and this..

Whilst walking in the woods photographing a story i am up to my eyes in at the moment - saw this. Oh to be a spider.

P&P

I've been having a few problems with my dear Bronica. It was becoming so soft I spent more time thinking about getting everything sharp than the actual subjects of the photographs. I'm not sure what to do with it so I'll put it in the cupboard for a bit. New camera with a slightly different format coming soon.

Until then..

Paul.

P&P would be problems and paul then...

Ollie

Merino

It's definitely getting colder and I've found myself layering up already. I even thought maybe I should get some more merino stuff to keep me nice and toasty. At present I'm a slave to the howies merino which I do like alot but was looking around to see what else there was today and found Chocolate Fish. Now the only thing that ever bugged me about the howies stuff was where it was made....I'm not saying I could afford howies clothes if they were made in the UK - and I trust that they try their hardest to get stuff made in good places. But Choclate Fish make all their stuff in NZ where the mernio comes from in the first place - interesting stuff.

Anyway after a bit of tip tapping on my keyboard I did stumble upon this rather funny post from a slightly ranty forum talking about howies clothes...

It did make me chuckle....

Best jeans I've ever had though...

Tom & Lauren

Tom & Lauren with their cat's Nim & Mo.

The end of digmore

It would have been great to have been out on saturday night taking snapshots of peoples halloween costumes. Towards the early hours I saw one guy and I couldn't tell whether he was in fancy dress or had just left a&e. Maybe next year if the polaroid fairy comes to town and forgets her cargo I will make my wish come true.

Instead I joined some friends to say goodbye to digmore. I posted some photographs on this blog a few months back from digmore..(see here). I guess people would just think it's a place to ride your bmx - but I never went their to really photograph that. I wanted to capture the people and the spirit there - because to them - that was digmore..

I never wanted to stop taking photos at this place but i'll have to now as the story has moved on. So i'll be culminating my work in a short photofilm here on this blog soon. For now though some shots from the last evening where everyone enjoyed the warmth of a good fire...

Foraging

My brother and I both share a passion for food. So when he invited me out on a foraging expedition with a friend the other week I could hardly say no. Paul (my brother) and Bradley armed themselves with receptacles, a flask of tea and a guide to edible wild plants whilst I loaded my trusty Bronica up for a days strolling.