In 2106 I ‘retired’ my Nikon D7100 DSLR as I switched brands and went to mirrorless cameras, with both Fujifilm, (APS-C) and Olympus (Micro 4/3). In 2023 I bought a Fujifilm X-T30 with the intent of it becoming my main landscaping camera. No problem with the image quality but I soon realised that, for me, …
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Photography gear
This pouch goes in my rucksack when I am out taking landscapes. It is part camera cleaning kit, part tool kit and also emergency camera kit. For cleaning there is a lens pen, two microfibre cloths and lens wipes. The tools are two filter wrenches and a allen wrench/screwdriver multi tool. For ’emergencies’ there is …
Most Recent Gallery Updated
At the end of October (2023), I spent a week in Cumbria UK and was lucky enough to experience some of the best Autumn colours there. The Most Recent Gallery has now been cleared of all previous photos and now contains photos from this holiday.
Apologies for the outage
Hi, this site has been absent for a few days, apologies for that. My hosting provider had changed domain name servers and I was somehow missed off the mailing list notifying customers of the move. All fixed now 🙂
Heading for the Minster
We are on a city break in York and we are about to set off for the Minster, camera at the ready.
Digital History – Nikon
On the left is my Nikon Coolpix 5000, this was my first digital camera (2003-2005) when I moved from film and is still one of the most complex menu systems I had to navigate. Second left is my Nikon D70 (2005-2007) and my first DSLR. The press raved about it on it’s release but it …
Two Old Timers
These two film cameras are a nostalgia trip for me. I used to own both but sold them to fund upgrades. So, out of nostalgia, I bought both of these via eBay in recent years, plus one of the lenses seen here. On the left, we have a Nikon FG with Tamron 35-70mm Adaptall 2 …
Amongst the big beasts
On the left is my Nikon D200, 35-70mm Nikkor and battery grip. This was my main camera from 2006 to 2014 and is still the camera I used the most and for the longest. On the right is my Nikon D2x with Sigma 10-20mm. My late father-in-law bought this used camera for me around 2016 …
New Gallery Added
I have added a gallery of photos taken with my mobile. These were edited on my phone using the Adobe Photoshop Express app.
Photo/Video Editing
For editing photo’s, I mainly use Adobe Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop (monthly Photography Plan) and occasionally I use Luminar 4. For black & white I use the Silver Efex Pro 2 plugin. For colour my workflow is usually as follows: Import RAW files into Lightroom View the files and score the ones I will edit …