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Backlog: June 2018
Monday 19th of December 2022
Well, if I thought last month’s backlog was thin, this one was even worse. We went on just one outing, to Dunwich Forest, but other than that it was just shopping trips to Lowestoft, solo walking along the beach, and the usual pictures of Emily. As for said trip to Dunwich, well, it wasn’t terribly productive, photographically speaking, but Em enjoyed it and we had a nice picnic, so all in all it …
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Backlog: January 2019
Sunday 13th of November 2022
January, like the previous month , was quite sparse, photographically. I don’t recall why, exactly – perhaps it was the work involved in bringing up a 1-year-old, perhaps it was just the weather wasn’t especially cooperative most of the time. Or perhaps I was just lazy? Still, grey, overcast and dull weather can make for worthwhile photos if you approach it with a positive attitude. Lowestoft bea…
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Backlog: July 2018
Friday 17th of May 2019
By July we’d finally moved in to our new house and unpacked most of our things. Em playing with my headphones We’d also started to explore the town and surrounding area. Hopton church farm buildings off the footpath from Hopton to Gorleston neighbour’s car overrun with brambles Em was getting a lot more mobile now – she could crawl quite easily, and was experimenting more and more with standing up…
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Backlog: June 2018
Saturday 20th of April 2019
June feels simultaneously yesterday and years ago. A lot has changed, not least of all Emily, who back then couldn’t even crawl. We were also still living in a rented house, too, which we knew wouldn’t be enough now that we had Em; plans were in motion, though: we’d decided on our new house and were in the (long, long) process of buying it. Emily trying to undo Zoe’s shoes Normanston Park pipes ne…
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Lowestoft before summer
Wednesday 16th of May 2018
Winter didn’t want to let go this year, clinging on until well into April. It’s finally given over to Summer, which is a relief, both to my mood and to our energy bills. cold rocky groyne lifeguard station deserted beach small painted human figures on a fence stacked scaffolding poles abandoned sofa and armchair
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The sea and the sun
Saturday 27th of January 2018
My parents are staying at our house while the purchase of their new house grinds along. I don’t get on well with them and have been feeling stressed lately, so Zoe and I took Em out for breakfast at the Lighthouse Café in Lowestoft, then for a walk along the seafront. A lovely shiny day it was, too! Cold, but good for clearing one’s head. After being up and alert while Zoe and I ate breakfast, Em …
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Acros is better than I thought
Saturday 23rd of December 2017
Since I got my XT2, I’ve never really given the Acros film simulation a shot, but lately I’ve been trying it and been pleasantly surprised. I don’t know if I just didn’t have the right highlight and shadow contrast settings, but it’s got a lot of subtleties that I hadn’t appreciated before. The way the colour filters (e.g. Acros +Y) affect rendering is lovely – not too strong, but enough to make a…
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The rain comes
Saturday 16th of September 2017
So, been a while. Haven’t been feeling very inspired lately – I’ve been taking my camera out a lot, but just not finding much worth shooting, or making much effort to. Still, the car needed to go in for MOT so that meant some time to kill, which basically meant enforced camera time. Alas, as the title says, the weather was overcast-into-rainy. Such is the way of things in late September in England…
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Stormy skies
Saturday 22nd of July 2017
Storms are great for generating dramatic skies: the mix of dark clouds and bright, sunlit sky behind has something magical about it. brewing storm behind houses stormclouds over residential area bright sky between dark clouds and dark ground
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Fairground: closed for the evening
Saturday 27th of May 2017
I’d been sitting indoors all day playing Nier: Automata and was feeling a bit guilty about it, so I went out to get some fresh air and walk around a bit. I didn’t really have anything particular in mind, but decided on Lowestoft seafront as it’s close by and I could hopefully get some good pictures before the sky went fully dark. Turns out the fair’s in town, although at this time of the day it’…
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Gunton burned
Monday 1st of May 2017
Not an especially aesthetically appealing day today, weather-wise, but I felt like going for a walk regardless. It’s good to get out of the house now and then, get some fresh air. waves crashing over a groyne So, I headed out to Gunton , in the northern part of Lowestoft, starting near the North Denes caravan park. Along the seafront here there are lots of chunks of brick and concrete to break up…
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Gunton Cliffs
Saturday 15th of April 2017
Had a bit of a headache, and had been sitting indoors all day, so I went for a nice walk around Gunton Cliffs. X-T2, 14/2.8, 23/2, 60/2.4 pink helmet on Goldwing motorbike view south along Whapload Road abandoned plastic doll leg path next to Denes Oval view north along the beach at Gunton concrete cube thing dog running past bush view up the hill at the end of Links Road sunlit caravans on Tingde…
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Lowestoft and cloudy
Monday 20th of March 2017
It had been a “mostly cloudy” kind of day, but the occasional break for some sunlight gave me hope so I went for a wander around Lowestoft pier and waterfront. Alas, almost no sun. Plenty of rocks and rust though! ‘Warning Drop’ sign on sea wall rusty fence support on sea wall fishing trawler and reflection fishing trawler deck harbour entrance harbour entrance light sea wall rocks covered in seaw…
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Lowestoft town centre, December
Friday 30th of December 2016
It feels a lot less than two years since a previous “winter sun” post, my goodness how time flies. These are all from a couple of days ago when I visited town to arrange a new pair of glasses, since I lost one of the lenses in my old pair and besides, I suspected my eyesight had got worse (confirmed). New pair won’t arrive for up to two weeks though, as I wanted the lenses that help when working…
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A walk to Lowestoft
Saturday 30th of July 2016
Continuing the walking theme from last time , Zoe and I walked all the way to Lowestoft town centre and back today, a distance of just under 12 km, and taking us 2 hours 45 minutes. We’re both fans of Pokémon Go, primarily since it provides some pretty good motivation to go out and walk a lot, so naturally we had it active on our phones on the way into town. Alas, location data, full screen brigh…
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