The last location and weekends vlog is now available to be watched on YouTube, click below.
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Surgery
I went out on Sunday as I believed it was going to be the final opportunity after my knee procedure, which was carried out yesterday.
Although I was meant to be resting my legs I found it terribly boring sitting in front of the television, where nothing was on and decided to take my camera kit in the van down to the new forest to photograph a bridge surrounded by some of the most stunning colours I think I have seen in a long time.
Having had the surgery now yesterday! I today have spent the entirety editing the photographs and video for the blog which is due to go up this Saturday morning on my YouTube channel. (I’ll put a link below to the channel if you’re interested)
I’ll share one of the photographs on here to give you an idea of what I was able to capture, but I am not going to share with you the best images for that you will have to watch the Vlog! :)
Herringfleet Mill
New page added to the website of Herringfleet Mill in Norfolk.
West Pier, Brighton.
West Pier in Brighton is unused and basically rotting away. It is a fantastic subject to photograph. Here are some of the images I took on my visit to Brighton. Click here to view the images.
Macro Photography
I took the NIKON Z8 and the Nikon Z 105MM F2 .8 S lens out to the new forest area to do some macro photography. You may not buy some of these photographs that it is clearly not my strong point, but I would like to share some of those photographs with you now and I look forward to your feedback.
Click here to view the page.
The New Forest
Today I uploaded the images taken in the New Forest , Hampshire to the website. I have also included on that page a link to the Vlog if you would like to watch that. Just click here to go to the page.
New kit addition
My new Benro Geared Head has arrived today, I hope to be out with it later this week. I may add a review of it to the YouTube channel if you are interested.
New addition
The photographs taken in Poland, both Kraków and Auschwitz/Bernell have now been added to the website. You can access those by going through the menu Poland/Auschwitz – Birkenau.
Hands Free
Could this be the way forward for me? The weight of the backpack is clearly getting to me, but I do like to have my tripod and all the other equipment that I normally use with me.
On this occasion, however I decided that I needed to go weight free leaving the backpack in the van and just going with the Nikon Z8 and the 24 to 70mm F2.8 lens. And yes, I know I could reduce the weight further by going with the F4 lens, but this lens is an absolute beauty and the pictures it takes are with such clarity I couldn’t dream of letting her go.
In honesty this was a one off my legs after the trip to Poland are in great pain and I’m finding it extremely difficult to walk currently. It was a last-minute decision once I exited the van not to take the backpack tripod and all the other equipment that I normally carry with me. It clearly helped however, the pictures probably took a hit in quality? I suppose the viewers, yourselves are to be the judge of that!
I initially went to photograph of church where they are currently showing a blanket of puppies falling down the side of the church. I then on my way home stop off at a spot in the New Forest in New Hampshire here in the UK.
The colours of autumn are ripe and stunning. I will share a couple of those photographs on here, but please do pop along to my YouTube channel and watch the latest Vlog where you will see the new forest in all its glory. All of the photographs taken handheld as I’ve already stated.
Again, thank you for reading this post. I wish you all a great day.
My guide in the Auschwitz Museum
We recently took a trip to Poland as I wanted to photograph Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II Birkenau camps.
It is recommended when you go to visit and pay your respects in these places that you employ a guide so that you learn more whilst you’re there and obviously they know their way around.
We took their advice and went with a guide however being disabled, it was rather difficult to keep up and I missed a lot. The guide seemed to want to get the tour over and done with and was moving at pace and I personally believe missed a lot of the camp out.
I say this, as I have spoken to other people that I’ve taken the same tour and I’ve seen photographs of different areas of the camp, not included in our tour and facts that were given in the tour to others, not given to us.
Although the guide was informative, I have to say his ability as a guide, if that’s the right word, was found wanting. He clearly in my opinion, wanted to get away as quickly as possible.
I am not saying do not take a guide on these tours because I do believe it is required however I would suggest if you’re going to take a tour you return on a second day by yourself without a guide so that you can go around once again, looking at things that have probably been omitted from your tour for whatever reason that may be.
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