Victoria's Pictorium

The Picstoria [blog]

  • Take 2: Photosyn… this… is…

    So here’s a fun before and after journey. I took this shot while I was enjoying a very usual evening stroll and the most glorious sunset began to unfold. I only had the very wide 15mm lens with me. I spent a long time trying to catch a similar shot to this with various different Read more

  • Take 2: Willesborough Windmill

    I knew I had a nice shot with this one and actually it is pretty much perfect as it is straight from the camera. The sky is so moody and there’s a lot of detail captured in the shadows. I really didn’t *need* to do anything to it. But of course I did. I really Read more

  • The Garden of England

    Last week I took a week off work to stay with my mother who lives near Ashford in Kent. A friend recently allowed me to borrow some lenses of his to play with so I brought three of them with me – a 15mm f4, a 31mm f1.8, and a 100mm macro f2.8 – and Read more

  • Filming Bathtime

    I took my Pentax 6×7 with me to Bath last month and took him for a little early evening stroll. He seemed to like the place.     Read more

  • Bathtime

    This week I went to Bath for a few days for a course. It is a very beautiful, very friendly town and I was lucky enough to find gloriously warm and sunny weather awaiting me too. I spent most of my free time prowling about with a new digital camera. I was recently given a Read more

  • Beyond Chocolate

    A couple of weeks ago I took some pictures for Beyond Chocolate, a thriving online community that supports women to ditch yo-yo dieting and have a healthy relationship with food. I was really inspired by the passion and energy that co-founder Audrey injects into her work. I spent the afternoon capturing a seemingly endless stream Read more