Barcelona, is a vibrant Spanish metropolis, which has been a magnet for tourists for decades.
The kids and I undertook our visit to this tourist hotspot in August 2022, as part of my 50th birthday celebrations.
The city's love affair with tourism may be facing a turning point. Local authorities are actively seeking to curb visitor numbers, with news this week that the plan is a cessation of ‘Airbnb style’ short term rentals in the city, by 2028.
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disclaimer: the author accepts no liability for the cost incurred by the reader, in the investment of new film camera gear.
Its been nearly 6 years since the film bug bit me.
Originally I was recommended to get into film, to stop at the time, the incessant tinkering with my digital images (read polishing a turd) and concentrate of the process of taking a photo.
I must say, its one of the best pieces of advice I have received.
Not to put it lightly, the learning curve for film, getting your head around using manual controls, the exposure triangle, developing and scanning film at home, is a steep one. But thoroughly enjoyable, nonetheless.
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I'm impatient. There I've said it.
Its taken me until I'm in my mid to late 40’s that I've finally 'learned' to chill. Whilst I'm pondering this month's blog post, I have a live example of this.
I have a generally hectic day job, so as I've mentioned previously, street photography and film photography is my chill, to zen proportions.
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I’m sat here putting the finishing touches to the website update, with a little more time on my hands, whilst we are in this post Xmas / New Year lockdown.
Since my reacquiantance into film, I have added sections relating to Street 35mm & 120, and People 35mm & 120.
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Of the many hobbies and leisure activities that I have had over the years, the two that have stood out as having an awesome community, where knowledge, encouragement and help has been in abundance is the motorbike community and film photography community.
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As we head into lockdown 2.0, this is inevitably going to polarise the population about the illogical stance of the government in dealing with the shit storm that is COVID19.
Since the backend of the summer and leading up to the present time, I have been busy getting out and about building up a backlog of images to keyword, log and edit.