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Craft and Vision YouTube channel
One of my favourite photographer/writers is Canadian David DuChemin and his company Craft and Vision. He has started a YouTube channel showing a “mostly weekly show about the craft and art of...
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Windows 10 Installed
I have just updated my laptop from Windows 7 to Windows 10. It took a long time to complete but was pretty painless. There was a slight hiccough after installation and after I logged in when I had...
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Windows 10 installation #2
I have now updated my main photographic work system to Windows 10 and it’s working OK. There was a heart-stopping moment where we had a power-cut whilst I was in the middle of the installation, but...
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Darkroom Printing
This is a great article highlighting the skills of the technicians who worked on some of the most famous photographs ever taken. You can see the annotations made on the test prints of the images...
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New Camera Aquired
I have just added a Fujifilm X-E2 and 27mm pancake lens to my Nikon cameras. I wanted a smaller camera that I could just slip into my shoulder bag when my wife and I were out and about. I originally...
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Out and About – Dyrham Park
Last week Mrs M and I headed down to Somerset for a few days and called into the National Trust property Dyrham Park on the way. The whole roof was under renovation, 46 tonnes of lead and 8000 slate...
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Out and About – Weston-Super-Mare
On our second day in Somerset Mrs M and I decided to go to Weston-Super-Mare. The weather to start with seemed promising, but then spectacular clouds closed in and hovered menacingly over the town,...
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Out and About – Stourhead House and Gardens
For our last day in Somerset, Mrs M and I decided to go to one of our favourite National Trust locations, Stourhead. The gardens are fantastic and the house is an interesting trip back to the turn of...
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Out and About – Magpie Mine
Today some members of S13 and I headed for Derbyshire in search of some of Britain’s industrial past. We started at the Magpie mine a disused lead mine dating from the 1700’s. To say shooting the mine...
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Fujifilm to Nikon lens convertor
I have an old Nikon AI-S 50mm f/1.8 lens that must be twenty years old that I sometimes use with a reversing ring with my Nikon DSLR’s for close-up work. One of the good things about the Fujifilm X-E2...
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Out and About – Hanbury Hall
Today I wanted to test out the Nikon AI-S lens with the Fujifilm X-E2. Mrs M and I went to Hanbury Hall in Worcestershire and had a wander around the lovely house and gardens. As I said yesterday, the...
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Out and About: Charlecote Park
Mrs M, Miss M and myself went for a walk this afternoon in Charlecote Park. There were quite a few people around as the deer herd was pretty much in evidence due to the rutting season. However I...
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