Monthly Archives: January 2019

Exercising my little grey cells…

Posted on January 28, 2019 by Guthlac

Day 2 of the great Canon experiment – which is something I’m definitely not calling my dailiance with my old Canon FD lenses – and I thought I would try things out on much more familiar ground.   I’m not sure … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future with a Bag Full of Primes…

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Guthlac

It seemed like such a good idea – fit a Canon 24mm f2.8 FD lens I had to a Sony A6000 – what could possibly go wrong? Well the answer is nothing much apart from the lens isn’t anything like … Continue reading →

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Doing something naughty….

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Guthlac

As dawn broke this morning I found myself standing on top of a hill underneath the final approach to East Midlands Airport. It was a cold morning, not a middle of a Russian winter cold but cold enough for me.  … Continue reading →

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Lest we forget….

Posted on January 23, 2019 by Guthlac

It is very easy to see Brexit as an abstract.   EU good – Britain bad or vice versa.   The same can be said about the debate over the Irish backstop – is this a cunning plan by the EU to … Continue reading →

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Searching for Inspiration…

Posted on January 21, 2019 by Guthlac

Whilst I seem to be spending more time on my photographic practice my other art, such as it is, is taking a back seat.  I have written in the  past about having only a certain amount of creative RAM available … Continue reading →

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A welcome relief…

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Guthlac

  Oh Brexit, Brexit, Brexit – so good they named it?   This sentence makes no sense nor does the current Brexit position.  Here in Britain we a currently the laughing stock of most the rest of the world.  However, the … Continue reading →

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Are we losing all sense of perspective?

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Guthlac

Well it seems that things are getting more and more crazy by the day (and I didn’t think that that was possible!).   Today’s Sunday Times is screaming out about a …Very British Coup… Now I am older enough to have … Continue reading →

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All hail the Great Mogg…

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Guthlac

A couple of things have happened to me over the past few days to make me realise that I am now living in someone else’s historical research.   The first was when I was watching a  better than expected documentary about … Continue reading →

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Dull as Ditch Water…

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Guthlac

Another day dawns and this being January it is dull.  Outside the rubbish is being collected but this doesn’t disturb the sense that this is going to be anything other than another dull January day.   We really are in the … Continue reading →

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Freezing on the Ironstone….

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Guthlac

So the weather forecast suggested it was going to be a bright frosty morning – unfortunately no one told the the weather !   It was certainly chilly but not as bright as I would have wanted.   No matter as it … Continue reading →

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