*UPDATE* Project ended early (197/365 days) Read the details here. p365-2022: Take a photo every day for a year and share it. It’s twelve years since I last did a “p365”. On the first of January 2022, I began shooting a new 365 project. The rules for the project are as follows: a) Images must … Read more Photography Project: p365-2022
Autumn, my favourite season, is all but over. With the recent winds of Storm Arwen, most of the stunningly colourful leaves were forcefully removed from the branches and the descent into Winter began. Although Winter doesn’t officially begin until the winter solstice (December 21st), I think most people perceive the end of the visible signs … Read more Winter Is Coming
I have been a heavy consumer of Youtube photography channels for some time, but during October, rather than the typical gear, composition and location reviews/tutorials, I began to focus more on exploring the philosophies of photography. As a consequence, I’ve spent most of my spare time in the last month learning an inordinate amount about … Read more Review and Update (Oct-Nov)
We’re now very deep into October, so it’s high time I looked back over photos taken in September. I had thought September was a quiet month, but not at all. Flicking through photos taken over the last month I was surprised to find that I’ve been many places and taken many images. September was peppered … Read more Remember September
I recently visited Knowsley Safari Park with Sheryl, Jake and Ade. It was a fun morning out to see some things that I’ve never seen before. Naturally, being the enthusiastic amateur photographer, I took my camera with me. Perhaps I set my expectations in the wrong place. On the safari trail – in the presence … Read more Memories vs Photographs
I spent an evening taking droplet photographs with my Pluto Trigger and for once had a pretty high “hit rate”. Rather than leave the images on my hard drive never to be seen again, I thought I’d share some of them here. The images are taken with the Nikon D5300 and Sigma 105mm f/2.8 macro … Read more Droplet Photography Evening
August proved to be pretty typical here in Yorkshire. The weather was variable and unreliable, and while we certainly had a share of sunshine we also had plenty of grey days and some rainy days too. Mostly, though, my time out of the house during August was focused much less on photography and more on … Read more August Wrap-Up
The Problem Before moving to full-frame digital photography, my dedicated macro lens – the Nikon Micro-Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G – had been my only macro kit. The lens itself is phenomenally sharp and has been a stalwart in delivering exceptional shots for nearly 10 years. I wrote in this post (Super Macro) about the challenge I … Read more Working Distances
We’re into August now, so I felt that a July photography round-up was in order. Mish-Mash July turned out to be a bit of a photography mish-mash, with very little in the way of photography actually going on. Aside from one specific excursion, the month was filled with largely random minor events, but I still … Read more July Round-Up
The best camera is the one that’s with you. Unless you have two cameras with you. Then it depends. Six months in, I’m still over the moon with my Nikon D800. For 90% of the photos that I shoot, the D800 is everything I’m looking for. I love the ability to control depth of field … Read more A Return to DX for 1:1 Macro
