‘Skilful means’ is more than just technique or know-how.

Edwin Smith’s garden photographs bring out a feeling of the gothic, helped by being black and white …

I muse about the things that terrified me as a child in 1960’s Brazil - a prelude to the Gothic?

Learning to like reading was perhaps the most important step that I ever took…

Will AI bring solace to lonely old people? Or might it do the opposite?

Sometimes things searched for are closer to hand than one supposed …

in search of the lyrical street photograph, a genre explored by Walker Evans

I reflect on the start of my photogarphy & the thrill of a print

Remembering Barry Thornton’s legacy …

On LIwybr Llechi Eryri

A robust bread with potato and leek soup … Cromarty Cob as shown me by Andrew Whitely.

The early 20th century pictorialist technique of bromoiling produces etching like pictures …

It’s not just that paper maps are a safety factor, it’s also that they are fun to use.

A wet boggy walk, but very worthwhile.

After a long break from hill walking, at last I return to the Welsh hills, this time to re-evaluate my gear.

After 3 years of ‘lock-down’ as carer for a loved one, I decide to act …

My love of Cricket started at the Rio Cricket Club …