Field Notes

Small notes on photography, maps and long walks.

Reading old topographic maps

Contour lines, hachures and the quiet arithmetic of scale. A few habits that make old sheets easier to read in the field.

Film after dark

Notes from a summer of night exposures: reciprocity, patience, and why a cheap tripod is worse than none.

A walk along the old rail line

Twenty kilometres of embankment, three bridges and one surprisingly good bakery.