Author: John

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Photography

Print Competition Entries

In the second competition of the 2024/25 season, I could enter two images from different genres, as prints:

Choice at Mam Tor

One of the earliest images I took with an SLR camera, this was taken in 2015 in the Peak District. I’ve liked it since then, and I re-developed it for this version, better capturing the sky and shadow detail.

Lupin

This is a more recent image, and from a series I took this summer to share our garden. This has been a postcard mailed to Richard, and was also part of my final submission for the Discover Your Genre course I took.

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Photography

First Camera Club Entries

Guildford Bike Races
Conversation

I’ve joined Godalming Photographic Club this year, and these are the first two photos I have submitted into the competition programme. I compete in ‘Club’ class (the entry level). The bike race image was taken this summer at the Guildford Crits, and the flowers are from a workshop by Andy Small from around a year ago.

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Miscellanea

McAleely with a raised ‘c’

Ever since bringing this website online, I’ve been on the lookout for a way to render ‘McAleely’ with a raised ‘c’ after the M. It was how I was taught to write my name, and I have been looking for ways to replicate it here. It seems the answer has been around since at least 2009, and is by using the css ‘top:’ property:

John M<span style="position: relative; font-size: 90%; top: -0.3em;">c</span>Aleely

That’s a bit involved, so I won’t be using it everywhere. There are at least some who think the usage is either archaic or for handwriting only.