Category: Photography

In the uphill area of Lincoln is a gallery called ‘The Little Red Gallery’; I have a number of ideas for photographs based on people walking past this gallery but have yet to pull any of them off.  I may have to bite the bullet and book a model as the arrangement I want is yet to happen.

This week the Lincoln Barron’s were collected together and were all on show in Lincoln Castle.  They have been a terrific success this summer bringing people into the city and getting them to explorer.  This week the Barron’s are all being auctioned off for charity and this will be the last time they are seen together.

Leica have announced a press conference for the 20th October, I am hoping its going to be to announce the new M but there is a rumour going round of a new full frame autofocus mirrorless camera.  Which ever, I look forward to seeing what they are going to release.

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Even when on holiday to beautiful places like Orkney, I still look out for details and more unusual shots.  The above shot of the cobbled slip way needed more dramatic light and then should have made a dramatic Black & White, unfortunately this day in  Kirkwall it was bight sunshine.

Looking out for objects to photography, with it being a harbour then this lifebuoy just had to be photographed.

The last shot is the one that I think actually works from this set. After parking up near the harbour and walking into town this old petrol pump took my eye as we walked up an old street towards the centre of Kirkwall.

There are a lot of crazy camera accessories you can buy, some are just crazy others are way cool.

I’ll let you be the judge of this one but I think its very cool on the right camera.  These are wooden camera grips from JB Camera Designs. On small mirrorless cameras I think they can look very good.