There are times when I relish using a very simple camera. I am lucky to have two Olympus Trip 35 cameras, one usually loaded with Agfa Vista 200 (£1 per roll) and the other with HP5+. For last week’s jaunt to Northumberland I decided to take the Trip with colour. Years ago these were very […]
Dogs at Bamburgh
A couple of dog pictures from Bamburgh beach. What is it with the craziness of Spaniels? Always running and endless energy? Labradors and water go together. We kept a lab cross for 14 years. Bilbo was an absolute lummox of a dog as only a Labrador can be. Water of any kind was a magnet. […]
Today I saw a railway van
This morning dawned cold and foggy in North Yorkshire. Mrs O was off to Skipton to revel in yarns and I was going north on to the fells for some autumnal photography. Both film and digital cameras were packed along with the obligatory Fat Rascal – an essential for any foray to the fells. Alas, […]
Budle Point – apart from the pack
Following on from my last post, when faced with the hoardes of photographers waiting on the rocks at Bamburgh I turned my attention to the Trinity House structure and Budle Point. Much as I like contre-jour this was going to be a full on sunrise with little or no chance of decent sky colour. There […]
I am not a pack animal
I have been taking a break this past week. I knew where we were going and also that it would be more or less radio silence but I was surprised at the almost total lack of service from Vodafone which was refreshing but I could not even text or call Mrs O whilst I went […]
Autumn seems to have arrived a tad early
This week has been full on already. Monday was a plumbing day. I have learned over the years not to start such jobs on a Sunday as there is always some gizmo or part that requires a trip to a proper plumbers merchant. We lasted all of last winter with a dodgy radiator valve in […]
The time has come
Ever since April came and went I have been yearning for September. I tend not to make too many images during the summer months, I do make some but not to the same extent. Anyway, tidying my workshop up ready to re-erect my temporary dark room was a job I had been putting off for […]
Busy times
My, how times fly. It only seems like yesterday that Edgelands opened but 6 weeks have elapsed and all the events in between seem somewhat unreal. Last week saw me back to my old trade working in London. I was so grateful for the dodgy weather as it made teaching that much easier. I wondered […]
Morning has broken
I had a request for a close up of one of the Mimosa flowers so after the winds of the last few days, the forecast was set right for dawn today with sub 3mph winds and what a dawn it was too. I felt that tremble as blood and emotions coursed through my veins at […]
VJ Day, a Mimosa tree and Cattawade
It is a strange thing how our paths cross and our life stories intertwine. Little did I know that being requested to make an image of a Mimosa tree in all it’s tutu-like splendour, would I find a connection to Edgelands. I was asked to make this image by an ex-colleague of Mrs O who […]