Category Archives: photography

Best laid plans (again)

Posted on 28 November, 2016 by

So about this time last year I committed to a new focus on photography, and I kind of might have said that I would use this blog to chart my progress. Well, best laid plans and all that. At first … Continue reading →

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Getting the hang of 500px

Posted on 19 March, 2016 by

For those of you who don’t know, 500px is a photo sharing site aimed at photographers. A bit like Flickr used to be like but with a few little twists. I wasn’t intending to join another photo sharing site. I’d … Continue reading →

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Getting out of bad habits

Posted on 23 January, 2016 by

I’ve made a commitment to improve my photography, I’ve made a list of areas where I want to improve this year, I’m all set to go but, oh no, what’s this? One of the things I was determined to (I … Continue reading →

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Wilful destruction

Posted on 28 December, 2015 by

Here are some photos taken in January 2015. It took a long time for my border collie Holly to get bored of the garden pond, but she never gets bored of ice. Holly’s job (as she sees it) is to … Continue reading →

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Murmurings

Posted on 4 March, 2015 by

It started a couple of weeks ago. First a trickle, then a torrent. Starlings are on the move and a large number of them have decided that Wolsingham is a great place to hang out. And I get a ringside … Continue reading →

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Best laid plans

Posted on 31 January, 2015 by

Winter 2012/13 was pretty amazing (if you like snow). When I look back at the photos I took, from December through to early April almost every photo features the white stuff. It was also memorable because border collie Holly joined … Continue reading →

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When dog meets horse

Posted on 28 January, 2014 by

As a border collie owner, I often find myself wondering what type of human Holly would be. Would she be an intellectual? A teacher? A leader? Soldier? No, I have a sneaky feeling she would enjoy being a prison guard … Continue reading →

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That was the year that was

Posted on 31 December, 2013 by

Trying to review the year based on what photos you took is always going to produce biased results. Rainy days? No rain in any of these photos. Parched ground and endless weeding? Can’t see any evidence here. Nevertheless, here is … Continue reading →

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Gentle Giants

Posted on 13 July, 2013 by

I grew up in Kent where the Shire horse is King, so there will always be a little part of me that thinks that it isn’t a proper heavy horse if it isn’t a Shire. However, round these parts the … Continue reading →

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Seafaring

Posted on 10 July, 2013 by

When I moved to the North East, oh, five years ago, I wrote a list. On that list was a bunch of places I wanted to visit and things I wanted to see. One item on the list was to … Continue reading →

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