Often I drive past this wonderful view of the Clyde and Argyll with its rough landscape. This week I couldn’t resist stopping and taking this view with my ever present LX3. I braced it on a fencepost to steady it for this view. The foreground is a cemetery. the large crane marks the docks where...
I’m really looking forward to seeing the 100 prints in the cafe’s space, if you happen to be in the area I can attest that their coffee and baking won’t dissapoint regardless of how the pictures go down! I really like Martin’s portrait as a background for the poster. Nice and simple, direct and engaging.
Meeting Ratnadevi was a lovely and thought provoking experience. She had studied for a doctorate in art and was really interesting to chat with about art. She gave me some great insights into why I was doing the “100 portraits” project. This would have been my second choice of portrait from that session. The painting...
So you have followed the last few lessons and you feel confident that you can keep your subjects sharp and you can adjust the exposure using exposure compensation. If you only want to take slightly more control of your compact, then you’re there, and your pictures will be much better. Last week though, I said...
I went walking with friends today up the incredibly cold Ben Dubh above Luss. With wind chill, (and there was plenty of it), it was bitterly cold and way sub zero at the top. All layers were on! I carried my 40D and my LX3 on a waistbelt on my rucksack and despite the flat...
