Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…

Another summer if almost upon us here in Southern Spain. I say almost - it was 37c here mid-week, back down to under 30c yesterday and today thanks to a little cloud cover. Needless to say I've been out and about with the phone/camera - and over at my tech blog, you can if you're interested, read about my new favourite tool, the Hohem M6 SI Smartphone Gimbal. I won't labour the point as I gave this wonderful AI-assisted device lots of coverage here. That's not all that's been happening from a photography perspective here at Bedrock however. First, the realisation dawned on me that no mattter what, much as…

It's not very often I can manage a kind word about the Northeast of England in January but today the sun was out, full belt all morning and most of the afternoon. Ok, it was VERY cold but that's what heavy coats are for - and so out with the new Mi 10 Pro phone complete with 100Mpx camera. As it happens I didn't have to go any further than our own garden to get a cheery photo. And here it is...

You've probably seen me writing about the Xiaomi Pocophone F1 which as well as being a decent phone is excellent for casual photography, good enough that I sold my Nikon P900 and other traditional cameras - well, time stops for no man or woman and I've now (as of December 2020) moved onto the Poco X3 - and what excellent cameras it has, from the 64Mpx main camera down to the (much lower resolution) macro camera. For more on this check out my tech blog. Sadly the ability to take IR photos seems to be missing out of the X3 but the camera aspect of the phone is so much…

Dear all This is very important: I've just started to dramatically cut back on what look like BOT registrations on the blog. It is entirely possible I may accidentally delete some genuine registrations for which I humbly apologise. If you are reading this you are obviously not a BOT - PLEASE take a moment (and if you were deleted, register first) to go to the PROFILE tab and ADD YOUR NAME - and if you like, photo - be assured none of this information is used commercially. That way I'll know you have taken the time to prove you are a human interested in my blog in which case you…

Who would have thought that you could get even remotely acceptable video editing out of a mobile phone? For some time now, half-decent mobile phone cameras have been able to make video recordings - in the case of my Xiaomi Pocophone F1 up to 60fps at 4K. There are even phones with decent lenses as well. The one thing that has been missing is half-decent video editing so I've always had to go back to the PC. Well, all of that has now changed. The YouTube video I refer to here is a mere 1080p and is a short technical video describing a new toy from AliExpress. All of that…

Not something you’d expect in the South of Spain in summer, but here’s our local river in Galera after the floods, just as the sun was re-appearing… a rather drab affair, somewhat improved with the aid of Skylum Aurora HDR…

On this occasion, I abandoned my usual restraint and just went for colour when shooting the local festival last night in nearby Huescar… everyone was having such a wonderful time… The lighting in the town was great but as usual, not so simple to capture accurately on camera…. but in this case, does anyone care as long as it is pretty? Earlier that night at the local park (with apologies for the unintended selfie)...

My wife Maureen and I were out and about yesterday with friends for a dip in a spring-fed pool near a local village called Orce  and as you do, I got the urge to take photos of a nearby field. Lest anyone tells you that you need a “real” camera to blow up photos beyond snapshot size, try expanding this – I would imagine the image tools in here will allow this to grow and it looks ok on my 4K monitor… taken as is often the case with my handy Pocophone. I still keep the camera around for telephoto shots but in the summer heat in Southern Spain, I…