Still Life, Singing Bowl
This singing bowl originally belonged to my dear friend LJ. After LJ died, her mother gave me the bowl as a keepsake. I used a sheet of baking paper as the backdrop and I’m pleased with the warm intimate colour…
Flash photography & Luminar
I bought a Godox TT350 flash gun, the first flash I’ve owned for about 35 years. The technology has come on significantly, making flash photography easier. Through the lens flash metering means I can bounce flash all over the place…
Macro photography
This week I bought a 7artisans 60mm macro lens. I’ve never owned a macro before, so there’s a bit of learning curve to come. Here’s one of my first macro photos, some 4mm nuts & bolts illuminated by two tiny…
Additional Micro Four Thirds lens
I won a used Olympus 45mm f1.8 lens on eBay. It has a nice big aperture and is probably intended for portraiture. Here I’m experimenting with the lens wide open to get a small depth of field. The woods were…
Getting back into photography
I haven’t owned a camera for several years; I’ve been relying on my iPhone’s camera. A few weeks ago I decided I wanted to get back into photography and last week I bought an Olympus OM-D E-M10 III with 14-42mm…
3D Printed mould for casting plaster
If anyone else has done this, they’ve been keeping quiet about it, so I thought it would be useful to share it here. I made the top & bottom of the mould separately so all the parts could be printed…
Loving the Earth, a short story
[I wrote this for the Rhos Y Gilwen short story competition Loving the Earth. It didn’t win. I still think it’s pretty good.] I have a question I’d like to ask. I doubt you will be able to answer, not…
Plaster of Paris with mica pigment
I’ve been experimenting colouring my plaster of Paris candlesticks with mica pigment. That’s the stuff sold for making soap, cosmetics & candles. The results are very pleasing. I’m adding 5% pigment by dry weight to the plaster before adding plaster…
Another candlestick design
This is a shorter version of the candlestick I made a couple of weeks ago. The design is similar, a little shorter. I also noticed that, viewed head-on, the cup of the original design didn’t look attached to the stem,…
Tea light bowls from 3D printed mould
This tea light bowl design was originally intended as something simple to experiment with mould making. I like them and a couple of friends who’ve seen them like them, too. So I made some more and bought some coloured tea…