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4 November, 2026
Architecture of Compliance – Abbotsford Convent, Australia
From 1863 until its deactivation in 1975, the Abbotsford Convent was one of the largest welfare institutions in Australia, receiving thousands of girls and women who were abando...
4 November, 2026
Ocean Baptism in the Thames Estuary at Southend-on-Sea – My Photograph of the year 2026
Last year, I reflected that I didn’t seem to have a clear stand out “best” photograph to share for this series, but this year I feel a little different. Anothe...
4 November, 2026
The Strange Landscape of Parys Mountain
Parys Mountain is an old copper mine on the island of Anglesey in North Wales, established in the Bronze Age but heavily exploited in the 18th Century. It’s not actually a...
3 November, 2026
The Final 5 Frames with My Leica Digilux 2
After several years of faithful service, my beautiful Leica Digilux 2 finally succumbed to the inevitable death of its sensor. The failure of the now infamous Sony ICX282AQ2 2/3...
3 November, 2026
A Peak in a Colorless Sky – My photo of the year 2026
In August I set out on a drive around Oregon with the Contax G1 loaded with color film. I decided that this shot worked best for me in black and white due to the way the clouds ...
3 November, 2026
Canon EOS 650 – the cheap the good and the Phoenix
The title is probably confusing enough to prompt an explanation here in the first few lines. I bought a Canon EOS 650. Why? Because it was cheap, that’s probably the first...
2 November, 2026
A Journey into the Past
Early October, autumn in Germany. Sunny, dry weather with mild temperatures. I got into my car and drove to two places, each 20 km away from where I live. Both places are in the...
2 November, 2026
Minolta Dynax 7xi review – Everything turned up to ‘xi’
The Minolta Dynax 7xi (also known as Alpha or Maxxum 7xi) was released in 1991 as a replacement for the Alpha/Dynax/Maxxum 7000i which had been Minolta’s ‘enthusiast...
