John Glynn's Blog | 911 Porsche tales & other stories
Varmint: Still Waiting
I’ve been off the pace on blogging lately, for which I apologise. Things are busy here with a lot of projects on the go.
One thing that’s been keeping me busy is a Basic Digital Photography course at Warwick College in Leamington. It’s a 10-week stint, 3 hours teaching a night so quite a bit in [...]
Camera update: Gripping Stuff
I’ve been using my Leica D-Lux 4 compact camera for about 5 months now. It’s a great tool and perfect for almost every situation. My recent trip to the Netherlands and Oldtimer Grand Prix at the Nurbugring was made all the better by not having to lug a DSLR about. Was quite funny taking pictures [...]
Ruf Road Trip
Professional photographer and 911 owner Claire-Jessica Weait sent me over some fantastic pictures from a recent trip into Belgium and Germany with her good friend Andrew, who has just bought a rare Ruf SCR here in the UK. The intrepid road trippers took the car to be verified as a genuine Ruf, as it duly [...]
All the Gear and No Idea
I love to take pictures, but have almost no clue about the technical side of things. My purchase of a Nikon D300 last year was intended to be a first step on to this learning curve: I was going to explore exactly what it takes to make really great pictures all of the time. The recent [...]
D300 in the house!
So I sold my Golf GTi to buy a camera – who wouldn’t think that was a good idea?!
Having looked for a few weeks at what else was out there, I plumped for the Nikon D300, which is quite a step up from my venerable and much-loved D70s which may now also have to go, [...]