Out and About – Stourhead House and Gardens

For our last day in Somerset, Mrs M and I decided to go to one of our favourite National Trust locations, Stourhead. The gardens are fantastic and the house is an interesting trip back to the turn of the 20th century. The weather for the visit was quite nice. - nowhere near an Indian Summer … Continue reading Out and About – Stourhead House and Gardens →

Out and About – Weston-Super-Mare

On our second day in Somerset Mrs M and I decided to go to Weston-Super-Mare. The weather to start with seemed promising, but then spectacular clouds closed in and hovered menacingly over the town, until we were pummelled with rain, then hail and finally a cold wind. But the cloud structures were exciting and powerful with … Continue reading Out and About – Weston-Super-Mare →

Out and About – Dyrham Park

Last week Mrs M and I headed down to Somerset for a few days and called into the National Trust property Dyrham Park on the way. The whole roof was under renovation, 46 tonnes of lead and 8000 slate tiles have been removed, the roof structure is being repaired and then re-cast lead and new … Continue reading Out and About – Dyrham Park →

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New Camera Aquired

I have just added a Fujifilm X-E2 and 27mm pancake lens to my Nikon cameras. I wanted a smaller camera that I could just slip into my shoulder bag when my wife and I were out and about. I originally thought I would get the X-T1 but after looking at it realised that it was a little too … Continue reading New Camera Aquired →

Darkroom Printing

This is a great article highlighting the skills of the technicians who worked on some of the most famous photographs ever taken. You can see the annotations made on the test prints of the images telling the technician how long to burn-in or dodge certain parts of the image so that the photographer can get … Continue reading Darkroom Printing →

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Windows 10 installation #2

I have now updated my main photographic work system to Windows 10 and it’s working OK. There was a heart-stopping moment where we had a power-cut whilst I was in the middle of the installation, but when the machine restarted after the power came back on three and a half hours later (thanks Western Digital) it … Continue reading Windows 10 installation #2 →