Thar She Blows!

The wildlife on a Barbados trip is usually pretty predictable: lizards, turtles, monkeys, flying fish, various small birds and fish. This year had already improved on the norm with a couple of hummingbird sightings, but that was before our catamaran … Continue reading

Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Barbados, Photography, Travel

Singin’ the Blues…

Sorting out a few old photos, I got to some I took at a concert by the Walter Trout band in October 2010. Those of the great man himself and the other instrumentalists are fine, but I was particularly pleased … Continue reading

Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Photography

Crete Portfolio

Our 2010 trip to Crete wasn’t a great success either as a holiday or photographically, mainly due to rather grotty weather. However, I did get one or two interesting shots. If you’re tempted, have a look at the album here. Continue reading

Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Photography

Photographic Anachronisms

Anachronisms in television usually consist of something too modern for the period, but I’ve just spotted the opposite. In the UK series Whitechapel the mortuary assistant takes pictures of the all-too frequent victims using a Zenit TTL. Now I know … Continue reading

Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Photography

Normal Service Will Be Resumed–Honest!

Apologies to regular readers of my blog for the delay since my last significant post. I’ve been very busy with a number of things: working overtime at National Grid, getting new consultancy contracts running, updating my Bibble plugin to work … Continue reading

Thursday, February 2, 2012 in Photography, Website & Blog

Through a Glass, Darkly

I’m finally processing the shots from our trip to Bruges in 2010, and I found this one I particularly liked. It’s light projected through a stained glass window at the Basilica of the Holy Blood, onto one of the internal … Continue reading

Thursday, December 15, 2011 in Photography, Travel

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