We’ve lost count of how many times we’ve been back to Dublin. It keeps pulling us in, sometimes as the start of a longer Ireland trip, sometimes as a long weekend on its own, sometimes as a stopover that quietly turned into something more. Over those visits we’ve walked most of the city on foot, […]
Archives for May 2018
The Best Photography Locations on the Isle of Wight, UK
One of the things I wanted to do on our trip to the Isle of Wight was find the best photography locations on the island. This wasn’t too hard – the island has plenty of photography opportunities, and it was a lot of fun to head out and find them! In this post I’m going […]
Back Button Focus: What It Is, How to Set It Up, and Whether You Still Need It
I’ve been focusing with my thumb since 2013. That was the year I bought a Canon 6D, a camera with eleven autofocus points huddled around the middle of the frame, and back button focus went from something professionals mentioned in passing to the only sensible way I could work. Thirteen years on I’m shooting a […]
Skiing in the Cairngorms: A Guide to CairnGorm Mountain (2026)
I’ve skied a fair bit over the years, in California, Austria, Italy, France and Spain. But despite living in Scotland at the time, I’d never actually skied in the UK, which always struck me as a bit of an oversight for a man who writes about travel for a living. So when Jess and I […]