Author Archives: tomsprints

About tomsprints

I am a Masters athlete and occasional freelance photographer living in Kent, in Great Britain. I'm a sprinter. I don't compete as much as I used to now, but I when not racing, I worked regularly as a photographer for the British Masters Athletics Federation and the European and World Masters Athletics organisations. For pleasure, I'm (principally) a landscape photographer. I was blessed with the chance of spending quite a lot of time in the European Alps until about six years ago. My web site needs some serious updating but is a vehicle for a my photographic work. It is at http://www.tomphillipsphotos.co.uk I try to run two blogs. One is about what it's like to be an older athlete ( http://tomsprints.wordpress.com ) and the other is basically about my photography ( https://ablogscape.wordpress.com ). They often overlap.

The Mighty Are Fallen

Posted on February 22, 2022 by tomsprints

RIP – My favourite local view. I have any number of “favourite views”. You’ll probably know them all if you follow this blog. Some have appeared several times.  In the Italian Dolomites, it’s the classic view of the three north … Continue reading →

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Style or Substance?

Posted on December 21, 2021 by tomsprints

It’s been a fair while since I blogged here, mostly on account of a whole jumble of thing currently going on in my life, not all of them fun. However, despite everything, I’m continuing what has become a very regular … Continue reading →

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The Deadwood Stage

Posted on February 15, 2021 by tomsprints

Read on. The title will make sense eventually. This blog episode follows directly on from the one before it, posted a few weeks back. It picks up my closing thoughts in that, and runs with them. The issue being addressed … Continue reading →

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The Scanner’s Dilemma

Posted on January 5, 2021 by tomsprints

Strange title perhaps, but all will become clear shortly. As a photographer in the depths of Covid lockdowns, I’ve found myself contemplating something that I should have properly faced up to a long time ago. It presents me with a … Continue reading →

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Places

Posted on October 30, 2020 by tomsprints

There are places I’ll remember All my life, Though some have changed. Some for better, Some for ever. Some have gone, But some remain. (John Lennon) As we came out of lockdown during July, I began spending two or three … Continue reading →

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On the Loose

Posted on July 9, 2020 by tomsprints

How was “lockdown” for you, then? And how have you been handling the strange new world of post-lockdown freedoms? Are you still fearful, like me, that the next person you meet could be the one who ends up killing you? … Continue reading →

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(Lock)Down by the River

Posted on April 30, 2020 by tomsprints

Funny how these things go, isn’t it? It’s more than 14 months since I added to this blog. We’re embroiled in the biggest peace-time emergency that I and almost any of you reading this will ever experienced. Consequently, most of … Continue reading →

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He Ain’t Heavy…..

Posted on February 21, 2019 by tomsprints

I suspect this rather overdue episode of this blog will turn into a camera nerd thing, only of real interest to fellow camera nerds of the same vintage. If that’s not you, I hope to see you again sometime, out … Continue reading →

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The Colours of the Rainbow

Posted on October 12, 2018 by tomsprints

It really pains me to find that I’ve not posted anything here since April. That’s six months ago! It certainly isn’t for want of opportunity. I can only really claim “other demands on my time” as some kind of excuse. … Continue reading →

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Pain or Paradise?

Posted on April 29, 2018 by tomsprints

  I’ve been back from my most recent trip to the charming crumbliness that is Venice for about a week now, and it’s time I put some thoughts in this blog. I have never really been one to write traditional … Continue reading →

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