My First Frame: The Photograph I Carried for Forty Years (And the One I Finally Held) How finding the photograph I took at ten years old revealed the gap between what I saw, what I captured, and what I’ve been chasing ever since.

I've been carrying that image in my memory for over forty years. This week I finally went looking for it. New article on The Photographer's Eye. The story of the first frame, and what it still means now.
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Busy exploring more abandoned buildings with my camera yesterday.
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Grey and not blue!? 🤷🏻

Made an off the cuff stop this week and ended up exploring and photographing one of the coolest locations I’ve ever been to with my camera 🤩📸
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Norfolk Noodling - Photoweek: #13 2026 Weekly series highlighting what piqued my interest photographically in the last seven days.

Back on the 📷 wagon over Easter in #Norfolk: a boat, Benet's Abbey, woodland light at Lynford Hall, and an unexpected hospital car park shoot. Plus, is Light Around The Home zine-worthy? Watch this space. My latest #Photoweek is live 👇
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Light, shade and textures around the Cafe.
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Getting Close: iPhone Macro Photography What happens when a non-flower photographer discovers iPhone macro, and whether a dedicated lens actually makes things better?

What happens when a non-flower photographer discovers iPhone macro? 🌸📱

𝗠𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸: native vs. Moment lens, and why I keep reaching for the phone already in my pocket.
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Many thanks and glad you like it. 🙏🏻

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Thank you. Glad you like it.

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That's very kind of you to say. Many thanks.

Thanks, Russ. It was beautiful light, and that was what I was capturing, and then totally by chance this guy walked through and boom. 📸😁

It was a mobile shot, so not f8, but definitely right place at the right time 😁

Thanks ☺️

Thank you 🙏🏻

Thanks 🙏🏻

Simple a case of being in the right place at the right time. Got to be in it to win it I guess 😁📸

Have a great weekend all!
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Thanks, Phil 🙏🏻

I’m starting to wonder if someone is sneaking around ahead of me, leaving things for me to photograph. 🤔

That or I'll just photograph absolutely anything!? 😂📸
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Taking The Foot Off The Gas - Photoweek: #12 2026 Weekly series highlighting what piqued my interest photographically in the last seven days.

Not every week needs to be epic. After a packed trip to the Lakes, this week's photoweek is a smaller, gentler collection. Spring light around the home and a few moments spotted around town. Sometimes the quiet weeks have their own charm. giles.li/4ck4E7h

Substack Spotlight: Feeding The Beast With perfectlight On isolated trees, industrial worlds, and why the best camera is the one that chose you

Substack Spotlight is back. This time I'm chatting with perfectlight about isolated trees, industrial worlds, film cameras that chose them, and the creativity beast that demands to be fed.
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Return to The Lakes - Photoweek: #11 2026 Weekly series highlighting what piqued my interest photographically in the last seven days.

Its a bumper crop in this weeks Photoweek, as I return to The #lakedistrict for a long weekend with #photography friends and our cameras. Enjoy!
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One of my highlights from the #Lakes last week was a morning #run along the Old Coach Road. Stunning wide open views of the northern Lakes and even made a friend along the way. 🐴☀️📷
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An Ode To Twenty-Eight Millimetres: My Favourite View of the World Finding the focal length that finally felt like mine, fits in my pocket and in my way of seeing.

In this weeks newsletter I focus in on one focal length, two cameras, and why 28mm works for me and just feels like the way I see the world.
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Something a little different from me this morning. A colour photo! 😳😂
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Capturing Hogwarts - Photoweek: #10 2026 Weekly series highlighting what piqued my interest photographically in the last seven days.

In this weeks #photoweek, I take a trip to #Lacock in #Wiltshire with my #camera, amongst other places and the usual suspects as well. Enjoy!
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Couldn’t agree more 👌🏻📸

Black and white Holga photo of a lone fishing boat with its bow towards the left of the photo, beached on the shingle, with the sea and a clear sky behind

Another from the Kingdom of the East Angles project: Fishing Boat, Dunwich, Suffolk, 2025 www.hawkins-weeks.com/portfolio/ki... #photography #boat #landscape #BlackAndWhite #holga #film #BelieveInFilm #EastCoastKin

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I haven’t done one of these for a while. Here’s a shot from just before Christmas in the woods.

Why don’t you have a try?

Open your photo library ➡️ Close your eyes ➡️ scroll and select.
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