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As you may know from reading some of my blog entries I like to mess around with unusual lens combinations. This morning I attached the Toy lens onto the Olympus EP2 and then screwed in a +10 macro lens. This…
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I was about to set the camera up to photograph a tomato that had fallen of my badly looked after tomato plant and a ladybird scuttled past. So I took a grab shot. I could have enticed the critter to…
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A pair of cherries photographed on an infinity curve backdrop using my homemade ringlight from above Pentax K20D and 100mm macro.
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Another from a series charting the building progress of the new cinema in Worksop. I will stand in the same spot once or twice each week and take a shot with the iPhone’s HDR camera app.
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I finally got around to adding the colour to the kitchen cupboards I started work on a few weeks ago. As I was stirring the paint this evening I noticed the interesting patterns and photographed them. Taken with the Pentax…
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my first cinemagraph, taken from some iphone video footage I did at a Dyonisis gig. I am now going to shoot some video specifically for cinemagraph creation. Click on the photo below to see cinemagraphy in action Here are some…
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I’m cooking a beef curry tonight and while I got the onion sliced I slipped a bit on the lightbox for a backlit shot with the Pentax K20D and 100mm macro lens.
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Alex and her new guitar. Taken with the Olympus Ep2 and 14-42mm lens, backlit and overexposed then mildly cross processed in Adobe Lightroom.
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When I say the word Conkers all I can think now is Dizzee Rascal’s song “Bonkers” That thought aside, this is a bunch of conkers just about ready to pop. Taken using the Pentax K20D and 16-45mm lens, fitted with…
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I’m still making the most of the poppies that grew in my garden and I decided to try out my new hose pipe (bought for ยฃ4 from Tesco yesterday). I took the Elincrom D-Lite flash outdoors and positioned it to…

Iโm Lucas Brey, a travel blogger sharing practical guides, hidden gems, and honest tips from the road. Follow along for smart itineraries, great food finds, and stories worth bookmarking.