Photo of the month: December 2025
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in photos
I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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This is a Xmas day shot taken in the kitchen at Alex and Clare’s house. Alex was cooking the Xmas lunch and I stood by to give him advice. I was looking for a photo that conveyed the sensation of…
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So that was 2025!
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At least it ended on a positive note with a fine but very cold day, my blood pressure at 122/65 and my heart rate at 53. I weighed in this morning at 65.4 kg. Last year the numbers were 120/62…
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Photo of the month: November 2025
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in photosAs a member of the Cambridge Camera Club I join many of its photo walks. As the person with a responsibility for looking after new members I encourage them to join the walks and take the opportunity to tap the…
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The big reset
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in photosI’m a bit of a photographer and I pride myself on taking photographs which are technically good and tell stories. I use Lightroom as a cataloging system and score many of my images using its star system: one to five…
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Military precision
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in reminiscenceI attended my first Xmas party of the year on Friday. It’ll probably be the last, I generally don’t do many, but it made me reflect on similar ones in the past. Given that this was a company party, I’ll…
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Photo of the month: October 2025
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in photosWe enjoyed a week in Spain during the month and that yielded multiple photo ops but this one came right at the beginning as we waited for our bags at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez airport. It’s an impressive airport just as…
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Historic Spain
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We’ve just got back from a week in ‘historic Spain’ starting in Madrid and then spending time in el Escorial, Segovia, Avila, Salamanca and Toledo. It was a full on experience and I reckon it could usefully have been split…
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Bloody Hell I won!
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in photosCambridge Camera Club runs several competitions during the year and they’re mostly won by expert photographers. They’re not just technically expert and skilled at using Photoshop etc they’re also expert on their chosen genre and have the patience that’s needed…
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Exhibition!
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in photosI spent much of last weekend helping with the preparation for Cambridge Camera Club’s 2025 exhibition. I had believed it to be a fairly labour intensive and involved activity and I was not wrong. This weekend was when most of…
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Photo of the month: September 2025
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in photosAnother month , another flower photo. I guess flowers are to some extent easy because they don’t move. The annual dahlia and cake competition at Histon Manor should present lots of photo opportunities but the weather wasn’t great. But I…
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