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Another beautiful dawn and I found myself by the water’s edge once more – this time at Watermead country park. Watermead is a strange place. It is a series of old gravel quarries scattered for about 5 miles alongside the River Soar. Up until quite… Continue reading →

Late last night I got an email letting me know that this photograph has been selected for the Royal Photographic Society’s Nature Group’s exhibition. Maybe this is a good omen for things to come…maybe. Simon Marchini LRPSWeb: http://WWW.simonmar… Continue reading →

I am currently listening to Childhood’s End by Arthur C Clarke. I first read this book 30 years ago when it was only 25 years or so old. Now it is over 50 years old. Perhaps the most interesting thing for me is not the suggestions of what 21st cen… Continue reading →

As I read my Times this morning I suddenly realised that the establishment of this country has suddenly woken up to the fact that there actually be real political change. We have the current Home Secretary making eyes towards the Lib Dems and colu… Continue reading →

I know this is a cultural thing but I always find that when the new at home is so depressing then you can always count on Fox News to bring a little light relief to the proceedings. To an English eye brought up on the impartial reporting of the BB… Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →