2001-10-06 Northern Ireland and republic of Ireland in MGF
Today I left Northern Ireland, crossed the border into the Republic at County Monaghan.
Another pilgrimage to the top of one of my favourite places: the observation platform on the 197 metre Pécs TV Torony
Today we went to Estoril.
I’ve been flirting with affordable LED in the studio for over a decade. And on each experiment, I’ve had change out of fifty quid. My latest sortie involved a pair of these things They have simple removable diffuser, reducing the need for a soft-box, they’re fairly robust and in addition to being dimmable they also…
First day of our trip to Lisbon, Portugal. Just a few snaps out of the aeroplane window to pass the time.
I treated myelf to a new lens the other day, a Fjujian 35mm F/1.7. This thing has no stop clicks. But it’s astonishingly well-made, of all metal/glass construction and behaves very much like a Victorian Petzval lens. It’s a “C” mount and fits nicely (and fills the frame) on my µ4/3 cameras with a simple…
Went into Central with my hots today. It was quite hot and we didn’t do much. But I did manage to grab a handful moderately good snaps.