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