I’ve been using the Fujifilm X100v for a while now and to be honest it’s great. I’ve had plenty of X100 models over the years and they seem to come and go quite easily, for some reason. There always seems to be a ‘bit yeah’ thing that makes me seek other cameras. The V appears … Continue reading Setting up for travelling light.
A brilliant days workshop in the woods with Marc Robbins & Demi Ray Oral
A recent selection of wandering through the beginnings of Autumn. It's always a favourite time of year to be out with a camera. The change from Summer to Autumn is invariably a gentle one with the colours of the trees and woodland changing around us. Definitely my favourite season to be out with the camera.
Autumn is on the way and it’s a great time to head out into the woods and see the colours changing as the autumn season kicks in. Travelling light with just the Fujifilm X100v and a tripod is a great way to record what’s going on. The weather resistance of the X100v certainly comes into … Continue reading A morning walk
I‘ve been using a square filter kit made by NISI for a while now and although I’ve been very pleased with the performance of them it’s not the lightest or smallest package to carry around. Searching around on the internet I found the K&F Magnetic Filter System at a reasonable cost so I ordered one … Continue reading Thoughts on the K&F Magnetic Filter System
I’ve had the X100V for a little while or so - even took it away as my only camera for a week in sunny Spain. Sun going down - X100v My initial impressions It’s OK. It’s annoying in some ways and in others it’s very good but it’s no Leica M10-P - and therein lies … Continue reading A few words on the Fujifilm X100V
As much as I like 28mm and in particular 35mm if I had to choose a single focal length, 50mm would be what I’d choose. The 50mm focal length is always the real deal.
Or the little bastard as I call it. Fujifilm’s latest iteration of the X100 series the V, is a camera that polarises my own thinking. On one hand it’s the perfect camera for everyday use, for travel and the ergonomics of it are spot on. On the other, despite vague similarities to a Leica M, … Continue reading A few notes on the Fujifilm X100v…
I’m away on vacation for a few days and sitting here with just the Fujifilm X100V for company. I made the determined effort to just bring the little Fuji for a number of reasons amongst them being I haven’t really spent that much time shooting with it. It did get me thinking again whether for … Continue reading Am I a serious photographer?
Digging around the internet for ideas on limiting the gear you have and own, I came across this definition that appears to suit my current thinking to a tee. Paralysis analysis is defined as where overthinking a situation can cause forward motion or decision-making to become paralysed, meaning that no solution or course of action … Continue reading Paralysis analysis
A recent few days holiday in beautiful Croatia and just a few images from this beautiful area. All shot on Leica M10-P & either TT Artisans 28mm f5.6, Summicron 35mm f2 & Summicron 50mm f2.
My vanity…knows no boundaries.
For all the other gear I have that's probably more suited to woodland and landscape photography I love to get out into the woods with my Leica M10-P and a couple of lenses. It feels a much more cathartic experience shooting with a Leica M over the Nikon Z6 I have. It's a slower process, … Continue reading Loving life with a 90mm
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Minolta Rokkor-C 90mm F4 3 shot panoramic stitched in Lightroom.
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Minolta Rokkor-C 90mm F4
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH
Sometimes it all gets a bit too much and at the moment my seemingly endless quest to find the right camera gear has been giving me a rather painful bout of sensory overload. I’ll be honest, it’s even starting to piss me off. I have two very different systems I use for the majority of … Continue reading Craving Simplicity
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2 ASPH As if any woodland or nature photographer didn't know, the bluebell season is in full swing... Got to make the most of them while you can!
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
A little while ago I wrote a blog post about the compromises I make shooting with the Leica M10-P. At the time I have to say I was struggling to justify quite a bit about it for my needs. The quality of the images I could make with it were never in doubt, but it … Continue reading All in on Leica?
A couple of weeks back, we had a little bit of mist in my part of the world along with some pretty cold conditions. I wandered a small woodland area for a couple of hours or so along with a common I'd been eyeing up, which proved to be rather beautiful with the sun and … Continue reading Gentle Colour
It’s exactly a year since I pushed the button and was lucky enough to buy myself a Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH. When I bought my Leica M10-P a couple of years ago or so, I promised myself I would one day own a Leica Summicron 35mm ASPH. It’s one of those lenses that through … Continue reading Happy Anniversary ‘Cron
Hanging the Leica M10-P over the shoulder along with the small but excellent Leica Summicron C 40mm f2 makes for a very compact, easy to use set up. What better way to spend a sunny Sunday morning than wandering along the local canal towpaths looking for compositions with a flat white coffee as mid walk … Continue reading Sunday Strolling
I've been shooting and editing to black and white almost exclusively since before Christmas and since the beginning of the New Year I've been shooting with a monochrome view through the live view of my camera. I convert those images to a black and white preset when importing the files in to Lightroom, in order … Continue reading Starting to Feel The Black and White Pull
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: TT Artisans 28mm f5.6
Given it’s the end of the year, I always like to try and set objectives for the year ahead. Quite often they don’t work out well - in truth, most objectives I try and set myself quite often come to little, but I like to try and keep myself thinking. A year in black and … Continue reading A Year of Black and White
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
A quick Boxing Day wander to blow the cobwebs away! Conditions in the UK over the past couple of days have been wonderful (as far as us woodland photographers go), with plenty of low cloud and mist around. It's lovely to get out in such conditions and stay away from the madding crowds as well!
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 ASPH
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm ASPH
After a little over two years of owning my Leica M10-P, the thought process is do I need (well I want) to move it on. It's a beautiful camera, I enjoy using it and the images it produces are wonderful, but for the 90% of what I shoot (or want to shoot), it's a compromise. … Continue reading Compromise – At what cost?
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 24-70 F4 S
Elan Valley - a series of lakes and dams that fuel parts of the Midlands with water sit in the beautiful rolling hills of Wales.
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 24-70 F4 S Filter: NiSi CPL
Woodland Photography with a Ricoh GR3, you cannot be serious?! Well, I thought it would be fun to try and to be honest, I'm quite happy with the results from a little point and shoot wander! The Ricoh GR3 is a street photographers camera - or so they say. The GR series have become a … Continue reading Woodland With a Ricoh GR3
The best season in the year for woodland enthusiasts like me! Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Autumn is almost upon us and most woodland/landscape photographers are waiting for those golden tones that only autumn can offer. That and mist/fog! Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Celebrating two years of Leica M10-P ownership today. It’s been a pleasure to use, not always practical and for sure doesn’t suit all sorts of photography - but the results never fail to impress and it’s always such fun to shoot with.
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 14-30 F4 S Filter: NiSi CPL
Camera: Ricoh GRiii
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 14-30 F4 S Filter: NiSi CPL It's been quite the summer and to be honest my inspiration for being out and about in the heat and sun of the summer has waned somewhat... Give me a nice cold autumnal day with a bit of atmosphere. Here's to the autumn/winter months and all who care for … Continue reading When the Sun Shines
Having a few days away in Scotland I couldn't resist taking my film gear and a couple of rolls of film along for the ride with my digital cameras I had on hand. Here's a few random images from a great few days - if you've never been put it on the bucket list, the … Continue reading Film in Scotland
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
We had a few days holiday once things started to open up a little, and chose to head to the Scottish Highlands, to get away from it as much as we could. Armed with the Nikon Z6 and my Leica M10-P, we had a few days enjoying the weather and the location. Basing ourselves close … Continue reading Scotland Adventures
Having recently taken delivery of a Nikon Z6 along with a Z 24-70 F4s and 14-30mm F4s lens, I was keen to get out and really see if I had made the right choice! Armed with the Z6, both lenses and a CPL, I decided on a bit of a road trip to the waterfalls … Continue reading Waterfalls at Blaen Y Glyn
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 14-30 F4 S Filter: NiSi CPL & 6 Stop ND
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 14-30 F4 S Filter:NiSi CPL
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 24-70 F4 S Filter:NiSi CPL
I’ve been toying with the idea of switching up my ‘landscape’ kit for a little while now. Having been using the Fuji X-H1 almost exclusively with the 16-55mm f2.8 lens, I’ve always felt the RAW files I got from Fuji had something missing. It’s been that way with all of the Fuji’s I’ve shot with … Continue reading New Toys & Happy Days
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 24-70 F4 S Filter: NiSi CPL
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 24-70 F4 S
Camera: Nikon Z6 Lens: Nikon 24-70 F4 S
Always welcoming, spring bluebell woodland photography offers a bright punch of colour, just as the woodland areas appear to come alive with colour. By chance I found this little Bluebell wood on one of my scouting location trips - very close to home. For a woodland photographer beginner like me who has never shot in … Continue reading Bluebell Woodland Photography
Having pretty much photographed woodland locally around me for the past 12 months or so, getting over to Cannock Chase a little way from home proved to be a fantastic morning out. It's a place that I used to visit regularly when I was young, as it was a favourite haunt of my Parents to … Continue reading Cannock Chase Wander
Camera: Fujifilm X-H1 Lens: Fujifilm XF16-55mm f2.8
Camera: Fujifilm X-H1 Lens: Fujifilm XF55-200mm
Camera: Leica M6 | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2 | Film Stock: Kodak Portra 400
Last year I had a short dalliance with a Ricoh GR2. At the time I really liked it as a camera, but had an itch for a Fuji X100F instead and so sold it on to help finance the purchase of an X100F. Having decided I really love to shoot film more than anything else, … Continue reading The Return of the Ricoh
A few images from the first two rolls of film shot on the Leica M6 this year.
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
I love shooting film but hate waiting to finish the film/getting the film back from the lab. The instant gratification I get from digital, spending time out pointing a camera at things and being able to see those results instantaneously is almost like a drug. I don't want to wait, we live in a world … Continue reading A plan Indeed
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Fujifilm X-H1 Lens: Fujifilm XF16-55mm f2.8
Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro1 Lens: Fujifilm XF35mm f2
Camera: Fujifilm X-H1 Lens: Fujifilm XF16-55mm f2.8
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 35mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar
Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro1 Lens: Fujifilm XF55-200mm f3.5-4.8
Camera: Fujifilm X-Pro1 Lens: Fujifilm XF35mm f2
Camera: Fujifilm X-H1 Lens: Fujifilm XF16-55mm f2.8
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Happy New Year to you. 2020 has been, well frankly shit for so many people all over the world...let’s hope 2021 improves dramatically for many people. On a personal front 2021 proved an interesting year, finally I found a photography niche I enjoy and one I want to build on for the future now. But, … Continue reading The Challenge
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron 50mm f2
Leica M10-P & Voigtlander 35mm f2.5 Color Skopar
Happy anniversary to me and my Leica M10-P. It’s been a whole 12 months since I bought the M10-P from London Camera Exchange in Leamington Spa and was the culmination of many months looking and reading about Leica digital cameras. As I come to the 1st year anniversary of my Leica camera ownership, I feel … Continue reading A year with the Leica M10-P
Fujifilm X100F
Camera: Leica M10-P | Lens: Leica Summicron-C 40mm f2
Fujifilm X-Pro1 & XF35mm f2
Leica M10P: Leica Summicron 50mm
A few days away in the beautiful Scottish highlands
When I first started eyeing up X100F's again, one thing I was interested in was the ability to use a filter system with the camera. With the built in 3 stop ND Filter, the X100 series offers a great starting point, but if you want to try out long exposure photography a filter kit of … Continue reading NiSi Compact Filter System
A few photos from the past weekend, shooting with just the Leica M10-P & Summicron 40mm f2. It's a great camera for casual landscape and outdoor photography, the ease of use making it the perfect companion. I love the little Leica Summicron 40mm f2 as well, it's a small, compact lens that punches well above … Continue reading Leica for Landscape
Analog Dave 