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A warm welcome and hello!...

A warm welcome and hello! Been a very long time since my last post…the year has flown by and we are looking at Xmas in the next 4 weeks time! The world seems to be in a flux of changes, some of which don’t look too good. However, those affairs are not for discussion on here! Just as the so-called #Bohemian diaspora decided not to acknowledge World War 2, we will not involve ourselves with…

Shout out about a fabulous artist!

Hi everyone! Well, Spring is finally here and warmer days galore! Just wanted to mention a new artist I found out about recently….his name is Stuart Humphreys and his website is http://www.ko-fi.com/babelcolour Stuart specialises in bringing to life old vintage photographs I found his work amazing! Hope you do too! 🙂

Chilly start to the New Year!

Hi and Happy New Year to all of my followers! A huge thank you to you all for visiting this blog and making it successful! Because of your loyalty, I’ve received several opportunities to write for photography journals, which is a good thing for us film users all over the world, as it spreads the use of the medium making it more popular than ever! Of course it will put demands on my spare time…

A vintage camera as a gift!

Hello again! Since my last post here, I’ve had several enquiries from followers about cameras I can supply for use as Xmas gifts. That would be a marvellous gesture and could start someone off on an adventure of a lifetime in photography. However, we are now only days away from the big day so it is a little bit late, I’m afraid, as the cameras would not reach you before Xmas! If you wish to…

Only a few days to …another Xmas!

Hello and a warm welcome to all my followers new and not so new! Can you believe another year has flown past, and yet, like me, you may be thinking time is running out and yet we still haven’t done so and so? I remember when I was in my 20s and time almost seemed to stand still and we didn’t ever think of getting older! It’s difficult to fit everything in when we start getting older but I…

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Hiya!

Warm greetings to everyone! The weather is changing very very slowly, cold one day, clear next day, then ran next day…such are the vagaries of Spring! With the change in weather, lots of opportunities will come our way to use cameras that may not have been used since last year. I have heard from many friends who said they’ve not used their cameras due to the global rise of prices in almost all…

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Lovely fully refurbished Olympus Trip 35 on offer

Hi everyone. Hopefully the chilly winter is gradually moving away and bringing warmer fresher weather! Isn’t it funny when it’s high summer, how we all crave the winter, and when it’s winter, we cry out for warmer weather. I’ve noticed during my daily walk down country lanes where I live, how some plants are already growing fast; daffodils are almost half their normal size and primrose are…

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A cold, damp day, but a warm welcome!

Yes indeed, it’s that time of year when the weather is cold and damp, and what with the pressures of Xmas and the New Year, and the eating and drinking to excess that comes with it, it’s no wonder we can feel ill. The year has flown by and we will be in another year very soon. Things all over the world have been quite tough, and some of us have had a tough time financially. Let us be strong…

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Another chance!

Hi again! Hope everyone is ok as can be? After spending a whole day tinkering and polishing one of my motorbikes, I am collapsed onto the sofa, with a hot tea waiting to refresh me as I type this post. Originally, I had intended to take off downtown to spend some leisurely hours taking new photos, but then I realised I hadn’t given one of my bikes any TLC for quite awhile! What started as a…

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Hey! Hello and howdy!

It’s been quite awhile since we chatted on here. Life gets in the way. Hope you’ve all been keeping well as can be? What have I been up to? Not too good, not too bad! I picked up Covid again, for the 3rd time. I say picked up, but it could well be we are all harbouring the virus in our bodies anyway, and whenever our immunity is low, it kicks in. Luckily it was just like bad flu, aches and…

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Hello 2022 and goodbye 2022!

Hi to all my followers! Again, I have no excuses for my absence on here….just that lige got in the way! So much to do, so little time in which to do it. But hey, you’ve heard that before! I missed keeping in touch with you guys, and also missed bringing you news and views about film and cameras. I hope to start doing that again in the New Year. Aside of that…I caught #Covid twice this past…

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A rather odd message....

A rather odd message….

I must tell you about a message I received on my blog here from a new reader. I do not know whether it is from a male or female person, which I will explain below. The person, whom I will call Andrea in order to preserve privacy, has expressed an interest in my work in photography and has said they have read my posts with huge interest since I started the blog many many years ago. Thank you…

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Hey! Hello!

Hi and a very Happy New year to all my friends here! Let’s all hope that 2022 is better than the past few years. For myself, things began to go downhill in January 2019, and as we know, Covid19 started rearing it’s ugly head around that time, too. Now, as we speak, I hear that aside of Omicron, there’s now another mutation which the public may not know about as yet. Theyre calling it #Florona…

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An artist whose work leaves you astounded!

As regular readers know, I always try to post interesting material on here besides photographic stuff So today, I want to tell you just a little about a lady whose work I noticed when I lived in Vancouver Her name is Laura Harris….artiste extraordinaire! That’s all I will tell you…the rest, I want you to see when you see her work, which you can do here…

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Old-school Voigtlander Vito. Solid engineering!

Hi guys! Just thought i’d chat about one of the best cameras I ever bought, and which allowed me to learn all about that magical and mysterious thing photographers call DOF….or Depth of Field. Most photographers who have all-singing, all-dancing cameras with electronic focusing etc, do not need to know much about DOF…their cameras do it automatically. But the REAL way to enjoy your photography…

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Legendary Olympus Trip 35 available-fully refurbished

Why are people all over the photographic world fussing about theOlympus Trip 35? One of the reasons is the quality of results it produces and the ease of use.And funnily enough, you don’t need to spend $$$$$ to own one either! Hardened professional photographers who use state-of-the-art digitalcameras in their working lives, can still be seen with one of these in their kit bags. Let’s talk a…

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Good day, hola, kalimera, ni hao, friends!

A very warm hello to all my long-standing friends and followers! I do apologise profusely for not posting as often as I used to in the, what I call, the Good Old Days! The world is a roller coaster as we all know, and never stops for anyone. Even when we are not here, it will still carry on without us. All governed by our eternal enemy, Time. But, just think what the world would be like, or…

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