MMX: Stone Circle

Taken with an Olympus E-620 at Castlerigg stone circle in Cumbria. This location is always a favourite with tourists and photographers, so it pays to get there nice and early in the morning or late in the evening. We got there early in the morning and managed to grab a few shots before the hordes … Continue reading MMX: Stone Circle →

MMX: Tarn and Clouds

This image was taken in Cumbria at Blea Tarn in May on a landscape photography holiday. The clouds were beginning to gather and there was rain in the air. There was a break in the clouds and I just got the patch of light on the far side of the tarn as it skipped across … Continue reading MMX: Tarn and Clouds →

MMX: Rocks and Flowers

This image was also taken at the edge of Bassenthwaite Lake with an Olympus E-620. These small yellow flowers were forcing themselves through the stones and gravel of the lake edge and the cream coloured rocks and sparse grass gave a nice backdrop for them. I slightly softened the image and put a vignette around … Continue reading MMX: Rocks and Flowers →

MMX: Crushed

This was an early attempt at a combined colour and monochrome image. The can was found on the side of Bassenthwaite lake in Cumbria. The idea of the bright green of the beer can against the texture of the pebbles appealed to me. Taken with an Olympus E-620.

MMX: Curiosity

This is another image that was taken on the Long Mynd. We were just finishing the walk and the sky was starting to darken over and rain looked as though it was on the way. Descending off the Mynd I had the feeling we were being watched and looking up on the hillside, I saw … Continue reading MMX: Curiosity →

MMX: Sheep and Mist

This was taken at the start of a walk on the Long Mynd in Shropshire. As Janette and I started the walk along Carding Mill Valley, I looked up and saw the hill to our left surmounted by wisps of cloud or mist. Near the top was a group of sheep that were grazing on … Continue reading MMX: Sheep and Mist →

MMX: Attingham

Continuing my series of blogging some of the images I am considering for my 2010 yearbook MMX.On a visit to Attingham house I was really taken with its clean lines and form. The light just happened to be right in providing contrast and form to the building and so I used the E-620 and 14-42 … Continue reading MMX: Attingham →

Back from Italy

Janette and I got back late last night from our week's holiday on the Amalfi coast. The hotel was lovely overlooking the sea on three sides and the weather was blisteringly hot. A few days soaking up the sun was interspersed with jaunts to Herculaneum, Sorrento, Pompeii and a climb up mount Vesuvius. Along with … Continue reading Back from Italy →

Not ‘one beautiful system’?

This is from the 4/3 Rumours website, a conversation had by a Russian Journalist with Mr Akira Watanabe of the Olympus DSLR Product Planning dept.It is a google translation from Russian to English hence the strange grammar.“There is nothing sensational on that front: yes, the DSLR system is also important for us, we don't forget … Continue reading Not ‘one beautiful system’? →

Italy Trip

Thanks to everyone who has looked at my blogg and the pictures I intend to place in the book MMX. With the amount of possible pictures I may have, I may need to do the project in two volumes. At present I am waiting on the outcome of an approaching redundancy and a job interview, … Continue reading Italy Trip →