Monthly Archives: December 2023

Dogs Welcome

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Brian

Boxing Day, Ely Cathedral open free for all, including dogs.

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Fleece Yellow

Posted on December 29, 2023 by Brian
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Ely

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Brian

26th December 2023, outside Ely Cathedral; thinking about street photography for the U3A Photo Forum.

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Figures – Porserpina

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Brian

Figure from The Rape of Porserpina, which shows Pluto, the king of the underworld, carrying off Ceres’ daughter with whom he had fallen in love.  Statue in the V&A made around 1565; probably based on a model by Vincenzo de’ … Continue reading →

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Torn

Posted on December 22, 2023 by Brian
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Mining the Diaries 76: Patagonia 2009

Posted on December 21, 2023 by Brian

Maison Vitraux, Buenos Aires 15th November. Disorientated.  We took off from Heathrow Terminal 5 at 21.50 yesterday and landed in Buenos Aires at 10.45 today.  The flight was uneventful – flying long-haul is one of those occasions when uneventfulness is … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 75: Italy 2009

Posted on December 20, 2023 by Brian

2969 Calle Del Forno, Venice, 21st September 2009 Woke about 6.30 and sat by the window reading The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt while Nina slept.  Footsteps, boats and voices outside – the Venetian dawn chorus. After breakfast … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 74: Wales 2009

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Brian

Or’eira, Llanfacherth, Dolgellau, 12th June 2009 To Dolgellau for the cattle market.  A slow start with a few small trailers bringing in sheep – lambs, rams and hoggets. Selling starts at noon. Auctioneer and his assistant stroll across the yard … Continue reading →

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Mining the Diaries 73: Spain 2009

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Brian

Palau de la Mar, Valencia, 18th March 2009 We did not need to set that alarm for last night’s firework display –we lay listening to it rending the sky like too-close thunder! Down to a bustling breakfast room soon after … Continue reading →

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Those We Lost 2023

Posted on December 17, 2023 by Brian

We are at that time of year when newspapers and broadcast media devote column inches and air time to litanies of those who have died in the past twelve months.  The list in the Review section of today’s Observer records … Continue reading →

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Scanner Photography

Posted on December 16, 2023 by Brian

Saw this soap wrapper lying on the floor and thought I’d scan it. Sepia toned in Lightroom.

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Figures – Vertumnus and Pomona

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Brian

‘Vertumnus was the shape-shifting Roman god of seasons.  He tricked the nymph Pomona into talking to him by disguising himself as an old woman, but then removed his mask.’  Victoria and Albert Museum

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Photography in Fiction (Literature)

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Brian

‘The two most revolutionary technological advances in human consciousness are the invention of writing and then the ability to record life as-it-is in the form of photography and sound recording.’  So argues Ed Simon in his essay The Miracle of … Continue reading →

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Shutter Hub Open 2023-2024 – 2

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Brian

At the Shutter Hub Open launch on Sunday an artist/writer asked me why I support the Hub.  My off the cuff reply was, ‘Because it’s an antidote to camera clubs.’ That might be true in many ways, but looking round … Continue reading →

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U3AC Photo Forum 2023-24 – Week 10

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Brian

The brief for today was have a look at some fun pictures – defined as anything members of the class thought entertaining, e.g. images creatively edited or amusing shots, the more Christmas themed, the better.  The only limitations was that … Continue reading →

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