Today we went to one of our fave indoor places in Yorkshire. Salts Mill, Saltaire in Shipley. Titus Salt who built the place in the middle of the 1800s was quite an amazing fella. Whilst a lot of his contemporaries were…
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FamilyI had a message from a relative in Ireland - Mrs Hughes, aka Nana that there perhaps wasn't enough about our family on DragonDrop.org at the moment. Quite right -here's a family special, blog post! The first thing you…
An odd findNearly every morning, I take the dog for a walk across a 200 acre open parkland called The Stray in my home-town of Harrogate. The Stray carves a big arc around the town centre. It's kind of an inner green belt. It's a…
StrobographicA couple of week or so ago, a friend said on Facebook "Just found a strobe light, anyone want it?". I did, I got it. Thanks Mr Pilchards. I'd discovered the joys of strobography beforehand. Over the course of several…
Further experiments in LomographyUnexpectedly, I got two disks in the post this morning. A couple of weeks ago I'd posted a couple of film off to be processed - one of which, I'd forgotten about for years. The nerdy short-hand of what's going on here:…
PhotographicI've tweaked a category definition, here on DragonDrop Adventures, that I wasn't that happy with. The category formally known as "Photos" is now called Photographic . It started out life as a category just for posts…
Workshop and test shotsHad the fortune of having a drink with these guys last night ; Greg and Colly, event organisers for the New Adventures in Web Design conference that I'm at. Colly (head honcho, no glasses) seemed quite pleased with the…
DragonFly Tattoo EP LaunchThere's one constant quality of art that's hard to describe. Originality. There isn't a readily available frame of reference because no one has done what they are doing before. This can either mean original 'crap',…
A corporate do at the MajSpent an evening in the beautiful Hotel Majestic Harrogate last night. I was taking photos of a corporate awards do and after party and helping out my mate Allan with a bit of tech. Free steak and bar was quite a draw.…
Like an impulse ebay LeicaI've been a fan of Leica, since I was a photography student. Some of the great heroes of photography used Leica - guys like Henri Cartier-Bresson , the Godfather of photojournalism and founder Magnum , typically shot…
Lomo and booksIts the weekend (hoopla!). Friday night and I've just accomplished the fixing of a camera. Inspired by my post 'shoots some film' from a few days ago, I dug out two 35mm cameras. The Smena 8M on closer inspection was…
Shoot some filmMy mate Skip, with a film camera When I was a early to mid teen, photography used to be my #1 passion in life, it's still fairly high up there. A conversation at lunch today reminded me about something that I've long…
But is it art?Yesterday, I fancied a beach walk. Bridlington, on the East Coast of Yorkshire was the destination I plumped for, so having suitably enthused my family, off we set. We parked at a spot about 2 and a half miles south of…
Elsie is 1 and storifyIt's this beautiful girl's 1st birthday today. I shot this, this morning (the photo - not the dog). I've discovered this great little tool called Storify. I've used to to build a story of Elsie's first year. It's kind…
Fotography of phoodLast Tuesday I got to do a combo of two of my (many) fave things – eat food and take photos. It’s been a while since I’ve had a photography gig, but I’d volunteered to be involved in this one. We’re doing a recipe book…