Victoria's Pictorium

The Picstoria [blog]

  • It’s all about the chemistry

    I have a few friends who are very passionate about photography and like to play with it as much as I do. I think getting together with like minded people is one of the best ways of learning and I always find that we can inspire each other to try things in a slightly different way than we might Read more

  • Take 2: Just leave

    I live a ten minute walk from the Avery Hill Winter Garden. They are currently running a photo competition so I grabbed a keen photographer friend and we both went over there at the weekend to take some pictures and try to inspire each other. I got one or two nice enough pictures but will Read more

  • Beauty

    When you take time to move about and look at familiar things from a slightly different perspective… Take time to just take a breath and absorb your surroundings… These moments can take your breath away and change how you relate to the world.  Read more

  • Well Hall Pleasaunce

    The Well Hall Pleasaunce is only down the road from me and yet after nearly two years of living in Eltham I hadn’t visited it until today. It is specatular. Even though I was there on a hot and sunny Sunday afternoon there were not many people around at all. I have no idea why. Read more

  • Take 2: Aaron

    This is not so much Take 2 as Take 3. Or maybe 10. Or just keep counting. One massive downside with digital photography for me personally is the fact I take so long in making decisions. Time. There are almost infinite possibilities as to how your photos can end up looking via a few clicks on your computer. It’s just Read more

  • 6×7 = heaven

    So here are the first glimpses from the Pentax 6×7 I bought earlier this year. These are from home developed film and then scanned. I think this new addition to my armoury is overflowing with promise and potential. The lens has an extremely beautiful and somehow charming quality. It’s all very magical and exciting.   I Read more