It seems as if disasters are all around us, a passenger jet down in the sea in the Phillipines, a SAAB blown off a runway in Stornoway, a three legged Jumbo jet landing at Gatwick, two vessels cast adrift with refugees from Syria in the Med (patrolled by the Icelandic Border patrol – work that […]
So much has changed since the dog died
Today’s weather would not be good for dogs. Ours would have turned his nose up at having to go out in this, I very nearly did so in doing the messages this morning which is why I got to thinking about our locale. Every morning he would trot, and he did trot almost like a […]
A cold start
I decided to use the motor this morning. I was all walked out yesterday and getting to the Orwell Bridge with a shed load of gear is not that easy on foot. I pulled out of the garage to a bitterly cold morning but luckily for me no ice-scaping. It totally surprised me to encounter […]
Today, I saw a weasel
I got a shock this morning when I tipped a certain weight on the bathroom scales so I went for a long walk. The last time I walked to Sproughton from Ipswich town centre along the Gipping path must have been in early 2011. Whilst at Uni, I fell out of the habit. The river […]
Colour or Black and White?
I often ask this question. I began my photographic journey using B&W medium format film back in 1968. I don’t think it is nostalgia, but I do have a preponderance to preferring monochromatic images. Colour is very important in my life but it is always a toss up between deciding to make B&W images or […]
Just chillin’
I don’t know who Dave was. Yesterday, in my excitement over the Kingfisher, I decided not to post any of the other images I made. This bench on the Gipping path is something I see when I do my regular bicycle ride. This morning it was still raining here so no bicycle exercise for me, […]
What better way to start Boxing Day than sighting a Kingfisher
Yesterday I took it easy. I did not go out photographing as is my want most days. Instead I got stuck into setting the fire, peeling the spuds, roasting the beef, pulling the cork, devouring the beef and roasted vegetables and quaffing an extremely good Cos ’98. Top all that much later on with a […]
Laid up and empty
I was out on the morning of the 22nd December capturing pre and post-sunrise images around Ipswich and the Wet Dock. The pre-dawn bustle of activity as people arrived for work at the Willis building was in stark contrast to the laid up vessels on the future ‘enterprise island’ and the as yet forlornly empty […]
Hurrah! The days are getting longer.
I was out before dawn today. No bicycle. A bit too windy for me so shank’s pony was in order and yet more testing as I get to grips with the metering and handling of this camera. It is so different to the D3S. Being out before dawn is not too onerous a task at […]
Mortality – a week of highlights
The news this week has been dire in terms of wanton murder of children and teachers in Pakistan and hearing of the eight children found stabbed to death in Queensland. These two incidents seem to have wrapped up what has been a tumultuous year for man’s inhumanity to man, and in the 100th anniversary of […]