"The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking, and looking." Brooks Atkinson , 'Once around the Sun' Found At the start of Chapter 12 of 'Death is now my neighbour'by Colin Dexter (an Inspector Morse nov…

6 months ago / 39 visits / 1 person likes

Orginally wtitten as a reply to a comment by Homaris on Ipernity which can be found on Ipernity News Dec 1st 2023

10 months ago / 68 visits / 4 comments / 3 people like

Photos taken by Dad, Uncle Billy, Uncle Norman,Uncle Doug and Unknown

2 years ago / 112 visits / 6 comments

A few years ago I started to build a website with Adobe Portfolio at colinashcroft.myportfolio.com/ I never viewed this first attempt again until today, 2 years later. Looking back and I rarely seem to look back, it included some of my better photos. It proves it is worth reviewing old photos.

3 years ago / 145 visits / 3 comments / 1 person likes

When younger I was an Owl. When teen or twenties always up late watching movies or when older it was when I got work done in that time from 10 till 2 am. Now I am a Lark, but a Lark with nowhere to fly to and nothing to sing about! I am longing for freedom and better weather (it's grim out there, hi…

3 years ago / 176 visits / 5 comments / 1 person likes

This list of the numbers of Ipernity Club members from each country is interesting and should really be a selling point for Ipernity along with the list of languages supported. The list is only split EU and non-EU because it was created in an answer to the question of how many people would qualify t…

3 years ago / 241 visits / 5 comments / 1 person likes

Written March 15th 2019 --------------------------------- Ownership is Independent from big business Being run by people that care about the site and its future ( the users themselves) Funded by subscription Not funded by advertisers The site is simple but effective with added features for adding ar…

3 years ago / 319 visits / 5 comments / 4 people like

Let's look at the Groups on Ipernity via Explore www.ipernity.com/explore/group I joined Ipernity in 2013 and yesterday was the first time I clicked that link. I had no knowledge of the groups and that must be because I wasn't inspired to look for them. The Groups I have joined have been by invitati…

3 years ago / 238 visits / 4 comments / 1 person likes

Let’s fund the reprogramming and future proofing of Ipernity in 2021 If the cost is around 30,000 EUR and I say I will donate 100 EUR are there 290 other members who are able and willing to do the same ? The answer from previous attempts is probably No. If I say I will donate 1,000 EUR are there…

3 years ago / 318 visits / 21 comments / 5 people like

October 1st 2020. I have made haphazard use of Adobe Lightroom for a few years now and today I have decided to start again. I have created a new Catalog and am going to start to create Collections and better use of tags and Maps.... as I type I realise I have uploaded files to Ipernity and have omit…

4 years ago / 207 visits / 4 comments / 2 people like

Yes it happened. Mum went back in hospital after blood test showed kidney under severe pressure from her heart medicine diuretics. I took a call from an anxious On-Call GP at 3:45 am saying she should be readmitted to hospital as an emergency to save her kidneys! One week on Mum still in hospital.…

4 years ago / 243 visits / 26 comments

Sorry I am a day late mentioning this but if you can remember your day yesterday 12th May 2020 You can write up your diary and send a copy for the record. I have done this for many years now and it always amazes me how much I can write. See: www.massobs.org.uk/write-for-us/12th-may for details No,…

4 years ago / 209 visits / 1 comment / 1 person likes

I just found my stats on Blipfoto. My most used Camera, Lens (Focal Length), Aperture and Shutter speed. 890Entries with Ricoh PENTAX K-3 Others using this make

4 years ago / 156 visits

A film I was obsessed with when it was released (1982) was set in the future November 2019. At the time it never crossed my mind that I would get past that date myself. Feeling a little older tonight. The film predicted many things correctly : see some in this BBC Technology section article https://…

5 years ago / 179 visits / 2 comments

Is it better to give the gift of an individual subscription to Ipernity than click the donate button? My first thought is yes but it’s for one person not the whole group of users. What about, for example gifting 10 subscriptions versus donating the same amount? Building up the number of users ( at l…

5 years ago / 257 visits / 4 comments / 1 person likes