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 →

MMX: Baths and Brooms

This is another image taken at the Black Country museum with my E-620. There are many shops in the living museum set out as they would have been many years ago, and they all offer great photo opportunities. This particular shop appealed to me because of the different goods in the windows and hung outside … Continue reading MMX: Baths and Brooms →

MMX: Cables and Lamp

This was taken at the Black Country Museum using my Olympus E-620. The cables are power lines for the trams that run through the museum. I liked the way they seemed to radiate out from the lamp post like the outer strands of some giant cobweb. The museum is a great place to get images … Continue reading MMX: Cables and Lamp →

MMX: Dark Copse

As you walk down from the site of the castle in Henley-in-Arden you come to the moat at the bottom of the earthworks, which is now pretty much overgrown. As I walked over the site of the moat, I glanced right and saw a copse of trees and thickets that had grown in the old … Continue reading MMX: Dark Copse →

Er…it’s another bag.

So what’s the excuse this time Marshall I hear you cry? Why another camera bag?Well it’s all to do with the National Geographic Earth Explorer Medium camera bag that I reviewed last time. If you remember I placed the small version of the NG bag that I had bought previously inside the medium size and … Continue reading Er…it’s another bag. →

National Geographic Earth Explorer Medium Shoulder Bag

In my blog of the 11th April, I did a review on the National Geographic Earth Explorer Small Shoulder bag. I said how I thought it was a really good, well made small bag for carrying one camera. I also stated that I was pondering the purchase of the medium sized version of the bag. … Continue reading National Geographic Earth Explorer Medium Shoulder Bag →

On one leg

We have another VDCC meet coming up on Saturday (weather permitting) and I have decided that I am going to use the monopod that has never even been outside. Two of the club members and I went up to the Peak District two weeks ago and did a 5 mile walk up and around Mam … Continue reading On one leg →