2024: the Year of Photography
I don’t often write reviews of the year. Back in the early days of this site I used to do them regularly, but more recently I’ve only done them when I felt I had something worth saying – or, more...
View ArticleBluebell Railway: New Year’s Steam Up
My obsession with photographing steam trains has survived successfully into 2025. I am still enjoying it immensely, to the point that I went out on New Year’s Day – a day that was cold, and wet, and...
View ArticleTo the Skies
For the Christmas just gone I was gifted a drone, something I’ve been tempted to add to my kit bag for a little while. I’ve obviously only had a small amount of time to play about with it, but I’ve...
View ArticleShoreham
A lot of my explorations of our local area are brief, especially when it comes to the amount of photographs I take, and not always particularly planned. One day in January 2022 we found ourselves on...
View ArticleBritish Wildlife Centre
For Christmas a year ago, my wife got me a photography experience day at the British Wildlife Centre. The centre is only open at weekends and school holidays, so when I went on my visit last June, me...
View ArticleReturn to the South Downs Way
The day after I braved the elements on New Year’s Day to photograph steam trains in a storm, we were blessed with much nicer weather, so I couldn’t resist heading back out into the countryside to take...
View ArticleBluebell Railway: Branch Line Gala 2025
This weekend marked the return of the Bluebell Railway’s Branch Line Gala. Last year’s gala marked one of my first excursions lineside. This time I’ve gotten a lot more practise in photographing steam...
View ArticleReturn to Brighton Aquarium
Back in February we took another trip to the Brighton Aquarium. Our last trip there was back in April 2022, although we did also visit Weymouth Aquarium a couple of years ago, so there are a few...
View ArticleMore Random Cornwall
Whenever I go on holiday, I often find myself with an assorted pile of photos. Sometimes there are logical ways to split these out into themed sets of images, such as Cornish Sunsets, Old Padstow...
View ArticleReturns to the Swanage Railway
It utterly boggles my mind, given how often I’ve visited Swanage and at least visited, if not ridden on, its heritage railway, that I only have one post titled ‘Swanage Railway’ on this website. I...
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