Monthly Archives: October 2018

Answering my own question….

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Guthlac

Yesterday I asked the rhetorical question ‘Will the new Apple Pencil make me a better artist?‘.   The answer I came up with yesterday was that it wouldn’t and that skill, concentration and application was far more important.   Well I’ve had 24 … Continue reading →

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Three Davids….

Posted on October 31, 2018 by Guthlac

  On Sunday we visited the Victoria & Albert museum in London – great institution appalling catering.   As can be seen I took a walk around the cast Cast Court where you can see full scale casts of some of … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I wonder am I getting just a little long in the tooth?

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Guthlac

I’m so excited to write this blog I really am!   No wait this is the real world rather than the love in that was the Apple Special Event. October 30, 2018.   I suspect I am too old to understand why … Continue reading →

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Things to do in a hotel room…

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Guthlac

Now come on please…this is a family blog, well sort of, so none of those smutty thoughts here!   This morning I woke early and sat down and knocked out this sketch before getting ready for breakfast.   This isn’t the first … Continue reading →

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Continuing a theme…

Posted on October 26, 2018 by Guthlac

  Two recurring and intertwined themes are running through my life at the moment:  When was a photograph made and mirrorless photography.   Both are nonsense and yet fascinating – much like life itself.   When was a photograph made?   This question … Continue reading →

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The declining ebb before the plunge…

Posted on October 25, 2018 by Guthlac

So it is finally here, perhaps over a month late but Autumn has finally arrived.   I don’t think we’ve had a frost at all yet, although that is promised for the weekend, but fall is happening.   We still haven’t had … Continue reading →

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When She’s Gone….

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Guthlac

There reaches a point when one has to say “…enough is enough!…”   I have reached that point with all my photographic reorganisation and so today I am just enjoying my time with my Apple Pencil – actually that doesn’t sound … Continue reading →

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Getting things in order…

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Guthlac

It is a really tedious trying to get one’s life or order.  As I wade through the many many thousands of images that make up my archive it does feel that I am sifting through my life or at least … Continue reading →

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