Category: General
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Turn of the clock
When we bought our sofa, almost a decade ago now, the salesman explained that the leather needed nourishing at every turn of the clock. I nodded knowingly and, for my foolishness, ended up buying a pack of overpriced leather wipes. Anyway— Today we turn back the clock, switching from British Summer Time (BST) to Greenwich…
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Making intentional photos when shooting digital
When I bought my Nikon D850, I ordered a 128 GiB CFexpress card to go with it, assuming that the camera’s high-resolution output would demand substantial storage. Yet, because of my approach to digital photography, I rarely fill more than a fraction of the card while I’m shooting. I seem to be as frugal with…
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All about P
Recently, I found an envelope containing film negatives with candid pictures of P, taken between 2008 and 2010 when I was beginning film photography. Given the reset brought about by COVID, this discovery feels almost archaelogical—you can even see P holding a Blackberry phone. The negatives were badly scratched from sitting at the bottom of…