• Z is for Zebra (Crossing)
  • I cut it pretty close to the wire, in the end – I had to get my Z on New Years Eve. Fortunately, Porthcawl had a number of zebra crossings right on the seafront, so I amused / irritated our hosts Rich & Georgie by stopping at each one of them to take a picture. [...]

  • Y is for Yucca
  • God, I love my new lens! I’m not sure if it’s the super-shallow DOF or the sharpness of the focus on it, but it’s lovely. I will be using it a lot next year, I think.

    I was fretting about not being able to think of a Y to take a picture of and was running [...]

  • X is for Xmas
  • A bauble on my Mum’s Christmas tree, taken with my present – a 50mm f1.4 prime lens. Have been playing with depth of field all day! Happy Christmas!

  • W is for Winter
  • Nearly there, only three more to go!

    I was most disappointed when my camera battery turned out to be flat when I got caught in a brilliant snowstorm in London at the weekend, so this shot of fresh frost and low winter morning sun on a safety barrier on my walk to work will have to [...]

  • 2009 Music roundup
  • I can hardly believe that it’s time to make another one of these bloody lists again, but here we are. Some good records out this year.
    Album of a year by a country mile for me is:
    Travels With Myself And Another / Future Of The Left Only half an hour long, but what a grating, [...]

    Echo Chamber