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Monthly Archives: September 2023
Don’t Stop Believing…
I’ve been at it again…reworking iPhone images captured using the Adobe Lightroom photo app. It is an awful lot of fun realising new skills can make disappointing photographs just that bit better. I had plans this morning to get out … Continue reading
We’ve Come a Long Long Way Together…
I had a conversation the other day with a friend about how, it really doesn’t seem that long ago, our current age seemed, to us, very old. Now I’m not so sure or am I? Oh life is so confusing … Continue reading
Posted in Art, drawing, Procreate
Tagged Apple Pencil 2, drawing, portrait, Procreate, sketch
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Thanks for all the fish…
So is Ahsoka any good? Well according to many diehard supporters it is. They luxuriate in all the whooshing of lightsabers and its continuance of the the Clone Wars, or is it Rebels (?), storyline. For someone who has not … Continue reading
Posted in Art, drawing
Tagged Ahsoka, Andor, drawing, Lightsabers, sketch, Star Wars
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Nobody Knows…
One never knows just what little creature will turn up when clearing out years of rubbish from the garage. Today it was a young Common Toad. We moved it in a glass jar to a part of the garden that … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged autumn, Bufo bufo, Common Toad, garden, Juvenile
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Not Much on the Tele…
It is one of the more nonsensical things about modern life. So much TV – nothing to watch. 3 channels and only one TV in a house – always something to watch (I suspect someone has been sniffing at the … Continue reading
Posted in Apple Pencil, Art, drawing, Graphic Art, Procreate
Tagged Apple Pencil 2, iPad Pro, Procreate, sketching, TV
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So Sally Can Wait….
A question for the philosophers out there – When is a photographic image created? I’m really not sure what the answer to this is. As I have mentioned I am currently working on a photographic project called Gartree Explored. This … Continue reading
Horse Whispering….
It is very strange but I find talking to a pony is very pleasurable. Very relaxing. Somehow makes sense. I know the pony is just a bit hungry and is eyeing up a potential snack coming its way but they … Continue reading
Posted in Gartree Explored, Photography
Tagged Cattle, church, Dawn, Gartree - Explored, Harborough District Council, Pony, Rural, Slawston, sunrise, Welland Valley
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Photographs on the dashboard…
Not quite night swimming but rather evening walking. A typical best camera situation – my iPhone 13 was excellent but with many pitfalls – not least of which is the small size of the produced by the super wider lens. … Continue reading
I’m not here for…
One of the main advantages of using an iPhone to capture an image is spontaneity: You see something that needs to be captured and before you know it you have you iPhone at hand. Click – job done. Are the … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Photography
Tagged autumn, Everards Meadow, iphoneography, Night Photography, River Soar, trees
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Guess it’s True….
A season of mellow fruits is now fully upon us. Just to prove it we have fungi, not sure whether it is a mushroom or toadstool, popping up in the lawn. As for the new Mac Studio what to say? … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged Adobe Lightroom, Fungus, garden, Google Chrome, Intel x86 Chip, Mac Studio, Mushrooms, RAM, Toadstool, Unified Memory
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