A Single Image | Feb 27th

Gorgeously clear skies today so yet more opportunity to put the Fujifilm x-t1 and Viltrox 23mm f1.4 through it’s paces. This image, taken in the Geopark in Paignton, caught my eye purely for the colourful paintings on the sculpture against the bright blue of the sky. As usual, this image is a jpeg SOOC so […]

A Single Image | Feb 26th

My mate Paul is a budding musician who’s been playing the saxaphone now for a couple of years. He’s been a great friend so I was really pleased to give him his first saxaphone, a student something or other, that I had from when I closed down my music shop a few years earlier. He’d […]

35mm Film Resurgence?

Harman Technologies Announces Point-and-Shoot EZ-35 Film Camera. Does this signify a 35mm Film Resurgence? February 24th, 2021: Harman Technologies, the company that manufactures Ilford-brand film, has announced the EZ-35 camera in what appears to be a nod to the days of film point-and-shoots. The Harman EZ-35 looks similar to the classic disposable film camera but […]

Franglais group

One of the things I’ve missed the most over the past 12 months is my weekly visit to groupe franglais at Pierre’s Restaurant, the group set up by Helen Branton here in Torquay for people with an interest in learning and speaking french. The weekly wednesday morning sessions over a breakfast of croissants and coffee […]