Monthly archive
September 2026
Everything we wrote in September 2026.
21 posts
Posts
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Find the frame inside the frame
Doorways, windows and branches that quietly point at what matters.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: decluttering
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- Reading time: 5 min read
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Put the light behind you, then don’t
Front light is safe. Side light is where the shape of a face appears.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: albums
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read
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Overcast days are a gift
Soft light, no squinting and colours that print beautifully.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: kitchen
- Published:
- Reading time: 6 min read
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Packing a book so it survives the post
The box, the sleeve and the corner protectors we nearly didn’t use.
- Category: Behind the book
- Tag: gloss
- Published:
- Reading time: 5 min read
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Rainy-day holidays still make good books
Steamed-up windows and board games count too.
- Category: Trips and holidays
- Tag: cousins
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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The wedding album nobody opens
Bringing a heavy old album back into family life.
- Category: Old photos
- Tag: holidays
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- Reading time: 2 min read
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Print first, post later
Why printing the month’s best photos changes what you share online.
- Category: Keeping and sharing
- Tag: captions
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- Reading time: 3 min read
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Clean the lens before you blame the phone
The simplest fix for hazy photos takes a second and a soft cloth.
- Category: Phone photography
- Tag: gifts
- Published:
- Reading time: 4 min read
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Leave room around the subject
A little empty space makes a picture easier to print and nicer to look at.
- Category: Light and composition
- Tag: cloud storage
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- Reading time: 2 min read