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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

Tis the season for new software releases – but should I buy?

Well Photoshop CS5 has been released – all praise to Adobe – well that is how it feels at the moment. However, what does a photographer get out of the new CS5 that CS4 doesn’t provide? I have no answer to this rhetorical question other than to say… Continue reading →

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The first debate is over – only two more to go.

I have no idea who won drew or lost the first debate – I only watched about a minute of it, split into 3 20 second segments – that was all I could take. It probably says more about me than anything else but I just couldn’t sit there and listen for… Continue reading →

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News from the garden front

An interesting days was had at Belton House. The grounds are superb, an ideal place to some really stunning garden photographs as well as landscape work. I am still working through the results of the Belton shoot but early indications are that the… Continue reading →

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Didn’ we have a lovely time the day we went to Belton House

Belton House is a premier National Trust site. It certainly was very busy. The horse trials is this weekend so maybe that has attracted the crowds – I’m unsure. However the reason for the visit was to scout the gardens – they didn’t disappoint. I … Continue reading →

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The campaign – what have we learnt after one week?

Well if I was feeling depressed about the general election campaign when it started how do I feel now? Well that is the simple part – worse. The hard part is why? Why is it that after all the money spent, the hours of new coverage and pointless st… Continue reading →

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Houston we have a problem

It was really weird walking through larger than life astonaut at the Nottingham Contempary. It felt like you were in a mix between A Clockwork Orange and 2001. Very disconcerting. I’m on line at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/guthlac http://simonmarchini…. Continue reading →

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Continuity and Change – nothing new for Gordon Brown.

You have to admire Gordon Brown for his tenacity – certainly far more than I ever will be. I have been listening to the Clive Anderson tapes podcasts – which are now two years old – we find that Gordon Brown is still as unpopular then as he is now… Continue reading →

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Common or Garden birds maybe – but they are still wonderful

I have started to really think about what my ARPS submission is going to be about. I keep a close eye on what other people have submitted and it is a very broad church – how many of them submission seem to go for more exotic locations and creature… Continue reading →

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How do you photograph a daffodil? I wish I knew

I am at a total loss – just how do you photograph a daffodil? I know this is a bit of daft question and one I have tried to address before with no real answer. There are always plenty of clich??d shots – brilliant yellow flow against a blue backgro… Continue reading →

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About Bempton….

So I didn’t make it to Bempton after all. After writing that I was going I sat down and discussed this with Mandy and came to the conclusion that it wasn’t worth the effort. The killer argument was that I had more than enough good quality photogra… Continue reading →

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