YellowMelen Phil Richardson

09/02/2026

27/12/2025

Testing the Canon G1X in St Albans.

It's a 2012 camera that still holds up well, these are converted RAWs, although the jpegs look good. The camera is a little sluggish and focusing slow, occasionally hunting like a drunk trying to find his keys on the floor.

Being a 1.5" type sensor is large enough to give shallow depth of field, even with the 28-112mm lens (full frame FoV equivalent) and a variable maximum aperture of f/2.8-5.8. It's a fun little camera to take out, but also frustrating to use, improved in the later models i believe.

19/12/2025

Fuji XT2 infrared 650 NM Goldie with the 16-80mm. Guildford and St Catherines chapel by the River Wey.

Interesting 5 min story of St Catherine’s Hill and chapel.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0mrg06n

07/12/2025

Very sad to learn of the death of Martin Parr today. He's one of those photographers that when you see his images you either love him or... If you do you are transfixed, the observations about British society especially, make you laugh and think.

Very interesting man to listen to, and had the privilege in 2009 at the V&A to hear him talk. Such a calm and quiet man, no ego just and interested in people and their behaviours.

If you like Parr's style i'm pretty sure we've all had a go at copying the style either subconsciously or the occasionally consciously and when i've done it i've smiled to myself a the time. For someone unassuming, introverted and quiet he saw people and represented them as they are.

Bye, bye Mr Parr.