Category: photos
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a Weekend in Paris (22-26 Oct 26)
I spent a weekend in Paris last month. The weather forecast was not good and there was the threat of widespread riots but neither transpired and I enjoyed three days of walking, frequent stops for refreshment and the best of Paris’ landmarks. I joined a photo workshop run by Steve Gosling of Creative Photo Adventures.…
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Photographs of the month Sep, Oct 26
I’m still not being diligent in staying up to date with these posts so here’s two from this summer and early autumn September We spent an exceptional week in Croatia and Slovenia including a couple of nights in Bled. This is an early evening shot across Lake Bled. This was taken with my Sony A7III…
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Photographs of the month Jul, Aug 26
I’m still not being diligent in staying up to date with these posts so here’s two from this summer July I spent a day at a Steampunk event at the East Anglian Railway Museum. Lots of Steampunks themselves dressed up for photographs but this guy was just there to drive his Traction Engine. This photo…
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Photographs of the month Jan-Jun 2026
For some reason I’ve not been posting photographs of the month this year. This post is a quick catch up of the first six months. January A trompe l’oeil in Grand Arcade in Cambridge. Taken with my Samsung Galaxy S20FE mobile phone; 1/100th at f1.8 and ISO250, and a focal length of 26mm (35mm equivalent)…
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Scarborough, Whitby + the North Yorks Moors
At the beginning of last month I joined a photo holiday run by LSP holidays, led by the impressive Lillian Spibey and based on Scarborough. It was first class. The weather wasn’t great but the worst was limited to the first morning when we were on the North Yorkshire Moors. There was on and off…
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Corsica is a little different
We’ve visited several Mediterranean islands and enjoyed holidays on the coast in Italy and France and they’re generally characterised by complex histories with multiple invasions which have left their stamp. Not so Corsica. It might be over simplifying it but Corsica’s history spans the eighteenth century and not much more. Earlier it was run from…
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It’s nice to be recognised
I wasn’t sure what I would get when I joined the Cambridge Camera Club eighteen months ago. I was perhaps surprised that bird and insect photographs seemed to dominate the top positions in competitions, that most of the focus seemed to be on setting up and post -processing and that there was a world of…
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Photo of the month: December 2025
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 ‘heat’. Does this one work? It was taken using my Sony RX100 VII 1/60th at…
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So that was 2025!
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
As 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…