I get asked some variant of this all the time. "What do you do on your day off?" "Do you still take pictures for fun?" "Do you carry a camera with you everywhere?".And of course the answers are "lots of things, yes and....no".But I did take a camera with me
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I'm by no means a macro photographer. But sometimes you just can't help yourself.I had a macro lens and a couple of flashguns handy and these leafcutter ants on the floor of a Peruvian rainforest made perfect practise subjects. After all there were millions of them - literally.But I knew
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It was an August Bank Holiday. But not like any other.A quick couple of days away in Brighton sounds normal enough. But in the entire 3 days, I didn't encounter any traffic jams at all. No bank holiday snarlups at all. And it didn't even rain - well only for
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So I'm back from Peru.Over the last 3 weeks I've been sweltering in a tropical rainforest complete with the biggest spiders I've ever seen, relaxing on a city break in Cusco, climbing a couple of mountains on the Salkantay Trail and touring Maccu Picchu.I'm back now - and normal service will
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Wizard playing on the stereo? Check. Presents wrapped? Check. Wine mulled? Check. Pies minced? Most def.It's Christmas and I'm about to close down for the holidays.There's just one thing I haven't done this year. For reasons "beyond my control" I haven't sent Christmas cards out. I'd love to say this
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