July’s Creak from the Chair
Dear TLS community, I hope you are enjoying this hot summer…perhaps too hot and dry for many, me included. But clear skies bring good light and that can yield a good photo harvest. We hope […]
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June Creak
Welcome to June’s Creak from the Chair. Welcome to summer TLS! And it looks like being quite a warm one again, always good for picture-taking. Enjoy it fully. I have two subjects for the June […]
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The second creak of May
Remarkably, to me at least, my second May creak from the chair …yes, I have been prattling on for a year now. I can only apologise, but as no one has yet objected (thanks) I […]
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Aprils Creak from the Chair
Welcome to Aprils Creak from the Chair. It was only recently that I realised this is the 20th anniversary of The Leica Society. Quite a landmark. The past 12 months has included significant streamlining, all […]
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March’s creak from the chair
The Leica EV1: A glass half full? The arrival of the EV1 has gently polarised M users, with traditionalists pointing out that M cameras are rangefinders by definition. True, but the EV1 does not claim to […]
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The February Creak from the Chair
Greetings TLS community, welcome to The February Creak from the Chair. I hope you have enjoyed the first online magazine. I know online is not universally popular, but it is very simple to download and […]
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January’s creak from the Chair
Happy new year TLS. Welcome to January’s creak from the chair. I hope the festive break enabled you all to harvest fine work with your Leicas. I have tried to keep busy with mine and […]
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December’s creak from the Chair
Season’s Greetings TLS. I hope you are all enjoying a delightful festive break. On the subject of Christmas, since first memory, I have loved everything about it. Generous, fun, colourful to the point of camp. […]
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November’s creak
Welcome to November’s creak. I am delighted to report that the harvest for TLS’s inaugural online exhibition has been most encouraging. 42 of our membership have participated: Last year we had 8 fewer, so many […]
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Creaking from the Chair
It is sometimes a sadness to me that Leica discontinues wonderful lenses. There are of course practical realities as to how many lenses can be kept in the range. And some are superseded of […]
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Lazy or expedient?
Lazy or expedient? “There are two cardinal sins from which all others spring: Impatience and laziness”. Franz Kafka I love lenses, I am at heart a collector. Ironically, despite assembling quite a collection, I rarely […]
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As life goes by…..
Sometimes, when life gets in the way, we need to take a more pragmatic approach to gathering images. I try to record something worth keeping every day, but sometimes, time is a challenge. And that […]
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