The response to the book that I produced of Lloyd Jones’s photos on his family’s behalf has been surprising, to me at least. His former partner, Evelyn, ordered an initial print run of 50 copies, which sold out very quickly,…
Photo-book no-nos.
I’m an incurable accumulator of photo books and have amassed a collection of, probably, about 300 titles, covering the whole gamut of photographic genres, including by many renowned photographers. I enjoy looking at the great work in these books, but…
A Curator’s Life For Me?
There’s an upcoming event in Llanfairfechan, the aptly-named Llanfairfechan Arts Week, beginning on 8 August 2026. It will showcase the myriad of creative endeavours that the good folk of Llanfairfechan occupy themselves with. The skill and enthusiasm with which they…
You Can’t Be Serious…
I just went into Curry’s to ask about the warranty repair options for my Lenovo all-in-one PC’s HDMI port. I mentioned this in my previous post. As I thought, I have to take it into the store for shipping to…
Somebody Up There Doesn’t Like Me
So, there I was, happily** going through the old photos that the data recovery software had kindly rescued and copying several hundred into the directory where they belonged for LightRoom Classic to pick up. Out of nowhere, my all-in-one PC’s…
C’est La Vie
After the disaster of a few weeks ago, when I accidentally formatted the external USB hard drive containing all of my photos and emails, I’ve surprised myself by being unexpectedly sanguine about it. The process of recovering the data is…
Things To Look Forward To
Oriel Colwyn in Colwyn Bay always have lots of things going on. There are serial exhibitions, the current one being “Hollywood, New York, Colwyn Bay” by Dafydd Jones. This is a collection of his photographs of New York society in…
The Aftermath
The “recovery” phase of the USB drive’s rescue job took over a week to complete. The results are mixed – the directory structure is all over the place & some stuff is missing, for sure. I can’t be sure how…
Red Face Time
I’ve done some pretty damned stupid things in my time, but today I excelled myself. While I was testing a set of about a dozen old IDE & SATA disc drives, I only went & quick-formatted the USB drive containing…