Does anyone really need to read another article who’s main frame of reference is lockdown, pandemic and global economic chaos. Well, me neither, but this is all we have to talk about at the moment. So you have my apologies and my musings…
With Brexit heading into overdrive and blessing the news cycle with round-the-clock developments and a couple of nights out in Leeds and Manchester on the cards, myself and three mates decided to hire a car and have a route around the north of England to get to know the country that we love and have spent our lives in but also know next to nothing about.
Like all good stories, this one begins under the cloak of darkness… Having been photographing friends, mostly in nightclubs and gig venues with 35mm compacts (and the odd rangefinder) for the past decade or so I had become increasingly frustrated by the usual annoyances that 35mm compacts are famed for, namely the lack of flash control.
