There are few things more frustrating to a photographer than being forced to stay home while museums, restaurants and parks are closed, unless you are really into still life, wh...
In 1977 I abandoned the 110 format and bought the Pentax ME camera with its 50mm lens, it had insufficient angle for the panoramas I wanted to photograph, so I bought the Pentax...
I currently live in London UK, but some years ago I lived in the Middle East working as a journalist. I have a life long habit of street photography and have had many iterations...
I've been following Sandy Phimester's work for a number of years now - I'd go as far as to say that he's one of the photographers whose work I admire the most. The funny thing i...
It’s the one that comes with the camera, it’s the 'nifty fifty' and the bog standard prime lense everyone has included in the pack that’s so quickly forgotten and replaced by fa...
22 June, 2020
Enjoying Some Pentax SLR Gear Acquisition Syndrome
I’ve had a bit of Pentax SLR GAS recently. I’m not going to try and sugarcoat it, the reality is, I’ve just let myself fall into the trap of buying kit to solve a problem I don’...
20 June, 2020
A look back at a Return to Photography and Discovering Shooting Legacy Lenses – By Rock
When I returned to photography as a hobby after a fifteen year lay-off, my newly acquired camera was digital; it never occurred to me to look into film again. I did lots of rese...
This morning, on my routine ride with my pushbike, I was thinking over about what is photography for me, and I came out with quite clear picture in my mind. To me is "just" a c...
