What’s More Important: Hardware or Software?

We live, as some of you might have noticed, in a digital age. The displacement of older technologies by digital versions has been accompanied and largely enabled by rapid, substantial advances in technology. Yet a couple of recent experiences suggest … Continue reading

Monday, May 20, 2013 in Micro Four Thirds, Photography, Thoughts on the World

Back to the ‘Fray

Oh well… The annual pilgrimage to the sun has come and gone, and it’s back to the ´fray. (I assume that “fray” is a contraction of “affray” – is that correct?) Updates to my web site are almost complete. As … Continue reading

Thursday, May 9, 2013 in Iceland Travel Blog, Thoughts on the World, Website & Blog

Review – Olympus TG2 “Tough” Camera

There’s a salutory lesson here about not jumping to premature conclusions. Based on my first impressions of this camera I had mentally started drafting a review based on praising the hardware, but with some criticism of the software and firmware. … Continue reading

Monday, April 29, 2013 in Photography, Reviews

Fixing Holes

I’m making decent progress rolling out my new design to the website, but apologies if you’re waiting for some more interesting content! I’ve now got to the “fiddly” stage, making sure that the new theme works on the slightly more … Continue reading

Thursday, March 21, 2013 in Iceland Travel Blog, Website & Blog

Updates Rolling…

The updates to my website are now in progress. The eagle-eyed amongst you may have already spotted changes to my blog and front page, and the rest of the website will follow over the next few weeks. You should now … Continue reading

Wednesday, March 13, 2013 in Website & Blog

Man At Work!

Apologies to regular readers of my blog for the recent low output. I’m currently working on a major overhaul of my web site which will see it considerably modernised and should enable it to be viewed successfully on all sorts … Continue reading

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 in Thoughts on the World, Website & Blog

Photographing Waterfalls

I’m afraid I don’t subscribe to the received wisdom that waterfalls should be photographed with long exposures which capture the flow as a sort of silky mush. That might work for gentle trickles in dappled glades, but if you’re looking … Continue reading

Friday, January 18, 2013 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography

USA 2012 – Technical Review

Or, “What Worked and What Didn’t” As usual, I tried to take a few notes regarding the more “technical” aspects of our holiday, which may be useful to others planning a similar trip. One spectacular success was having Laurent Matres’ … Continue reading

Sunday, December 30, 2012 in Galaxy Note, Photography, Travel, USA 2012

The Back of Beyond

I haven’t posted any photos since the end of our USA trip, but I have, finally, got back to sorting out my Iceland photos from last year. I thought, therefore, I would share this shot with you. It’s from an … Continue reading

Wednesday, December 12, 2012 in Iceland Travel Blog, Photography

Bye, Bye, Albuquerque

Day 15 Cold night. Perfect storm of badly fitted hotel windows, unusably noisy heater and no spare blanket. I haven’t been that cold since a night in the lodge at the top of the Tioga Pass. The Best Western Rio … Continue reading

Sunday, November 11, 2012 in Travel, USA 2012

Up, Up and Away!

Day 13 4.30 start for the Balloon Fiesta! Sleep punctuated by police sirens (understandable in a large city) and train whistles (nope). We’d just got settled at the park, and Albuquerque had the most dramatic thunderstorm. Balloons and wind don’t … Continue reading

Saturday, November 10, 2012 in Travel, USA 2012