Category: The Gallery

  • #TheGallery 120 – Books

    They say that books are dying out, that they’re being replaced by soulless electronic gadgets like the Kindle, the smartphone and the like.  They’re probably right.  Production, storage and distribution costs for huge numbers of paperbacks/hardbacks massively outweigh the same costs for zeros and ones.  And who can be bothered to slog down to the…

  • #TheGallery – Action

    I love photography.  This does not equate to being any good at it.  As a wise person said, an expensive camera does not make an amateur take better pictures.  So I’ve got a few rather cheap pieces of kit. I’ve got my phone.  I love having the camera on the phone, it means I’ve always…

  • The Gallery – Week 97 – Peace

    Up here on the Shetland islands, the weather can be horrendous.  Day after day of sideways rain, fog, mist, murk, wind.  Just, generally, bad weather.  Days when you long to get out of the house, even if it’s only for the few seconds it takes to put a bin bag into the box just to…