I thought I could get by, sharing my 14mm Samyang between my D3000 and D800 cameras but it turned out that I couldn’t. I absolutely love the 14mm on both of these cameras. The lens is spectacularly sharp and contrasty and, even though it’s manual focus, its ultra-wide format means that it’s almost impossible to … Read more New Lens For Infrared
Living in the suburbs, the fox is of course a regular visitor to my neighbourhood. I point a webcam out of my window for two reasons only: one, to check on my car and two, to watch the foxes that wander the streets at night. As with many of my neighbours, I often put food … Read more The Suburban Fox – Part 1
A new Photography Project For a general summary of photography projects and their purpose, please see this page.. A few weeks ago Glenn suggested a black and white film roll project where you commit to taking 24 or 36 photos in black and white to simulate a photographer’s experience in the old days of pre-colour … Read more Project BW36 #1
One of only two lenses that I chose to carry over from my DX to FX line-up is my Micro-Nikkor 40mm f/2.8 macro lens. At some point I may choose to find an alternative but I am able to shoot macro at least for the short term with this, despite its DX format. While the … Read more Super Macro
How long can you keep going for, after 3 hours of sleep? Well, in my case, at least 21 hours! Not bad for an old man, I reckon. June 1st Glenn suggested that we set off in the early hours to go and capture the sunrise at Castlerigg stone circle, near Keswick in the Lake … Read more Castlerigg Stone Circle
Okay Google, set an alarm for two AM. Gah! Two in the morning is a toughy but Glenn and I had committed to an “East Coaster”, and getting to Bempton Cliffs on the East coast for about 5am. And so a 2am start for me was what was necessary. As is almost always the case, … Read more An East Coaster
The last time Jen, Rose and I got together for a photoshoot at Kirkstall Abbey in Leeds was over two years ago. We had such a good time that we swore we’d organise another shoot immediately. Of course we had no idea, while being disorganised in the following months, that ahead of us loomed 2020. … Read more Shibden Hall Photoshoot
For obvious reasons, caring for my dad in recent years had gradually become my main priority. As a consequence of that, my photographic output fell to an all-time low over the last couple of years and, particularly over the most recent winter months, even stopped completely. Now, with Spring here and Summer on the way, … Read more Changing Gear
My Infrared Photography – “IR590” Infrared photography is not to everyone’s taste. I have friends who even say they find infrared images “creepy”. Before getting started, I’ll address a common misnomer so that there’s no confusion. When most photographers, including me, refer to infrared photography, we’re really referring to “near-infrared”. True infrared light is outside … Read more Seeing Red
For many years, every time I left dad in Haworth, every time we hung up the phone or disconnected on Skype, our parting words were always “bye for now”. I can’t even remember which of us first used those words to the exclusion of any other concluding phrase. Regardless, these words came to mean everything … Read more Eulogy: “Bye For Now”
