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Places to Visit - Thurne mill, Norfolk

06 Mar 2023
Thurne mill In Norfolk From the moment you lay eyes on this magnificent structure, you can’t help but feel a sense of awe and wonder. Its towering silhouette against the Norfolk skyline, with the River Thurne flowing gently by its side, is a sight to behold. As you make your…

Dinorwic Quarry. North Wales

08 Jul 2022
Over the course of about 5 years, I have made numerous trips to one fantastic part of the UK, that spot is Dinorwic quarry. This abandoned quarry is located to the North West of Snowdonia National park and attracts people for all sorts of activities, climbing, hill walking, cycling, caving…

Spread Oak Chapel and scrap cars

12 Jun 2022
After many years of not exploring, I have decided it is time to go back to where I learnt most about photography back in the days when I got my 1st camera. Rummaging around in the old buildings and all that sort of stuff is something I love, so expect…

Magnetic Acrylic Blocks

04 Oct 2021
Since the start of Covid, we as artists have had to reinvent what we do to generate an income. I used to rely heavily on selling my work at local craft fairs and would often generate a good amount of sales from this, so I decided to start getting my…

Saal photo book

01 Aug 2021
For quite a while I have been working on a long term project on the coastline, the images I have printed out as part of my portfolio, but I knew at some stage I was going to have to start looking into the concept of creating a book as it…

Black and White colour conversion

04 Jun 2021
I hope you are all keeping well, I have been keeping myself busy with learning all about a new program called Imerge Pro and its latest update I thought I would share some work I have been completing while testing out features within the program. I decided to have a…

10 easy steps to improve your long exposure shots

01 Mar 2021
Easy steps to improve your long exposure photography. First off, what is long exposure photography… Long exposure photography is when you take a photo over a prolonged period of time. To me, it is an image that you cant take handheld if you want it to be sharp and by…

The PermaJet double-sided Lustre 295gsm paper

31 Jan 2021
It was great to receive another message at the end of the year from the team at Permajet saying… As a thank you for being a loyal customer and regularly supporting us on social media, we would like you to be one of the 1st to try the new Double-sided…

The new Onyx filters

24 Nov 2020
At the start of November, I finally got the email from the team to say that the new Formatt-Hitch filters Onyx Seascape kit that I, as one of the ambassadors had helped to piece together, was about to launch. Well, I am delighted to be able to say, I have…

A masters essay. Winterton and my mind

17 Nov 2020
Dibs McCallum Winterton and my mind Written in August 2018 as part of my Master’s degree in the arts at Norwich University of the Arts Printed and submitted, this was a 17-page essay, but due to online formatting this is how it looks in November 2020 . Table of illustrations…