April 24th, 2009
I am never one to share the cry of scare-mongers without looking deeper. So when changes to the Terrorism Act appear to have given the Police rather draconian powers against photography in pubic, I wanted to gain some clarity on our regal rights. It turns out those scare-mongers have been at work again.
We regularly read [...]
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April 14th, 2009
Sometimes the intent fails but the outcome is far more interesting!
A short outing to Weyland’s Smithy (an ancient burial site) yesterday resulted not in great photos of the barrow itself, but what we found when wandering around nearby.
Much of my fail yesterday was due to not spending enough time learning (or rather re-learning) how to [...]
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March 22nd, 2009
There’s nothing like a severe time and geographical restraint when one has a camera to hand, to force some creative thinking.
Yesterday’s day trip near Cardiff was primarily focused around a family visit, so the notion of wandering around with a camera for a few hours was out of the question. However, a few minutes at [...]
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January 17th, 2009
Just before the day’s light dissolved into grey nothingness and the roaring winds begun blasting through the town, a group of local flickr members assembled for some wandering chatting, and more importantly, clicking shutters.
Never one to assume one cannot achieve something from even the cloudiest of days, and having the distinct urge for the outside [...]
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December 31st, 2008
Having just acquired jEN’s DSLR camera hand-me-down, I am still to embrace getting out and taking some shots just for the sake of it. A quick stroll to post a letter yesterday evening, turned into a mini photo expedition, much of which took place in our tiny garden.
You can see my efforts here, and jEN’s [...]
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November 6th, 2008
It’s work away from home time once more with another two weeks in chilly San Francisco.
Unlike my last trip back in July, I am staying down town in a pretty decent – and very comfortable – hotel which is gratefully within good walking distance of the office (I cannot bear to use cabs for transport [...]
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September 9th, 2008
Once digital, now looking remarkably like they have spent twenty years in a dusty attic.
A fun exercise thanks to an online tutorial (to which I have lost the link!), photos by me,  and to fantastic textures from NinianLif.
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August 31st, 2008

Introducing Hen Solo. More of her on flickr from here and here.
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