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I’ve just had an incident that I’ll explain how to get out of if you ever have the same. If you’re using an anti virus software and you get the message “threat has been detected” when you try to access…
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A garden fairy taken with the Olympus EP2, toy lens and +10 macro adaptor. Her head was positioned to one side of the frame and the background considered to give a nice softness.
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My Olympus EP2 and Toy lens fitted with 10x macro lens provide more fun as I played around in the kitchen. I was shooting surface top still-lifes of various kitchen things, and then poked the camera into the kitchen utensil…
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When I was young I took a job delivering Yellow Pages (telephone directory) in my spare time in the Wadsley area of Sheffield. I was paid something like 7p per book to deliver. and it helped fund my photography while…
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Another shot taken with my current favourite lens…the toy lens with a macro adaptor attached. The focusing and halation / aberrations is wonderful for macro work. I love just moving the camera around slowly to obtain focus point. In this…
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A tin of purple paint with the lid off. The light caught the rime and scattered across the paint creating an interesting abstract pattern that I thought was worth recording. Pentax K20D and 100mm macro lens.
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Another self portrait, this time using the iPhone with a fisheye lens attached. It’s really cool lens and I’ve had a lot of fun with it so far.
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A parcel arrived today from Burning Shed containing my order for Steven Wilson’s deluxe edition of Grace For Drowning. I already have the media book version but thought this would be a nice item for my collection and if it’s…
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I’m embarrassed to say this is my first ever viewing of a sunrise in Derbyshire. I was put off many years ago when I cycled from Hillsborough to Fox house to do my first sunrise and there was thick cloud…
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Another week passes and not much noticeable advancement. I will continue taking interval shots until the project is finished…and then I’ll go a watch a film. Taken with the iphone and hdr camera app

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.