FishyFish

As it's unlikely that I'll have the opportunity for any street photography for a while, here're a few from last month... At the taxi rank again by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr Blending in by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr Blending in - part deux by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr Past stormy skies by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr White wall by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Sound mix on Sky was bad. I had to switch subtitles on a couple of times! I presume everyone watched the post-credits bit?

It's FP4Party time again, so I think I'm entering these three Holga shots this year: FILM - Bathroom mirror by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Living spaces by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Her touch by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

The market for bog standard compacts has been mostly eaten away by smartphones, but there are still lots of high-end models. They're favoured for travel photography and, especially, street photography. The Fuji X100 range and Ricoh GR range are both very highly regarded, but have fixed focal length lenses (35mm & 28mm respectively). Something like a Sony RX100 might be a better choice for travel as it has a zoom lens. Again, it's a very highly regarded compact. There are other options from Olympus, Panasonic et al too that will be a good choice. Despit being compacts, they all have a strong range of features to allow full manual control - the Fuji, for example, features a bunch of analogue dials to make altering the settings easy. The Ricoh GR range are small enough to fit in a trouser pocket, but still feature an APS-C sensor and fast, high quality lens. The advantage of a good compact is that it's very liberating. You can just chuck it in your pocket wherever you go, even if it's just a trip to the supermarket or something, and if you see an interesting photo op, you have a good quality camera with which to capture it.

I like these three a lot. I'm not always a fan of the way you process your images - it's sometimes a little harsh for my own taste - but it works amazingly well on that first image above. It looks like the person's eyes are falling out of their face like something from a terrifying J-Horror flick.

People on buses. FILM - Ghost riders #1 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Ghost riders #2 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Ghost riders #3 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Ghost riders #4 by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Going places by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr FILM - Travellers by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Matrix by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Before departure by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

Xtro (trailer won’t embed unfortunately) C.H.U.D. The Deadly Spawn Turkey Shoot https://youtu.be/r3GeH4FDd4s

Probably. I’m not sure why I even have it given I already had the special edition on DVD (plus a copy on Blu-Ray in a double set with the prequel AND the Blu-ray steel book special edition!).

I hope they reinstate the cut scene that's featured on this DVD cover. I was always disappointed when there was no sequence where a bunch of people with machine guns arrive.

We bowed out of it a couple of episodes into this season. Me and Mrs FishyFish were spending more time looking at our phones than actually watching the TV while it was on. It lost its way a while back I thought.

Bronica ETRSi Zenzanon 75mm f/2.8 Ilford Pan F Plus FILM - House on the river by fishyfish_arcade, on Flickr

I know he hosted Just a Minute for, like, forever, but to me he'll always be the host of Sale of the Century and remind me of watching the show on the big telly at my grandparent's house in the 70s. "And now, from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week!"

Guess who didn’t RTFM?