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It’s manic out there….

Posted on December 23, 2018 by Guthlac

I have a very ambivalent attitude to Christmas.    For more years than I care to recall I have worked on Christmas day or night – strangely enough I can’t recall actually ever working on lates on Christmas day.   So … Continue reading →

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Variations…

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Guthlac

So what have I done today?   Well let me see I have mapped out where all the medieval religious institutions were located in and around west Leicestershire.   I know this is a very niche pursuit but it is one I … Continue reading →

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It’s grim up north…

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Guthlac

What a totally unfair thing to say…I have had some of the most beautiful days in the North and of course ‘ …the North remembers…’.  In truth it has been one of those horrible days all round as far as … Continue reading →

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A very long time ago…

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Guthlac

  A long time ago I read the Arthur C Clarke short story The Sentinel.   It was the inspiration for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey and formed the first act.  In the story a structure of incalculable age was … Continue reading →

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Bag full of primes…

Posted on December 8, 2018 by Guthlac

  If you are a photographer then there is nothing more enjoyable than walking the countryside on a cold winter’s afternoon with the sun slowly setting.   This is the golden hour for any photographer.   Through in a bag of primes … Continue reading →

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Winter is here!

Posted on December 2, 2018 by Guthlac

  Last week I wrote a post about the last images of Autumn I would make.  Unfortunately whether it was the onset of senility or stupidity I thought that the end of November was last Sunday!   However almost as soon … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to another autumn…

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Guthlac

Well that was the autumn that was.   For me autumn ends on the last day of November so I spent this afternoon trying to capture a few images to celebrate(?) the end of another autumn.   Now for the hard grind … Continue reading →

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The latest book…

Posted on November 21, 2018 by Guthlac

  So I’ve just published my latest book – The first ten thousand.   It contains 52 images from the first 10,000 images I captured with my A7 Mk.2.   Not bad going seeing as I have a heavy cold at the … Continue reading →

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Learning an old curve….

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Guthlac

  So the reeducation continues as I slowly learn what I can and can’t achieve with the nifty fifty.  Teaching an old dog old tricks that it had forgotten so many years ago!

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Nifty Fifty…

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Guthlac

Well I’ve gone all retro or retrograde – only time will tell.   I’ve just bought myself a 50mm f1.8 lens.   It is the first time I’ve owned such a creature for the best part of 40 years.   I took it … Continue reading →

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