The original plan was to go to Rickmansworth very early and have a stroll around the Aquadrome and Stockers lake to see what I could shoot in the fog and mist. At around 7.30am I was on my way but after just a few minutes in the car, I suddenly felt a bit queasy so I turned round and headed back home. At that time the fog and mist were starting to lift, so at least I didn’t feel I was missing out, there’s always next time.

Once indoors, I had myself a coffee and amused myself playing a…

It’s been about a year since I’ve posted anything but the neglect is over.  I hit a “writers block” as I have a few times before but this time around I struggled more than usual to find motivation. The Covid crisis certainly didn’t help.  But moving on, autumn colours started and in a moment of madness I indulged in…

I am very pleased to announce that I have passed my CPAGB (Credit award of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) which allows me to use the letters after my name, so now I’m Richard Wilson CPAGB. 🙂

I attended the day which was held at Watford Grammar School for Boys on the 23rd November 2019.  I was surrounded by good friends from my camera club, four of whom also gained their award, congratulations to them…

I love how a chain of events can sometimes lead to an idea which fuels the creative process.  I was in a pub with a good friend and during a conversation where I announced “I’m quite robust actually”, I was met with, “Nah, you’re a delicate flower”.  Of coarse I objected at the threat to my macho masculinity! Shortly after I realised there’s is no hiding the fact that I’m sometimes a bit of a…

Belated seasons greetings. I haven’t been out for a while, y’know, normal life getting in the way of photography. But, the Christmas and new year break from work provided me with the opportunity of killing not two, but three birds with one stone. A visit to a friend and my son who both live in the New Forest area, and some photography…

There’s no denying the luck I got with this shot, a welcome and fortunate fluke. I’ll take it, bad luck happens too!

If you check out the settings I’ve showed above, you’ll see the longish shutter speed and…

I don’t know about you but I find using many Apps on a phone a royal pain. I was brought up on desktop computers before iPhones and Androids were around and up to now I’ve paid little attention to Instagram but that’s all about to change as I now plan to…

In September of 2017 I planned a trip to Lizard Point in Cornwall, the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain with a Milky Way shot in mind. I timed it for a new moon…

I was looking in the Window of a framing shop and was inspired by a framed photo of Clint Eastwood and thought my friend Keith would make a great Spaghetti Western Cowboy. So I bought some cigars and…