Category: photos
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Photo of the month: December 2025
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in photosThis 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 ‘heat’. Does this one work? It was taken using my Sony RX100 VII 1/60th at…
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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 and 54 and 65.5 kg meaning no significant change over the year. I continue to…
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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 experience of other members and to share their passions with us. In November we went…
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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 (or none). I have generally just used grades three to five. In my 20 plus…
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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 long as you don’t have to use it! This was taken with my Samsung Galaxy…
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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 with it. I maybe OK on the first two but fall down on the last.…
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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 the work would be done: sorting the entries ready for the judging, then the judging…
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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 went along and gave it a go. This was taken using my Sony RX100 VII…
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Photo of the month: August 2025
It’s another sports photo this month as I spent a very pleasant and productive afternoon at the Cambridge Criterium cycle event. Lots of action and very colourful so plan ty of scope for photography. This is one of my photos from the afternoon and was taken was taken with my Sony A7 III 1/80th at…
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Is this the ultimate accolade?
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in photosHiston & Impington Green Spaces (HIGS) publishes a calendar each year and invites photographers to submit photos which are then judged by an ‘expert’ panel. The chosen 13, one for each month and one for the back page, are then subject to a public vote to select one for the front cover. The photos should…
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