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Light Night 2021

Light Night 2021

Reading Time: 2 minutes After a missing year due to Covid19 it was exciting to get out to light night. I took my 1000D and got a few shots. However I fairly soon went back to my phone as it was easier and actually compared to the over a 

How Random

How Random

Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s been a very long time…  I think the last time I went out anywhere substantial was new year nearly 4 years ago, and it’s suffice to say I’ve been a little dormant on the photography front. This has been a combination of a few 

Carlisle

Carlisle

Reading Time: 3 minutes After visting in Carlisle we got a little bit of time on Sunday afternoon to have a wander around – something I’ve never had the chance to do on the previous occasions I have been. Much of the centre of Carlisile is dominated by the 

Meanwood Woods

Meanwood Woods

Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ve never been entirely sure how to name and efine this place that I come to so often. The name “Meanwood” stems from the Anglo-Saxon “Meene wude” meaning the Boundary Wood. They have taken the name Meanwoodside before and apprently now are properly called Meanwood 

York

York

Reading Time: 3 minutes In an effort to get out and about a little more after successive lockdowns we took a trip over to york for the day. Similar to Bradford, we made the mistake of not really thinking about bank holidays and the fact that still many things 

Bradford

Bradford

Reading Time: 2 minutes We went to Bradford to visit the Media Museum for a bit of a day out of Leeds. After a bit of a revival, Bradford seems to be on a down again – the waning high street and impact of Covid seems to have hit. 

Phone Cameras again

Phone Cameras again

Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve been lugging cameras around slightly less often recently – this is me, I go through phases of hyperfocus and then doing other things, and for a while have done a bit more with my phone. After crackng my Huawei during the stress of Covid 

Targeting groups – Antisocial Behaviour and Higher Education Students

Targeting groups – Antisocial Behaviour and Higher Education Students

Reading Time: 17 minutes I have been digging through some old files and folder while sorting out moving house, and have realise I have never got round to posting some of the academic work I completed, some of which I am pleased with and even enjoy re-reading. I hope 

The Ultimate Deep Pan Pizza

The Ultimate Deep Pan Pizza

Reading Time: 4 minutes So after my decision to impart even more of my knowledge of the world on this site, rather than just my boring photos and must, I am going to start with this epic feast. I am not sure why, when my oven is fucked and 

Agfa Agfamatic 2000 Pocket Sensor

Agfa Agfamatic 2000 Pocket Sensor

Reading Time: 2 minutes This is a simple 110 cartridge film camera, designed by  Schlagheck Schultes Design; like the rest of the range it is styled in black and silver and has the ubiquitous red sensor button for the shutter.  The film is advanced by closing and opening the case after shooting. It has a 3 element resin Color Agnar Lens at 26mm with a fixed aperture of f/9.6. It has a socket for Magicube Flash Bulbs.

Queen Victoria’s Arch

Queen Victoria’s Arch

Reading Time: < 1 minutes It still feels odd, just going for a walk. We walked up to Beckett Park and vistied Victoria Arch, somewhere I have actually never been in all my time in Leeds. The Arch was created by William Beckett as a way to flaunt his wealth 

Northern Kin

Northern Kin

Reading Time: 3 minutes I’ve been a bit slack with the editing recently, and these are long overdue – in these lockdown weeks I have managed to get a few more things done! Last Summer the pleasure of attending this lovely little festival in Stanhope as guests of Driven