Vintage Effect Photography, and a very old Camera

My daughter Lucy has become a camera fanatic and is fascinated in old cameras with bellows and has made herself a pinhole camera.I went through the attic and found an old German Super Ikonta bellows camera that my Father used to use, he always said that Zeiss lenses were in his opinion the best.He was … Continue reading »

Sunday walk not Sunday roast! A very nice circular trip.

Went for a longish walk with dog Buffy this morning, it seems surprisingly mild after the cornish cold snap. The rest of the country might be under thick snow but here on the North Cornish Coast there is a definite feeling of Spring. Buffy and I set off from Harlyn car park and walked across … Continue reading »

An iconic Winter image of St Merryn, Padstow.

When picking up the girls from the school bus on weekdays at 4.00 pm this collie  can always be seen in the back of this truck parked outside The Spar shop in St Merryn, Padstow as the dog’s owners also have children to collect. Apparently it likes to travel in this fashion and I love … Continue reading »

Went looking for seals not a killer walk!

Today my friend Ashleigh and myself skipped off work to come up past Boscastle and look for seals. Armed with an Ordnance Survey map we found a footpath that led us to the part of the coast that we thought might be good for seals, the day was cold and the weather really changeable and … Continue reading »

Buffy on Tor

Yesterday  Buffy and I went and climbed RoughTor and Brown Willy, despite being a Sunday we saw very few people which is hardly surprising as it was pretty damp, and very windy! I haven’t been up here for ages as we are usually coast bound but felt climbing up the two highest points in Cornwall … Continue reading »

My photo of a very fresh trigger fish!

This triggerfish was found by Dom from Explore The Shore around Christmas time when several of these can be found washed in on the local Cornish beaches, this one is unusual as the eyes are intact and very fresh,usually they are missing their eyes and there is a hole through their eye sockets which is handy … Continue reading »

Final photographic image of Trevose Lighthouse

This is the shot I managed to get on Monday looking through the tamarisk hedge, the rocks in the background show the Quies from a very different angle from what you usually can see from the surrounding beaches. I have not adjusted the colours in any way and it was amazing to have gannets flying … Continue reading »

Not always in my office….

Today was the day to go outside, my mission was to take a portrait shot of Trevose Lighthouse from a different angle to use as a print and image for a new tea-towel. The sky was full of gannets in places and large grey seals kept popping up out of the water all over the … Continue reading »

Slightly unusual Christmas presents!

Well I can’t put it off any longer, my training starts in earnest this week as the post Christmas rush has died down and so has the wind! My trek to Everest Base camp starts on April 15th when I fly to Kathmandu for 3 weeks. It has dawned on me that there is just … Continue reading »