Shadows, Shutter Speeds, and the Two-Dial Logic: The TTArtisan Light Meter II

There is a distinct vulnerability to shooting vintage film, especially when you’re standing on a windswept hillside in the Highlands with the cloud cover changing every thirty seconds. You set up your shot, you look through the viewfinder, and then comes the great calculation: Is this 1/128th of a second? Am I pulling enough detail out of those moody Scottish shadows?

The Return of the Blue and Silver Brick: Welcoming the Sony DCR-TRV140E

There is a distinct pleasure in bucking the trends. While the modern world obsessively chases more pixels, crisper formats, and algorithmic perfection, my creative home here on the blog has always been about something different: texture, atmosphere, and the joy of the process.

The Logistics of Landscape: Saying goodbye to Dezzy Bee and rethinking the Mobile HQ

There is a distinct difference between what we want to do and what we ought to do. In the creative life, balancing the romantic pull of a fresh DIY project against the ground realities of landscape ethics and financial sanity is a constant, shifting equation.

The Man of 2 Worlds: More than just a YouTube title......

If you’ve been following my recent creative shifts, you’ll have seen the moniker "Man of 2 Worlds" popping up. It’s a title I’ve given to a series of silent videos I'm in the process of creating, but as I sit here in the Ayrshire quiet, reflecting on where I am at 60, I’ve realised it’s much more than a branding exercise. It’s a philosophy. It’s a way of standing with one foot in the digital future and the other in the soulful, analogue past.

Rick Ranger: The New Kid on the (Vintage) Block

Well, it finally happened. The postie arrived with a package that felt a bit more substantial than the usual Amazon fluff. Inside, wrapped in enough bubble wrap to survive a fall from the top of the Buachaille, was the latest recruit to the Fellowes Photography squad: Rick Ranger.