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Mark and I got back from Venice late Saturday night - had a fabulous Birthday four day break. I even got a bowl of tiramisu complete with ‘Happy Birthday’ written on it in chocolate, candles and the waitress singing happy birthday to you. I am now back to reality with a bump.
A special thank you [...]

We went to the BFI London IMAX last night to watch Superman Returns. Before I say anything about the movie let me say we made absolutely the right decision about where to watch it. Even without the four scenes in IMAX 3D the majesty - and yes the downright overwhelmingness of some scenes - of [...]

Loads of lubitel up on my Flickr.

I’m liking this old camera lark.

For Brother Lawrence:

The first of my Lubitel scans from Italy. Orvieto’s duomo at night. The first time I’ve used a ‘toy’ camera - or indeed a twin lens reflex - on a tripod too. I guestimated the exposure as it was set on ‘B’ and I held the shutter release cable in for 30 secs.
Only [...]

There is a road in Siena province I call ‘the beautiful road’. I know it is a beautiful road because the map that knows all things says so.
I was looking around the Università degli Studi di Siena in 2000 and I thought “I could love this place.” I signed up promptly on the dotted line [...]