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Role reversal

Posted on September 16, 2017 by

I had some reading to do this week, so rather than stay at home to do it – with all the consequent risks of coffee, biscuit and chocolate consumption, I decided to take myself off into Aberystwyth, sit in the … Continue reading →

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Tea and Brasso (Part two)

Posted on August 25, 2017 by

My first attempts at photography in 1968 (see Part One) were in black and white, naturally enough. Colour photography was a bit of specialist pastime in those days and the materials were of rather poor quality. I had the use … Continue reading →

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Tea and brasso.

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

I first picked up a camera as a schoolboy. My father gave me his old rangefinder after he bought himself his first Praktica.  He had introduced me to trainspotting a few years earlier and 1968 saw the dying days of … Continue reading →

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Bird/land rides again

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

Bird/land is showing again this summer, at Plas Brondanw, between Penrhyndeudraeth and Beddgelert in the heart of the Snowdonia National Park. Set in a stunning location, Plas Brondanw was the home of the late Clough Williams Ellis – creator of Portmeirion, … Continue reading →

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A silver-studded Saturday

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

I didn’t mention it in my last post but the van broke down on the way back from Pembrokeshire. It had been feeling and sounding particularly rough the whole journey and a few miles south of Aberystwyth it started to … Continue reading →

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As seen on Springwatch…..

Posted on June 27, 2017 by

Last week we hurtled down to Pembrokeshire in the heat. Jane had an event to attend in Haverforwest and I wanted to do some bird photography in the Marloes area. We had an evening boat trip lined up too, which … Continue reading →

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Birding at Heron H.Q.

Posted on June 18, 2017 by

Only twenty years ago one could reasonably expect to see a grey heron or two at a wetland in southern England and possibly the one of the first little egrets to arrive on these shores. How things have changed! Little … Continue reading →

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Flying the flag for Britain.

Posted on May 6, 2017 by

I’ve just returned from a holiday in the south of France. My holidays usually involve a fair amount of photography, but on this occasion it just didn’t seem to happen, despite my having a fair amount of kit with me. On … Continue reading →

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Swings and roundabouts

Posted on April 21, 2017 by

Over a period of many years the National Library of Wales bought complete sets of prints from each of my books as it was published, or as they were exhibited. They currently have a total of 371 Cibachromes purchased in … Continue reading →

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Tripod head talk….and our cutest mammal (surely!)

Posted on April 14, 2017 by

For many years I used a Magicball tripod head which I thought was a brilliant and very versatile piece of kit. I had two, in fact, with a Mini-Magicball on my lightweight “walking” tripod. The secret of the design was … Continue reading →

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