Author Archives: camillaskye

changes & changing

Posted on April 16, 2013 by camillaskye

I bought a new camera bag recently. There was nothing wrong with my old bag, really, but the hip strap no longer fits around my expanding girth and I needed something to carry my gear around Hong Kong in, while … Continue reading →

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surfacing

Posted on September 2, 2012 by camillaskye

Time, tilting away from the solstice, sends us headlong into autumn.  Summer slipping out gracefully. Rice ripens, nights cool. It’s been a busy summer, and I’m just coming up for air, surfacing to say I’m still here. Nikon D700. 1/200s … Continue reading →

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somewhere I have never travelled

Posted on June 7, 2012 by camillaskye

Having written a lot of copy for a travel company that specialized in Japan, there are a lot of places I know about but have never been.  Kenrokuen Garden was one of these. A lot of our recent trip around … Continue reading →

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another glimpse

Posted on May 24, 2012 by camillaskye

Nikon D700. 20s at f32, 80mm, ISO100. There’s something about the ocean. Maybe it’s because I spent my childhood summers beside it, listening to the waves breaking on the rocks, watching the tide roll in, looking in tidepools and exploring … Continue reading →

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back, with so much to think about

Posted on May 17, 2012 by camillaskye

including monkeys. There will be more to come, but like all journeys it may take a while to digest, to turn into something. Nikon D700. 1/1600 at f9, 125mm, ISO 1000.

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in the mist

Posted on April 28, 2012 by camillaskye

Nikon D700. 1/8 at f40, 220mm, ISO 800. Rainy weekends sometimes seem like a disappointment: there are no bright sunrises, no light streaming through the trees, no mountain peaks reaching up into the sky. But grey skies make colours more … Continue reading →

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Myoshin-ji Morning

Posted on April 24, 2012 by camillaskye

Taken with my trusty old Nikon D700 just after sunrise at Myoshin-ji Temple in Kyoto last weekend. 1/60 at f11, 35mm, ISO400. We’d spent the night at Torin-ji, one of the sub-temples at Myoshin-ji, and woke early enough to explore … Continue reading →

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