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Cheshire Plain
Cheshire is mostly flat. I lived in hilly areas for twenty years so I’m having to recalibrate my photographic eye to get the best out of...
Apr 6, 2017


Finding beauty in less obvious places
Yesterday I went walking around the waterside areas around Frodsham. This is a small town near the inland end of the Mersey estuary. The...
Mar 17, 2017


Tarn Hows
I’d made a trip to the small Cumbria lake of Tarn Hows last autumn. What I didn’t realise on that day was that if I walked about two...
Mar 14, 2017


OMD-EM10 vs K20D – Olympus vs Pentax
My Olympus OMD-EM10 is out of action at the moment. I think the lens is broken but the camera has gone haywire because of it. I’ve gone...
Mar 6, 2017


Long and winding road
In response to the WordPress Daily Post challenge The Road Taken This view can be found in the Yorkshire Dales, near Grassington. It’s...
Mar 3, 2017


Alderley Edge
Two shots taken today at Alderley Edge, before I was driven off by the rain and sleet the forecast said wasn’t going to happen. #cheshire...
Mar 1, 2017


Evaluating your own photographs
After a day’s shooting, after editing out the no-hopers and mediocre shots, I used to evaluate the long-list by printing and hanging them...
Feb 28, 2017


Something from nothing
In response to the WordPress Daily Post challenge Shadow I like the way the low sun comes in through the window sometimes and makes...
Feb 10, 2017


The best view in Wales?
In response to the WordPress Daily Post challenge Solitude …in which we discuss how you can find one of the best views in Snowdonia with...
Feb 8, 2017


Welsh Moods
Monday was supposed to be a bright sunny day in Snowdonia. It was just that as I arrived at Conwy for my morning coffee, a perfect mix of...
Jan 25, 2017


Beddgelert sunset
Some shots taken last week looking toward the end of the Snowdon range, with Lliwedd and Yr Aran prominent. Lliwedd is the double headed...
Jan 16, 2017


Finding Names
In response to the WordPress Daily Post challenge Names I wasn’t looking for names today. I just came across it by accident. I went out...
Jan 11, 2017
That’s annoying…
…you can apply a preset to all your shots when you import them into Lightroom, such as, oh, let’s say your favourite monochrome treatment...
Jan 9, 2017


More from the Vale of Clwyd
Following the lovely walk we did last week, we did another in the same area with a slight overlap, starting from the tiny village of...
Jan 3, 2017


A grey day in Berkshire
Visiting relatives in Berkshire over christmas, we had a lot of foggy days. This stroll around the small village of Bagnor was no...
Jan 1, 2017


Moel Gyw
Joy and I did a great walk around the south-eastern end of the Clwydian range in north Wales, the physical and metaphorical high point...
Dec 27, 2016


Stoodley Pike Sunset
With plenty of free time over Christmas I’ve been looking over old shoots that I haven’t fully processed. I found some from a session I...
Dec 26, 2016


Lymm Christmas
In response to WordPress Daily Photo challenge Path Joy and I went out for the traditional christmas day amble in the fields and lanes...
Dec 25, 2016
So long, Picture Window Pro
The digital photo processing software that I started photography with and used for thirteen years has finally succumbed to the inevitable...
Dec 22, 2016


Lymm Sunrise
Lymm is the village I live in, hidden away in a corner of an otherwise very busy area. It’s local beauty spot is called Lymm Dam, which...
Nov 22, 2016
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