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30 June, 2026
On the Windowsill – One Shot Story
I took this photo in 2018, in a large city 60 km from my home. I had just turned 70, everyone was talking about climate change, and I wanted to do my bit too, so I’d taken out a...
30 June, 2026
A day at the pier with an Olympus DC 35
The British seaside is an odd place. Many places that once were mighty have fallen deeply into disrepair and dispair. There are however some things we can expect from any trip. ...
29 June, 2026
Zeiss Ikon Icarex – Roll over Nikon
Voigtländer first came into being in Vienna, Archduchy of Austria in 1756 (270 years ago) before moving permanently to Brunswick in what was then the Duchy of the same name (Bra...
28 June, 2026
My Adventure in Spirit Photography
Landscape photography, portrait photography, street photography, macro photography, spirit photography… Spirit photography?! Yes, some folks claim their cameras can take p...
27 June, 2026
Flags in Two Places
You keep seeing the flags, and hearing people talk. Someone remarks that there are “so many flags everywhere these days”, with a faintly conspiratorial smile. Then on my social ...
26 June, 2026
Phil Maxwell, the Olympus XA2, and the Street as Theatre
I have known Phil Maxwell for about sixteen years. For a period, we both had studios in Spitalfields, in that strange zone where the East End was still recognisably itself but w...
25 June, 2026
If You Walk, the Photo Will Come – One Shot Story
I recently picked up an SMC Asahi-Pentax 100mm f/4 Macro lens to use on my Nikon Zf and headed downtown to try it out. The walk wasn’t especially inspiring. Much of downto...
25 June, 2026
5 frames with a Leica M4-P
My first Leica was an M4-2, I used it extensively but sold it to help pay for my first digital Leica, an M9 in black. After a while, I missed the relatively quiet “Click&#...
