Category Archives: Steve Walton

Travels With My Leica M10-R

My First Digital Leica Fifteen months ago I finally succumbed to to the allure of a digital Leica M.  As a long-term Leica film MP and iiif and, more latterly, an ‘O’ Serie Oskar Barnack replica  photographer I’m no stranger to Leica cameras but Leica’s digital M’s have held little appeal to me until they…

Fuji GW690iii Review

Fuji GW690iii I was fortunate to be offered a new old stock Fuji GW690iii medium format rangefinder camera recently.  If you’re interested in these basic but durable and reliable cameras, please see my reviews of the Fuji GW690iii and the earlier review of the wide angle  Fuji GSW690iii  If you’d rather get straight to the…

Scalpay

Scalpay After months of wanting and hoping to move to Scalpay in The Western Isles Nelly & I finally made our permanent escape between lockdowns from Gloucestershire to the tiny Hebridean Island of Scalpay.  We moved into our gu brath dhachaig on June 2nd 2021, our dream has been realised at last! The very best…

River Severn

Mindfulness Within Photography Covid 19 has had a terrible impact on all our lives and our mental wellbeing during the past year but one positive aspect for me is that I have had more opportunity to indulge in personal work without the need to sell anything.    I firmly believe that mindfulness within photography is…

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  • Tom HooleyMarch 15, 2021 - 8:16 pm

    Thank you for sharing these beautiful contemplative pictures and I am glad to read that your photography has helped keep you balanced through what sounds like a very tricky time.ReplyCancel

Magpie Mine, Peak District

Exploring Magpie Mine Magpie Mine in the Peak District is a disused lead mine, one of five on the site which is enclosed by a stone wall. The other four shafts are known as Great Red Soil, Horsesteps, Maypit and Dirty Red Soil. Magpie Mine was opened in 1740 and closed in 1958. It was…