Mark's Journal

 I decided to take a short camping trip in Glentrool last week. It seemed like a good idea at the time as we'd had several weeks of unseasonally warm weather. Inevitably, the rain started in earnest as soon as I pitched my tent. However, that didn't spoil the fun as rain and the Scottish landscape can set each other off beautifully. I took a lot of images of rivers in full spate and probably have some of my best turbulent water shots from that trip.  

 Looking back at the blog I realise that I missed February. We've been having a run in with family illness; so it's likely there will be a couple of gaps this year. Sunrise as seen by my Camp Snap Anyway, I have found a new camera to play with. I enjoy using an old film camera and I post a lot of random photos from film on my Lomography page ( it's here ). One of the fun things about film photography is not having a little preview screen to check you have the picture you hoped you were getting. You really have to think through your shot and set everything up correctly beforehand before you open the shutter. It could be weeks later that you develop the film and see what happened. The rest of the time I have a nice Fujifilm X-T50 which performs all of the digital magic you could possibly need. However, while this is one of the smallest digital mirrorless cameras, it isn't exactly pocket sized. I have a number of film cameras that are pocket sized and these are great, but ...