I thought it was just me. I bought a 'vintage' film camera Pentax MX last month. In fact I am on trend without realising it, it's a woldwide revival. Article on the BBC web site https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8w 7r7xd6ko Who on iPernity: Always uses film? Never stopped using film? Uses film…

6 days ago / 6 visits

SEE https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-indust ry/uk-government-inexplicably-tells-citi zens-to-delete-old-emails-and-pictures-t o-save-water-during-national-drought-dat a-centres-require-vast-amounts-of-water- to-cool-their-systems Received today from United Utilities our Water Company: A list of su…

7 months ago / 88 visits / 2 comments

"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…

23 months ago / 181 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

2 years ago / 314 visits / 4 comments / 3 people like

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

3 years ago / 230 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.

4 years ago / 235 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…

5 years ago / 424 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…

5 years ago / 315 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…

5 years ago / 596 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…

5 years ago / 416 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…

5 years ago / 619 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…

5 years ago / 375 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.…

5 years ago / 367 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,…

5 years ago / 391 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

6 years ago / 241 visits