Fun With Old Lenses
Dundee, Scotland

Fun With Old Lenses

Fun with old lenses on digital bodies: I picked up an inexpensive Pentax Super-Takumar 55mm f/2 (Late Model II, produced circa 1973–1974) lens, in part because I already had an adapter to fit my Fuji. Also, people who’ve used the…

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Adventures in Pinhole Photography
Dundee

Adventures in Pinhole Photography

Back to the future: Thanks to an excellent presentation by Julieanne Kost, Adobe’s digital imaging evangelist, to the Royal Photographic Society last month I’ve picked up a long list of new things with which to experiment. Including a pinhole lens…

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Storm Arwen vs. Dundee’s Graffiti Wall
Dundee

Storm Arwen vs. Dundee’s Graffiti Wall

This round goes to Storm Arwen, backed by amber wind warnings starting yesterday afternoon via the Meteorological Office, and a sprinkling of snow overnight. Here’s hoping the Seabraes legal graffiti art wall can be repaired/replaced in a timely manner. While…

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Faded Posters in Dundee City Centre
Dundee

Faded Posters in Dundee City Centre

“Vintage” art and design: Back in May 2019 for the Dundee Design Festival no. 10, attendees could make their own posters, using a variety of different pieces of type, inks and so on. Then the conference organisers hung the posters…

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Seabraes Street Art Wall in Dundee
Dundee

Seabraes Street Art Wall in Dundee

It’s always fun to have a stroll along the legal street art zone at Seabraes in the West End, from Magdalen Green down to the Seabraes Pedestrian Bridge that goes over to Riverside Tesco. Changes in the graffiti art can…

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