Ever since I was a kid, I have always been fascinated by LEDs (light emitting diodes). Back in those days you could only get red ones. Or green if you were very rich. Today they come in lots of colours and they are brilliant fun to use with a digital camera.
For reasons I won’t bore you with now, my wife and I need to be rather careful regarding respiratory infections. I did my last model shoot 2020-03-08, shut everything down pro tem due to COVID. Amongst other projects, I used the time-out to undertake a fairly major refurbishment of my studio. I wanted to get…
“Is a smartphone a substitute for a proper camera?” was an interesting question, posed on a photographic forum to which I belong . It certainly got me thinking… Firstly, I think there is a certain element of “using the right tool for the job” here. An analogy if I may: one can (un)do most screws…
Portsmouth’s Highbury College shortly after it received a fairly major refurbishment.
I found myself in Hong Kong in Christmas 1998 and early January 1999, and decided to treat myself to a new camera. My first half-decent digital, an Olympus C1400L. These are some of its results…
Christmas card 2010, “The Old Cemetery in the Snow.” The Old Cemetery runs alongside Southampton Common, about 800 metres from where I live and work. It is a beautiful and peaceful place at any time of year. However, it seems particularly photogenic after a heavy snowfall. Earlier Christmas cards:- https://garfnet.org.uk/cms/category/christmas-cards
Another wander about Kowloon.
