Author Archives: John

More Lockdown Abstraction

Posted on 10th May, 2020 by John

Here’s another thing that I find quite difficult to do effectively: make good, dramatic cloud photographs. Yesterday the sky was changing quite rapidly so I used a circular polarising filter on my 50mm lens and took some photos of the … Continue reading →

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Getting Abstract

Posted on 4th May, 2020 by John

Living in lockdown has meant that I haven’t been able to get out and use my camera in the same ways that I was doing a few months ago. That’s not to say that I haven’t been taking photographs. Spring … Continue reading →

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Lightening Up

Posted on 11th April, 2020 by John

It’s lockdown and I’m not able to get out as much as I normally would … no one can. The thing is, it’s easy to get despondent and lose motivation for doing anything, even photography. I’ve spoken to many people … Continue reading →

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Strange Times

Posted on 27th March, 2020 by John

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed normal life in so many ways. The reponse across the world has been to advise people not to travel and to stay in their communities. And so, I have been working from home during the … Continue reading →

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Well that’s complicated things …

Posted on 22nd February, 2020 by John

I mentioned in an earlier post that I’d bought myself a ‘new’ old camera: a Yashica 635 which could take both 35mm and 120mm film. I though it was novel, an oddity, something that would simply improve my digital photography. But … Continue reading →

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