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About Guthlac

An artist, historian and middle aged man who'se aim in life is to try and enjoy as much of it as he can

Living next to the Floodplain…

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Guthlac

Has this been the wettest start to a New Year? Not sure. What I am sure it must be up there in the top 10. I am sure that this is wettest start to a New year that I can remember. We are used … Continue reading →

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Shine…

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Guthlac

I didn’t believe the hype but you know what I’m starting to believe – the iPhone 15 Pro is very very good – especially in low light. These are all hand held low light ProRes images which have absolutely no right … Continue reading →

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New year…New opportunities…

Posted on January 2, 2024 by Guthlac

Well that didn’t take long. New year new camera. Actually, I’ve been turning this plan over in my mind for a couple of months. Anyone who has been following this blog will know I’ve been undertaking an awful lot of testing over the … Continue reading →

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12 Outlines of 2023…

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Guthlac

This has been the dominant art genre I have created this year. Not sure why that is but you can’t argue with the data.

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12 Images of 2023…

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Guthlac

I have had a love/hate relationship with my iPhone this year. Be that as it may – these are my selection of images captured with my iPhone in 2023. Are they the best images? Probably not as I tried to spread things out … Continue reading →

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Back to The Future…

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Guthlac

So 2024 is going to be one of those crazy confluences where it will appear that much of the world is undergoing an election. Of course the one that I am most concerned with is the UK general election and yet … Continue reading →

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So How Was It For You?….

Posted on December 26, 2023 by Guthlac

I do hope you had a good Christmas – I did. One of the ‘new‘ things we got this Christmas was a new Doctor Who. He was great. The episode was great and quite honestly that is all I care about. Of course other … Continue reading →

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I looked to the sky…

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Guthlac

Very festive I hope. Merry Christmas one and all. 

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Shortest Day

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Guthlac

Apologies to anyone south of the equator who might come across this post but this is the shortest day here ‘up North’. I had planned to spend the day capturing image to make some form of photo essay but the weather … Continue reading →

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A House by the Lake…

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Guthlac

So the parliamentary season is almost over and it is a reasonable time to take stock as to exactly where things stand. Well as I write this on 17th december 2023 it looks most likely that Labour will win next year’s … Continue reading →

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