OK, so let me try and describe Dungeness to you. Lovely, weird Dungeness – Britain’s only official desert. It lies, forsaken, on the Kent coast and you have to drive through miles of marshland to get to it. There’s…
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When I visited the ‘end of the world’ last week (aka Dungeness – which I have written about here) one place I knew about already and was very keen to visit was the late Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage. Anyone…
I knooooooooooooow it’s March. I know! Here though, at last, are my February favourites… My favourite flickr photo (and this one) My favourite thing I want from Etsy My favourite read I have a new favourite social network (yes,…
Look at this… …it’s the most perfect fairytale castle ever, don’t you think? This is Bodiam Castle in East Sussex – it’s one of the places we visited earlier in the week during a (much needed) mini-break. Do I…
Well, here we are then – the one-hundredth day of winter (actually, today is day 101 – I’m running late with EVERYTHING at the moment – yikes)! I’ll admit it was sometimes an effort to stay positive and inspired when…
I’ve had some very positive feedback about the Instagram-style Photoshop actions I created a few days ago – I’m glad you liked them! As requested, for those with older versions of Photoshop or who use non-Adobe software, here are…
If there’s one thing that’s nicer than a hydrangea then it is a dead hydrangea! There aren’t many (any?) things that look better in their afterlife… I don’t think.…
During my down time I sent Mr M out to give my 5D to the camera store so they could clean the mucky sensor. Whilst I have been known to add grimy, dirty textures to my images in the…
It’s fuh, fuh, fuh-reeeezing today! I did go out for a bit this afternoon but have wussed out of braving the elements any further and have decided to have a play around with Photoshop instead. Nostalgia Ain’t What It…
I used my Canon 5D MkII set to the very highest 1080p HD quality to film an amazingly professional and informative video – honestly, it was great. Oscar-worthy, even. Actually it wasn’t that great, but it doesn’t really matter…










