January 2026 Picture of the Month

2026 brings a significant milestone in my life – 60 years as a professional photographer, and the good news from my point of view is that I still wake up breathing each morning. Those 60 years have seen a phenomenal change in the world of photography, from large cameras and large sheets of fim back in 1966 to today's high quality miniature cameras and phone cmeras. The passage of time can be both cruel and dramatic as this image of the then-derelict Rochdale Canal in 1966 shows. The inset is how the original 5"x4" colour transparency looks today after decades of slowly fading in a filing cabinet drawer. The main picture is how it once looked – and now does so again, thanks to sophisticated compuer software. Sinar P 5x4 camera, 135mm lens, and a lot of help from LaserSoft Imaging and Adobe Lightroom software.