am just back from Venice carnival and it was wonderful. Here are just a few of the phone pictures I took - camera pictures will take rather longer.  https://fancifulphotos.slickpic.com/go/venice-carnival2023  

I was lucky enough to visit Namibia for the first time last month.  I still have plenty of photos to edit but did manage to do quite a few phone ones as I went along. The cheetah above is one of the few camera ones edited so far. The trip was organised by Rachelle Summers so was primarily...

For the last few years Matt Kloskowski  has run a short free program called Fresh Start. The idea is to get you inspired for the coming year.  The first session is about looking back at the previous year and picking out your favourite pictures (and limiting yourself to about 20). ...

One of the highlights of 2021 has been to finally manage to go on some of the amazing events organised by Salli Gainsford.  Such an astonishing variety and the attention to detail is second to none. The first event in July was all about Elves and wolf hounds. Tegan Elizabeth and Marta...

I had never been to Iceland and hadn't been sure I ever would as it looked rather cold at the time Photographers usually went!  Well this year with lock down ruining so many trips when somebody offered me a last minute trip to Iceland in the summer I jumped at it. It is a beautiful and...

Back in 2017 I had been enjoying taking more serious photos instead of holiday snaps for a couple of years. I had joined an enthusiasts group in Newark run by Gary Orgles of GoPhotography (www.gophotography.co.uk/Photography-School) and was encouraged to go for qualification with the Royal...