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Yes, I do, portraits almost always look better in black & white, although when I shot in 35mm film I almost always used black & white film over colour.

Bob, there are two ways you can do it, on the camera go into your white balance settings, go to creative style choose black & white, or upload the image take it to your editing program and simply...

I took these few over the weekend, Mr David Harris, Mr Gary Handley, Mr Brad Price and a shot of myself using my super wide-angle lens, the last shot is some youngster down on his luck and out of his...

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Dropped the car off for its yearly MOT, so off I go for a stroll with the Bedlington boys into Abernant Y Gethin Woods, there is much activity going on I haven't been there for a little while, lots...

Shot these on an earlier walk with the dogs, the weather is bright clear and cold for April, but I'm not complaining, as long as there is no rain I'm happy.


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Here's one of my Bedlington Terriers, Oscar he's almost 10 he's like my shadow, he's such a lovely boy Mr sociable he loves everyone, especially children.


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I took these shots back in the late 1980s, local miners hauling coal working underground, a few of the miners were good friends of mine, one of them was called Neil Marshall we were good buddies all...

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My younger brother Alan.

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My wife Ceri working from home using Microsoft teams

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A few character portraits I shot over the last couple of days in my local park Thomastown park, we are having some glorious weather here in Wales over the last week, so has they say make hay while...

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If you do visit Wales, My advice would be to head to our coastline, especially along the Tenby Saundersfoot coast, I have travelled all over Europe from a young age and nothing compares to those...

Cefn Coed Viaduct

The viaduct is the third-largest in Wales and is now a Grade II listed building. It was designed by Alexander Sutherland in conjunction with Henry Conybeare and partly built by...

Yes, Boudica, was the Queen of the Iceni Celtic tribe, they were from the Norfolk area, fearsome indeed, Celtic Women were given equal status to Men and allowed to fight alongside them.

Not me Steve, I know many people involved with historical interests within my town, there's so much history in the Town and surrounding area all on my doorstep, Iron age the Celts, Romans, Anglo...

Here's a little short video of the castle giving you a better idea of the overall plan and scale.


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Went for a little stroll with the Dogs earlier today, visited a local landmark not too far from me within walking distance, the Norman hill Castle, Morlais Castle.




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Bob, it's definitely something you must consider, is the child being used as a prop to generate more money? I would never rule anything out myself.

A few more character portraits I shot over the years, local paper seller known has Billy the sticks, then we have Mr Prosser local cobbler from Llewellyn St Dowlais, the Mother & Child were beggars I...

Thanks, Randy, I'm pleased you enjoyed the shots, I agree with you regarding the character portraits, black & white certainly lends itself to this style of photography.

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A few more images I've taken over the years, two local shots plus another I took inside the Museum d'Orsay in Paris a few years back during a short weekend break with the Wife.

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Some character study portraits I shot over the years, all of them are known to me personally, some are no longer with us and some of them are still going strong.


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A few more test shots from the new ultra-wide-angle lens, pleasing results, hope to get some interior shots at some point in the near future.


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