

I don’t know whether anyone else has this problem, but it can take me an inordinate amount of time to process photos from larger trips and events. Today is the anniversary of my return from my Cuba trip (as I’ve Continue reading

Thursday, November 24, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog, Travel

Something Fast, Something VERY Slow

After an inevitable delay while I set up my new PC, I’m finally back to sorting out some images. The new beast certainly does what I wanted it to. Processing an 18MP RAW file on the old laptop took up Continue reading

Thursday, November 17, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog

That Shouldn’t Have Worked…

There’s a lovely moment in the film Sahara where Pitt and Giordano are following a typically desperate plan in the hope that if they can kill the villain his men will just surrender and lay down their arms. When, to Continue reading

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography

Iceland Photography Tips – A Spare Everything!

A photographer’s guide to Iceland Continue reading

Saturday, September 3, 2011 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography, Travel

Back to the Street

After a week of beautiful but desolate landscapes in Iceland, I fancied a bit of colour and vibrance from Cuba. This was the first shot in the list, and a bit intriguing. It’s definitely one way of keeping your car Continue reading

Thursday, September 1, 2011 in Cuba Travel Blog, Travel

Shoot Only Puffins, Leave Only Footprints

I was ready for a quiet day of mainly driving on Sunday. I was also ready to report a total of about 1800 shots taken, which is a bit lower than for the Cuba trip, not unreasonable given the slightly Continue reading

Sunday, August 28, 2011 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography, Travel

Fire and Ice – Delivered

Saturday was when our tour really delivered on its “fire and ice” moniker. We started the day at the Jokulsarlon glacial lagoon, where an edge of the enormous Vatnajokull glacier calves off into the sea. Whereas 100 years ago this Continue reading

Floating Ice

This is a small iceberg floating in the Jokullsarlon galcial lagoon – see post above for details. Continue reading

One from the Road

Saturday consisted of various views of the Vatnajokull glacier.  Here’s one taken by shouting “stop” at Finn when we saw a puddle which reflected this glacial tongue in good light. Thankfully his quick reactions didn’t cause an accident. Continue reading

Also from the “Foss a Siva”

Here’s another view of the field beneath the Foss a Siva. I loved the light, and the simple colour palette, and just wanted to share this with you. Continue reading

Other People!

We continued our move south-east on Friday, moving from the highlands down to the coastal strip, and round Iceland’s largest glacier, Vatnajokull. We spent the morning at Landmannalaugar, which is a popular destination for all tours, so there were lots Continue reading