Self Portrait – Day 2 of 7

Gosh this camera is unforgiving, especially if you dont have the time to set up the lights.

Challenging myself to reset.

I was recently reading a post by Don Giannatti (someone I have been reading on and off for years). The post extoled the virtues of going back to basics, reseting, giving yourself (as a photographer) some challenges to shoot in a way you are not at the moment.

Relaxation and Photography: Our Time in Portmeirion

Dave and I chose to start the new year at a place we visited early in our relationship: Portmeirion, a very unique hotel in North Wales. This stay was 3 nights of pure relaxing. Minimal use of the phone (an occasional Instagram story - not post), no laptops or iPads. One camera; the X100VI

Wireless FTP with the FT-XH

I started this post back in March 2025, planning to flesh out configuration details - I forgot, and now things have progressed much further.

2025 Monochrome moments

Maybe not the best, definitely not the most commercial, but the following are MY favorites of all the monochrome images that I created this year...... I hope you like them...