One of the things you notice when you’re in the Lake District is that there are sheep EVERYWHERE! Fluffy cloud-like blobs pepper every vista… Mostly they are harmless and look a lot like cuddly teddy bears. I snuck these two sweetie-pies…
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October 2011
So lazy in fact that these photos aren’t even by me, they are by some super-talented film photographers over on flickr – do check out their links below because they are awesome! I chose these images because they feel very…
What is lens flare? Your camera lens is actually made up of lots of different lenses stacked together and if a very bright light source (especially the sun) gets into the camera at just the right angle then it…
Some weeks are definitely longer than others, aren’t they. Here we are again though (I was on the slow train, for sure), it’s Friday evening and the weekend starts here (yay)! If you fancy doing a photography e-course led…
I’m so confused! It’s autumn, non? Well, sometimes it is but today it seems to be summer again – today I saw a butterfly, two bumble bees and I think possibly a leprechaun (or it might have been a frog). I hope nature doesn’t…
These Polaroids demonstrate very well just how freakishly hot and sunny it was during our trip to the rain capital of the world aka The Lake District. This is the Ullwater Steamer, which easn’t actually a steamer but a…
Depth of field – the basics “How do I get the background to go all blurry?” I remember that being the first question I asked my photography teacher at art college, years ago. It was either that or “Where’s…
There was a little shop in Hawkeshead, Cumbria and these boys were set outside. They’re brand new; made in China. At school we were encouraged to call them golli-dollies (this was after the ritual burning of Enid Blyton and her…
OK, so when I visited the Lake District last month there weren’t exactly any daffodils, but there were plenty of lonely clouds, vales and hills so three out of four ain’t bad. I wandered lonely as a cloud That…
I took quite a few Polaroids whilst I was in the Lake District – it was only a little over a week ago but it almost seems like a dream now. I still have rolls of film waiting to…