15 Days – Day 5

Day 5: Saturday 28th March. Today we look back on a holiday week that we have never seen before – and hopefully will never see again. It has not been unpleasant, but plans were dashed. Today the weather has turned wintery again. There are flashes of sun, but the clouds soon got in the way … Continue reading 15 Days – Day 5 →

15 Days – Day 2

Day 2: Wednesday 25th March It’s another glorious day again today in the UK midlands. The sky is completely blue and if you get out of the slight breeze it’s very warm. The first job today was to set up Emz’s workstation in the study. Both Mrs M and I use laptops, but Emz bought … Continue reading 15 Days – Day 2 →

15 Days – Day 1

Day 1: Tuesday 24th March The whole of this week was supposed to be a celebration of our daughter’s 30th birthday, with the family being involved in an event every day. Obviously, in the last week, the plans seemed doomed because of the awful Covid-19 virus. Everything that we have planned has now been cancelled. … Continue reading 15 Days – Day 1 →

Keeping busy – photographically.

It’s Monday here in the UK and we are looking at the inevitable total lockdown throughout the country after the moronic activities of the thousands of people who congregated on the coast and in National Parks over the weekend. With this terrible contagion all around the world, it’s sometimes difficult to look at mundane and … Continue reading Keeping busy – photographically. →

Matthew Hart on photography

Please read this absolutely brilliant post by Fujiholics supremo, Matthew Hart from his LightTraveller blog, entitled, “So you think you are a photographer! There are so many good points that Matthew makes in this entertaining but gritty piece that, in my humble opinion, are bang on the button. So, if you think you are a … Continue reading Matthew Hart on photography →

Photo Project

Photograph: Architecture Unlike most specialised areas of photography, there are few tricks or special equipment required for shooting architecture – only careful planning and an open mind. Your shooting position, the time of day, the colour and direction of light all have a profound result on the final image and it pays to shoot from … Continue reading Photo Project →

Inside the Outside – Conceptual Landscape Photography

Having been alerted to their presence by a twitter post, I must admit to having been both amazed and informed by the Inside the Outside (ITO) photographic collective. They are part of a movement called conceptual landscape photography. Having found my way to their website and being astounded by the quality of work on it I must … Continue reading Inside the Outside – Conceptual Landscape Photography →

Mountains to climb

When we first pick up a camera or take a picture with a mobile phone it’s purely a way of recording that moment in time. There probably isn’t any other thought about the photograph other than that. But some of us move on from taking snapshots, take an interest and want more from the … Continue reading Mountains to climb →

Craft and Vision YouTube channel

One of my favourite photographer/writers is Canadian David DuChemin and his company Craft and Vision. He has started a YouTube channel showing a “mostly weekly show about the craft and art of photography” called 'Vision is Better'. In this he discusses some of his techniques and thoughts about all aspects of photography. He really is … Continue reading Craft and Vision YouTube channel →

See the World by David duChemin

Regular readers of AS-V may know that I am a big fan of David duChemin, the Canadian photographer, writer and traveller. He always writes the kind of photography books that I like to read, and takes photographs of the quality that I wish I could take. Despite his obvious success he always comes across as … Continue reading See the World by David duChemin →