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  • Looking up

    Looking up

    With some trepidation I attended a Cambridge Photography Club Critique group. The idea is you submit photos with a theme and others present critique them. It turns out to be a fairly gentle experience but the comments given are well considered and provide useful insights in how photographs should have been better taken or might…

  • Photos of the month: October 2024

    Photos of the month: October 2024

    This is a special photo for two reasons. Firstly it’s one of the first I took with my new Sony RX1000 VII. It’s a powerful pocket camera and I’ve bought it to fill the gap between my DSLR and my phone: less obtrusive than the former and higher quality images than the latter. So far…

  • Photos of the month: September 2024

    Photos of the month: September 2024

    I’m still playing catch up so this is still a month or so late. It’s a classic example of grab an opportunity before it’s gone. I was having lunch at Tawa Lounge and saw this splendid hearse pull up outside as it waited for the lights to change. I managed to fire up my phone…

  • The Medicis and more

    The Medicis and more

    We’ve just enjoyed a long weekend in Florence. It’s the fourth time I’ve been there but it’s the first time I’ve spent significant time in the city and although last time we did see Michelangelo’s David and visit the Basilica of Santa Croce which is home to the tombs of most of Florence’s great and…

  • Photos of the month: August 2024

    Photos of the month: August 2024

    Oops got myself a little behind with my obsession with Dupuytrans posts. August’s photo is one of my regular Friday beer pics but I like the way the colours of the can connect with the the background of our kitchen ‘statement’ wall. This photograph was taken with my Sony A7 III 1/125th at f1.8 and…

  • Photo of the month: July 2024

    Photo of the month: July 2024

    Sometimes you just capture the moment and on a rainy day there were still people out punting. This shot was taken using my Samsung Galaxy s20 FE 1/170th at f1.8 ISO 250 and a ’35mm focal length equivalent’ of 26mm. I think the colours work a treat.

  • Photo of the month: June 2024

    Photo of the month: June 2024

    We went to Jonathan Chatfield’s ordination at Ely Cathedral where I had the opportunity to sit for a while and really appreciate the majesty of the building. This shot was taken looking upwards using my Samsung Galaxy s20 FE 1/50th at f1.8 ISO 250 and a ’35mm focal length equivalent’ of 26mm. I reckon it’s…

  • Photo of the month: May 2024

    Photo of the month: May 2024

    We ‘enjoyed’ rather a wet few days in Derbyshire with Charles and Clare and Alex and their family. On our last day we took refuge from the rain in Chesterfield where we visited the church with the crooked spire. One tends to think of it as something special but it’s ‘only’ a parish church. But…

  • Photo of the month: April 2024

    Photo of the month: April 2024

    Vacation trips are always a good source of photographs, something different and a little different from what what you normally get. This one’s from my recent trip to Cyprus and was taken in the Turkish part of Nicosia. I hadn’t realised that a major part of the economy of the Turkish part of Cyprus is…

  • Photo of the Month: March 2024

    Photo of the Month: March 2024

    I was in Cambridge with my DSLR for a specific purpose and that was not to engage in street photography. However when the opportunity arises you’ve got to take it and a phone is an easier device to use in such circumstances. In this instance I suspect it was as much street performance as street…