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Choppers boat, sunsets and doggies

August 5, 2011

One of the pleasures of living on the coast is that you can go fishing when the surf is flat. How some people can say that they dont like fish is beyond me, they are cute, cuddly and taste great. Normally I fish off the rocks, which usually combines a nice evening stroll and […]

Softly softly, vulgar Holga, portraits

August 5, 2011

An impromptu fishing trip with the boys was an excuse to shoot some portraits with ‘the plastic one’ as the Holga lens is now known and I am quite liking the 1950’s feel to the shots, (probably coz it’s when most of the subject matter was born!). Attached to the 1D mk2 this time giving […]

Judge Not

July 30, 2011

One day all judging towers will be as good as this one. Erected at Downend by Croyde Surf Club for the Atlantic Watersports Games, this little beauty was spacious, remote and with a superb view of the action from low tide up to high. Not only was it practical success, it is a great place […]

First impressions of little Holga

July 22, 2011

Having spent a small fortune on acquiring fast aperture, L glass for my Canon cameras it was a bit of a surprise to me when I impulsively bought a crappy little plastic lens with a tiny f8 hole. Maybe it’s a mid life crisis, (what another one? – surely not) or just a desperate attempt […]

Night Surf and Shite Hawks

July 12, 2011

Now that the dust has settled from the Nightsurf event and I’ve managed to get a couple of goods nights recovery sleep under my belt, I must admit to still feeling quite euphoric. Which is quite unusual for me. It’s contest like no other and without being too much of a corporate arse licker, I […]

Ilfracombe Pilot Gig Regatta

June 27, 2011

Bloody good effort by all concerned, difficult conditions for all the teams, choppy and misty but wow the home made cake stall was epic (so that’s how you replace all those calories…… (All photos copyright ESTPIX Mostly on Canon 1D mk 2 attached to a 600mm f4 If you click on the image it will […]

Skyrattus alive and well in Devon

June 6, 2011

Some people hate foxes because they eat their chickens or rip up their bin bags, others hate squirrels because they eat all the nuts from the bird table. We in Ilfracombe hate seagulls, or more specifically Herring Gulls because they swoop and steal your chips. The Herring gull (Larus argentatus also known as skyrat here […]

That was the winter that was

May 26, 2011

A busy bank holiday weekend coming up and starting to get amped for the Saltrock Open, stop No 2 of 9 on the 2011 UK Pro Surf Tour, at Croyde Beach, here in North Devon. It’s a bit of a bus mans holiday for me as I get to watch all of the action from […]

Dark arts and smiley faces

May 15, 2011

Everybody shoots portraits, easy to do but so difficult to get good results. All you need is basic equipment, a camera with a standard lens, some light (natural or flash) and of course – a subject. The challenge is to reach into the character of the person and try to present a small slice of […]

Might have gone too far

April 19, 2011

You know when you play a song to death and something you once loved turns into something you cant stand any more. After a long hard winter my play list was becoming a bit like that, jaded and over familiar, so I decided to add some different tunes to my mp3 player (which also happens […]