Editorial photographer. Author, writer and mentor. Traveller and lover of the Arctic and Himalayas. Partner to Shellie Froidevaux. I love seeing what makes people smile. #Wurundjeri #Naarm #Melbourne #Photography
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Last Notes npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…9547 It's happened so quickly too right? I nearly lived in the USA. I made it to grad school in Houston TX but then ran out of money and luck. Three things happened at the same time and it was clear I wasn't going to complete my studies. I think there were always massive inequalities in the USA, it's just that we didn't see them so clearly as we do today. And now things are changing so fast, and in ways that feel like it's hard to fix. I get anxious when I think about America. There are so many lovely people there, it's so much more than just the shit show of politics that dominates global news. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…7rg4 Yeah some good advice there :) I didn't realise TT made an F1.2 50mm. I should look into that. I tested another brand of 50mm F1.2 earlier this year, and it was a mess when shooting wide open. Lovely at F2, but not F1.2. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I want to share some numbers. My life is numbers at the moment. I made this video over recent weeks. I gave it time to distil. It's a long one. Lots of scripting to make sure I had a direction on paper that I could commit to. Then record, and a very very long edit process. Maybe five days of work all up... https://social.ewenbell.com/notice/B8egNizS0tXdb7bqLo The number is 5 days. In its second day in the wild, it' cleared 400 views and a total watch time of about 80 hours. 1/ npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 "A Long Chat About Learning The Art of Photography" https://youtu.be/x480fxJoFlw Several weeks back I asked for thoughts on what people wished they understood a little earlier in their photography journey. Some of that proved very useful. Some of it was in a different direction to my brain at the time. Here's the final outcome of that! I was working on a video idea, and now that video exists. It's a long chat, so maybe better to watch on the weekend with a cup of tea. It's not my usual short+sharp stuff. Hopefully not tooooooo boring for some folks to enjoy! The Peertube link will be up soon too. #EwenTube #Photography #LongChat https://social.ewenbell.com/media/e0/d2/03/e0d203b1ca70688d393a553a376604f1c9db1851f4d8fabc3794400b854d0543.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I just need to take a moment to say how absolutely marvellous you lot are. Day after day after day I pop onto my feed and discover a world of joy, kindness, beauty, wisdom and insight. I learn about ant farms, whittling wood, sunsets in the Baltic, bees in Bavaria, film baths in Bath, pottery in Portland, and just loads more. I get to see all the things that make you smile, and that makes me smile too. I get to see what matters to you folks. And I am reminded that there are so many good people in the world who really do care about this planet and the creatures we share it with. I am a better person for being here, and that's because the rest of you are here too. #Thankyou #Fediverse npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 "Looking for Fujisan" #EwenInJapan #Photography https://social.ewenbell.com/media/66/aa/4c/66aa4cfb40c13a501e188b36a337a79d08f3ddf3a7d706f2e50dad31abf8f936.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/0d/0d/a5/0d0da584ed6036f324225c9f02afab9233f758018ca3f4f037a3f692e1f9d8c5.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/bd/63/18/bd6318c04c53956649c07af555ca3129e532266bb8963ee5bc5bc62fd108f8b6.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 A few weeks back, as the sakura were in full swing. A walk to the temples. #EwenInJapan #Photography https://social.ewenbell.com/media/71/d0/c3/71d0c375b5d37a3673686efb3d7d9a185964670573e54b7dfe322918370c2875.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/10/e8/45/10e845035323d1cd3bd569ca2c0dad6afc7c39597d8433a7c34193b0961779ce.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/8e/9a/35/8e9a35942c2463ae16f86e326d9e073ea12c393232ede3dc63dd3917c37ed60d.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…zmky Lovely image. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…qqn5 That looks like a great day out. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 "To thrive in capitalism one must be amoral." Light reading on a Saturday morning from @nprofile…85c2 https://matduggan.com/boy-i-was-wrong-about-the-fediverse/ npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Was up early today and got a chance to see a few folks in my timeline who are out of sync with my current timezone. I forget how much my feed changes depending on when and where I'm logged in. It's logical, but I miss some of the peeps who appear more regularly when I'm on the other side of the planet. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Resharing this video from earlier this year when I launched my zine. Something fun for Sunday. I love sharing my photography and am always looking for new ways to make the experience of viewing photography more rewarding. Maybe a photo zine will bring some of the joy that social media doesn't? YouTube https://youtu.be/vUUN_ZCH5qY Also on my PeerTube channel here: https://makertube.net/c/ewen/videos ... And audio only, where ever you listen to your podcasts: https://ewenbell.com/podcast #EwenTube #Photography #PhotographyVlog #ReImaginePodcast #Zine #PhotoZine https://social.ewenbell.com/media/c5/7b/ff/c57bff636f0294b68b8049fd21cfb4435e0b50a07cbdcb07b406a7839137f8ff.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Spent the day looking at fancy new cars and it's pretty clear we won't be buying one so in fact we SAVED tens of thousands of dollars today which is a huge win. I don't quite understand how they could make a car I really really like 16 years ago but today's models make me break out in an allergic rash. I wish it was possible to pick an older car design and have a new one built by a computer that just drops in newer engine tech and a working bluetooth receiver. Also shout out to free public transport all day today to get around while shopping for a car we didn't buy :) npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…nmr0 Old enough to remember when "embedded" journalists meant they were riding along in a tank or something, instead of jumping from FOX News to take a paid gig inside the White House. It's a very weird timeline we live in. #Trump #USPol npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…gkzz det där ansiktet :) npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I had a nice day with my favourite person in the world today. We didn't go to work today, but stayed home and popped out for some local Japanese treats at lunch and then dinner. I am very insular when back home with Shellie. Given the choice I would stay in the apartment for weeks on end and just enjoy cheese toasties and trash TV. How lucky am I to have someone in my life to drag me out for fancy sushi every so often, but also stay in for leftovers on a weekend? I am spoiled beyond belief as a consequence. I have everything I ever wanted in life. I have more than I ever imagined possible. If I died tomorrow and found myself standing at the pearly gates being checked off the list (not sure if they'd send me up or down, hard to say) I would know I had a cracking good run. And so I look at those multi-billionaires and wonder what motivates them to keep squeezing the planet for more wealth. What possible joy could they derive that can't be found in a cheese toastie? npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…zmky Barbets are sooooo cool :) Especially these little rock stars. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 #Trump #USPol #ThePope I made a conscious decision a while ago to minimise the negative posts I share here, and focus on the creators and lovers of humanity. I will make an exception today because a bunch of comedians lining up to excoriate the orange clown is a moment of brevity in an otherwise grim reality. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/14/jon-stewart-trump-jesus-photo https://social.ewenbell.com/media/6b/fa/83/6bfa83a4804576a369d28f141dbbe8caf2a9bdc67ef104e87349213055017856.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 This little bit of news is going to be a huge moment in digital photography, and another blow to Adobe. I've long wished for Black Magic to take their video editing software (Davinci Resolve) and develop a photo editor that applies the same techniques. From version 21, that's exactly what they have done. The implementation is a little weird and there's a lot of new feature that I still need to test out, but if you already know how to edit with Resolve then you can now create projects to edit RAW files and export out JPEGS... or just haul into your video projects. This move is to Lightroom what Affinity was to their creative suite. It's a big deal. NO SUBSCRIPTION pricing to edit your RAW photos. Davinci is powerful and complex to learn. I think this will make it unwieldy for MOST photographers. But for some of us it present another path forward to exit LR and C1 pricing. That's good for the entire market. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuKgfytA0lg #DavinciResolve #Photography #RAWediting #Lightroom #Affinity #CaptureOne https://social.ewenbell.com/media/5f/67/0c/5f670c1e7477fc9dd8ec145a36c140dddffea9c9d60d5fa265358678a4d0f1aa.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Hiroshima memorial is a powerful place. The Japanese have worked hard to keep this memory alive. Children bring paper cranes. Exhibitions document the atrocity. Time stands still for just a little bit. The problem is that the people who most need to remember are the people who don't come here. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Arriving in Nagoya was very cool. There's a control tower in the port that looks like it was built for a Jacques Tati movie. #EwenInJapan #Nagoya #Lumix #Photography https://social.ewenbell.com/media/48/62/d1/4862d136c0386dec768b9aa53b2cf627a7841c3270593866096c476a602229db.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/c9/58/63/c95863dda6b98226945cc4cf9500b866067d366b4deb0f120a0b5e2650382a91.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/93/d0/ab/93d0ab0d513250a9cafd45fe95932ccf2f99c4712fb5c922f4408498ed670e13.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/eb/33/ec/eb33ecd938644ed356c017705aed32707bbf409b7e190fd3b87bfbfdb07c7fff.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Absolutely marvellous little inclusion in the signage at Inuyama Castle. Perfection. #corvids #inuyama https://social.ewenbell.com/media/7e/2b/a9/7e2ba971f22ba21319de306a9aae0f1307e555de9dac9928b77a26a5d9f493e7.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…gkzz At the very least it suggests they are a poor student of history :) npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Just a little shout out to @nprofile…hq89 for kicking off what's been a marvellous month of photography here in the Fediverse. #MonochromeMarch has been so enjoyable, and absolutely infused with the love of the craft. We have a wonderful community here on the Fediverse and I can't wait to see the final zine that Steven is pulling together. This is a very special moment and it's been a privilege to see all the contributions and discussions. I reckon Steven might need 12 months off to recover from this one :) #ZineOK https://social.ewenbell.com/media/2f/4c/27/2f4c278194a9255ac39e1b0aa4a349767f12156884323e731061df25d9b6a2d5.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Have been buying lotto tickets for months now and am genuinely surprised we haven't won millions yet. How long is this supposed to take anyway? npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…gkzz @nprofile…ulfa Instant mute for that account. How does anyone in the year 2026 think this is either funny or acceptable? npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…gkzz My wife does this with both cookies and smiles. I'm fat, but happy :) npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 What day is it? #MonochromeMarch #ZineOK https://social.ewenbell.com/media/15/e5/bc/15e5bc16ea6cca3a96aabdc671de6fa63f0b55ba5a29735c7a5c40d0d081a764.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I had a positive interaction with a human-being related to the strata management of our building today. I feel this noteworthy and quite unexpected. I have bought a lotto ticket as well. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Realised today that "calendars/to-do-lists" used to be a really good thing in my life but that is no longer that case and I wonder if other ADHD brains have experienced this? Pre-digital I always had lists of things that I needed to get done, and of course a fraction of things ever made it off the list BUT some things did and that was a win. I feel now my to-do-list via calendar gets list inside tiny little boxes on a tiny little screen and I don't look at my calendar anyway it's rubbish. Thanks Google. I tried using a to-do-list in my note-taking system (UpNote) but again that is a deluge of information and I can barely focus attention on the most urgent note I'm working on and the to-do-list gets looked once every three months instead. I am not doing any of this well, and that's making me unhappy. Not saying it will cure my procrastination or lack of focus, but maybe someone else is doing this better and can share. #ADHD npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…2wxk To quote Rebecca Solnit when asked if her strong language was inhibiting discussion on climate change: "Politeness is not the problem" npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…kmsn Swiping notes into my notebook on the phone while listening to music :) I normally need a podcast to get me out walking, but if I have something itching my brain to write then it's a good way to focus. The surroundings i]occupy enough of my other brain to stop it from distracting me. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I accidentally wrote 1600 words on a topic while walking home so now I have a gammy foot AND my brain is mush from dealing with so many words. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 What if it didn't matter if the Fediverse grows slowly instead of quickly? What if that was better? I would like to see more of my friends here, for sure. A handful of them anyway. The famous people, with the loud voices, not so much. The longer they stay away the longer I can enjoy the lady in Sweden whittling spoons from a piece of birch. And I definitely don't want this little corner of the internet to turn into a dopamine factory. That's why I'm happy here, and not over there. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…la7y That voice is etched into my brain. Great memories. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…kmsn Yes, there are four zines in total on that page. Once a month since December 2025 :) Thanks for letting me know you enjoyed this one! npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 March photo zine is out now :) https://ewenbell.com/zine Free to download. Not subs or trackers or logins. My monthly photography zine where I share my moments and thoughts from the field. March 2026 edition of my zine comes from Arctic Norway. Lots of snow, slow moving light, warm embers and cosy homes. Plus the nordlys and capturing with a super-wide fisheye perspective. #PhotoZine #EwenInNorway #Photography #Zine https://social.ewenbell.com/media/f9/dc/0c/f9dc0c1baad76144fe288f69627e2278b610dce2907e5c46c0671ea3efa22773.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…7rg4 Thanks Karsten. I feel pretty good about the work I'm doing in this space. I need to get better at selling and marketing, but I'm happy with what we deliver. I mostly get to spend quality time with quality people. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I try to keep a record of feedback received from my companions on the tours and workshops. It's hard to pick out just one, but am sharing this one for a few reasons. It makes me so happy when my travellers "get it". When they appreciate how I design a journey and my efforts to share a passion for photography. Denise gets it. She's also a very good writer it turns out :) Please have a read! https://ewenbell.com/feedback.php #WorkshopWithEwen #Photography https://social.ewenbell.com/media/a9/df/e4/a9dfe42ef31d44b72695b6a47a740c2b0c919e0d62e0c5dcfff78f7a3404a00f.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/d2/b1/71/d2b171ae52c928b3fb045c1ddeb0bef2d524bdc1e01203814ba1a815971c6499.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/34/56/d1/3456d1c38c3ff449094e626258493e8fec678bc218ea8a65669c4357c66fbac6.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…prl4 What I lack in skills I make up for with discernment. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…prl4 ... the only chord arrangement I ever learned to play during my brief dalliance with the guitar. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Lucky to have a chance to see this view. I don't want to go back to reality just yet. But I do want to get back to Shellie. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway https://social.ewenbell.com/media/82/23/06/822306418c5fa89d1be34eb7fd385702c5bd5682da10561d39f917bcd2801b13.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I love sharing my photography and am always looking for new ways to make the experience of viewing photography more rewarding. Maybe a photo zine will bring some of the joy that social media doesn't? YouTube https://youtu.be/vUUN_ZCH5qY Will appear on PeerTube in a few hours too: https://makertube.net/c/ewen/videos ... And audio only, where ever you listen to your podcasts: https://ewenbell.com/podcast #EwenTube #Photography #PhotographyVlog #ReImaginePodcast #Zine #PhotoZine https://social.ewenbell.com/media/39/d0/85/39d08544fe2a6bbee5e71ffd5ab98e8e50de03b896c8e2357c53e2ebe2df6599.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Arctic style disco lights, and the moon turned into a star. Captured with the TT Artisan 14mm F2.8. Very compact little lens. Plenty of optical blemishes, but at this price who cares. Fun and compact. Good companion for the Lumix S9. #EwenInNorway #Nordlys #Photography #Auroras #NorthernLights #LumixS9 https://social.ewenbell.com/media/20/ba/19/20ba196152c556aca66281bba66ed8506ddd7a837092f7486d61f3ba8b47230f.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Was one of those nights last night. 5 hours of shooting. Hard drives are full. Left knee is killing me. Totally worth it. #EwenInNorway #Nordlys #Photography #Auroras #NorthernLights #CaptureOne #Lumix https://social.ewenbell.com/media/10/d3/34/10d334879516486536d433da75ed1091d27f99a8c14fde17cb8f2d58b876f610.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Have been trying to find a path forward with ICM and auroras. So far the ideas in my head are not translating to the sensor. The most obvious circular motion is still the most pleasing. I need more opportunity to experiment. #FotoVorschlag #abstrakt #icm #abstract #creativ #EwenInNorway https://social.ewenbell.com/media/4f/39/5c/4f395c4a61cff181f248e78856f734dd1c33fb5b4f096716a00fcd6dadc56d5e.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 This was super cool. A friend of mine has the same model webcam but his points to the north and he lives on the next fjord. He caught a fox on his driveway while the aurora was going tonight :) https://social.ewenbell.com/media/b0/b7/29/b0b729d54d312f2d015d692f904e63242544cfb20c6bc0f74d8ddae165e0c690.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Reposting this from my main account. 10min video from my webcam here, so you can see what it looks like when the aurora is going off above your head. https://makertube.net/w/ogLCSmXDoFz2D8Spku4kap #EwenInNorway https://social.ewenbell.com/media/5d/af/f1/5daff1c33345b4f67fc7c46b8083a4196edce0e1dcf75ef5ea489a3bbf0a2f5d.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Here's a throwback to a few weeks ago, when the weather was colder and the nights were longer. The days are starting so early now. I prefer the polar night :) Forecast for Friday night is clear skies though, so I'll look forward to heading out to shoot again then. I've mostly been sitting by the fire and editing my zine this past week. I have been tagging my winter photography this year, so you can walk back through the full collection here: https://social.ewenbell.com/tag/eweninnorway #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway #Aurora #Nordlys https://social.ewenbell.com/media/08/10/9b/08109b737affe6d33fc4016899951e689970032a33f117999d0db969f87bda2c.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/ac/89/26/ac892616499b5501c5a88e72a468af7dae0cba2bbf96c1e546901e82a1fd431e.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 #EwenInNorway #Photography #CurrentMood https://social.ewenbell.com/media/29/13/17/291317232e13355ada04e0de843fcaa1cc467b36f7cc593a89af8b4e68559063.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Yesterday was Eagles. Today is Squirrel. I'm not lonely at all ;) https://social.ewenbell.com/media/51/9d/84/519d846cbf2450949dff2a580ad74a89b52d7e786684a46a5d2a884258272bac.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…gkzz It's soooooo nice to know that someone else feels that. I was having a terrible time in my life when that TV show came out, and it really had its moments. Ohhhh, I just remembered the episode with Robin Williams. So poignant in hindsight. And the Joan Rivers one. She had a great line about humility when you are successful. She said you have to learn people's names on the way up, because you might need those people on the way down. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…gkzz OMG you know it. For a brief moment in history I felt okay about being middle-aged divorced and fat. Some of those episodes were really something. Like when we lied about crashing the motorcycle. Or the conversation about dating a fat girl. Or that amazing storyline with his mum. And that episode with Parker Posey. I don't know why he had to be this way. Success doesn't seem to make some people better. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Before things got proper dark and the snow got proper busy, I managed to land a moment of calmness, shooting out across the fjord to Grov. This is easily one of my favourite moments of the entire winter this year. Can't really explain why. It makes me feel like I belong here. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway #Lumix #WorkshopWithEwen #Snow https://social.ewenbell.com/media/b5/e1/42/b5e1429304eb6f2e8a80480b83e5f3f0e8cc406d41581b3fefc36cd189c40e33.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Snowy day today so we did some food photography and went through some of our older shots from this past week. This was a lovely little moment when the light was breaking out from under the clouds near Harstad. I love the moments of transition, when we find ourselves with one foot in each world. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway #Lumix #WorkshopWithEwen https://social.ewenbell.com/media/89/f1/f9/89f1f9cf298b190087748fefb7aaf32b205b6031ec4773e3cc415c93b7610042.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Gonna make a little thread here with rocks and snow. This kind of scene is the main reason I carry a telephoto lens in the Arctic. I don't take many photos, but want to have it with me when the light is giving me some joy. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway #Lumix #WorkshopWithEwen #RocksAndSnow https://social.ewenbell.com/media/3a/4b/43/3a4b4399d4370c4dc33d7464b18c1124f29cecabd869a30af7ba3c29242d5d81.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…prl4 Your lips are on everyone else's 🤍 npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Today we got a little more sunshine. And a lot more ice. The nice kind. I'd love to come back here on a clear night and shoot auroras here too. For now, I'm happy with sunshine :) #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway #Lumix #WorkshopWithEwen https://social.ewenbell.com/media/e1/41/fd/e141fddaff394f3e8246230141fd2b5ef29ef815e6f3c20d994de658f07b7299.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…k5y6 I don't often have such urges, but for that photo the thought did sway me. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 My favourite moment from today. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Norway #Lumix #WorkshopWithEwen https://social.ewenbell.com/media/44/45/ab/4445abfb670b0f7610ba28e4457091109255b75ee8a18e8fb3698a9218f314ca.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 #SilentSunday #EwenInNorway https://social.ewenbell.com/media/f9/7d/17/f97d17f19eb0282e8e087a04045b2692ab08562a828aa0eff7db5b71c442b9b7.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 #WorkshopWithEwen #EwenInNorway Some of my favourite moments on camera with the nordlys are not with the fjords or the forests, but just shooting directly up to the sky above us and marvelling at the formations and elegance of these aurora bands. And in this instance, the moon itself makes a cameo appearance. #Photography #Norway #Lumix #Nordlys #Aurora #NorthernLights https://social.ewenbell.com/media/84/15/8e/84158efad21db3ad671101a2a422edbddb6eb24d55e62399df7f55892ed014a6.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Have commented a few times in recent weeks about "saturation" when it comes to auroras. These two screenshots are the same file, the first with default saturation (and some tweak in the curve), and second is after desaturating with a very heavy hand. Didn't stop until the greens were disappearing! Notice how a hint of red aurora can be seen once you remove the heavy blue saturation, and how the scene looks more "natural" as well? The other thing to note, this was a very very modest aurora. It looks a bit dull perhaps in the desaturated version, but that's because it WAS a bit dull! Not every moment with the nordlys is going to be a screamer. (Half way home from this shoot, as we drove along the highway, the nordlys were absolutely banging and sometimes that's just how the cookie crumbles :) #EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Aurora https://social.ewenbell.com/media/5d/97/0e/5d970e726395bcf0fdfd2da2a122400737a6cbba297f4afa750ce0b8cca0e913.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/79/5d/d1/795dd17d97d1dcea01c907106894c193b24d719a268408a1edf4493de2788088.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Day and night in the Arctic. January 21 was a good day. All of my favourite things, including Shellie. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Nordlys #Jan21 #Aurora https://social.ewenbell.com/media/a1/73/61/a173612ae1d12e5776078556bef91e51cd73106bbc32a214dcc5d56e249d6990.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/90/d7/88/90d7885b90154c626a09b31ebe0e84335941aa3f19c5d47454b3495dae26d0f2.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 #EwenInNorway As a child the forest was my sanctuary. It was adventure. It was calmness. It was discovery. It was fantasy. It was safety. It was connection. Not much has changed in five decades. #Photography #Nordlys #Jan21 #Aurora https://social.ewenbell.com/media/cc/4d/13/cc4d138bd9658956f152e7624a878b81dae3369e2c1aac70847c16c7dcfc4df7.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Have you tried turning it off and just walking away? npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I probably should be back out there taking more photos, but I came home for a bit to get warm and have a hot meal. And part of me wants to head to bed, and part of me wants to sit out in the cold and hope to see a few more of these. The beauty of the movement, the shapes, the colours and the transience is something I will never be able to fully grasp. But I keep trying. #EwenInNorway #Photography #Auroras #Nordlys #Jan20 #AuroraStorm https://social.ewenbell.com/media/21/e4/ec/21e4ec0d441ef410aacecb64f5dc2b52196ad2df5a97c67b62ea1b7e28859285.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Tonight's KP9 was amazing to watch from afar. I had the satellite data though, and it shows a level of activity that was literally off the scale in my aurora app. Had to go the NOAA website to pull up the full data. Sudden speed bump to over 1000km/s. Massive density surge. And the Bz rocked to -40+. Usually on a big night you might see -5. Now the Bz is holding high, but likely still lots of solar wind streaming into the polar regions through the disruption of the magnetosphere that occurred earlier tonight. https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/ace-real-time-solar-wind #auroras https://social.ewenbell.com/media/bb/fd/49/bbfd49dabacb12cce002681930b319c31a7ff457102be2273e65b04ff25c213c.gif npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I have to talk to strangers today. Wish me luck. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 It's 2am here. Still buzzing from being out for 4 hours with the nordlys. I found a quiet hill-top with a wide open sky, and watched tonight's aurora show ebb and flow. I feel so small beneath the painted sky. It's humbling and beautiful in equal measure. My cameras were on time-lapse the entire night. One just pointed straight up, the other on the move with me to chase moments. Night like this are nights I wish everyone could experience. Watching the dance between the solar winds and our planet. It's like science making art. #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Norway #Aurora #Nordlys https://social.ewenbell.com/media/9a/76/c1/9a76c1a0f8bf2d91f5b0e9bb70c0d53bb139eda26f1543c752f6881837feff09.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I love the clear skies in winter. We've been super lucky this year, and have gotten out to enjoy the scenery even though there's no sun to go with it. Here's a few scenes from the next fjord around from us. #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Norway https://social.ewenbell.com/media/51/37/24/5137240dd3a0128393cf821b8ab08e09bc1f272f9c70e97c5d067600ae24d184.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/cf/fe/7a/cffe7a153381515e2c28117e208f8847b99669a7e9b9cbde35cd0d4698aa35c3.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/8c/04/12/8c0412d9b0497a9970710b15675e2aea04fffa2368f63a8ad91eec05d042b159.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/66/6c/03/666c03b154f243aaa2cead292fa3ef0f6a66347e98c1d5fd7877d4383309434e.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Popped over the border for bitey cheese and smokey bacon. And this view over lunch. #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Sweden https://social.ewenbell.com/media/37/1d/40/371d4052f523f2e2758887d156384b3b8e6f7faac1d0b6a8567e47ffe3dc573d.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Every time I explain to someone that "AI" is really just a "word calculator" that phrase suddenly demystifies the topic and you see the lights go on inside their brain. The biggest trick the tech bros pulled was simply making ordinary folks believe AI has some kind of mysterious capability. It doesn't. It's great at highly repetitive pattern matching, and ideal for generating very mediocre output. Mostly, AI is a solution desperately in search of a problem. #LLM #AI npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Here's one more from the 11mm before I head to bed. Have been shooting auroras for about 15 years, but in some ways it feels like this year I've finally found my happy place with it. Have a better sense of what makes a satisfying composition for me. Even with a quirky lens like an 11mm Fisheye :) Goodnight all. #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Norway #Aurora #Nordlys #11mm https://social.ewenbell.com/media/38/e0/10/38e010b9fa9c575845f9a9b903a840971f5c596e0be412d94fb76953250fc320.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Just havin a normal one here in The Arctic. Another 60GB of RAW files to work through from this evening. This set was taken with my fisheye lens, because it's super wide with a little over 120° field of view. And that's handy when you want to capture what's happening from one horizon to another. (Exposures are F4 for 4sec at ISO 4000. Lumix S9 and TT Artisan 11mm F2.8 MF) #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Norway #Aurora #Nordlys #11mm https://social.ewenbell.com/media/4c/68/d9/4c68d91ffad59802c01a60644944a58fd328ed67d5993d2a29600932054b4ed9.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/ec/81/28/ec812847638458f968ed71ad0e2e57d94878fd25960f0ac92421750180bc5e8e.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/be/7d/49/be7d49efb81380d484a260be75a0310543e59e659272fbe0b0e81bf562aecb31.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/20/dc/37/20dc37c2a54aab3fff0e04601c2f60b51d267181e653b2390755439123888e8a.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I recently discovered that PixelFed doesn't really dig threads from other parts of the fediverse. My followers on PixelFed only see my first posts, not the subsequent replies when I thread a series of photos. On PixelFed these are buried away as replies to my photo. Not sure what to do about that. I like making threads that connect different posts. It's like an unfolding story. But that means pixel people likely won't see them. https://social.ewenbell.com/notice/B28USkPGX8EIfyD50q https://social.ewenbell.com/media/74/5a/da/745ada710482d4d6ffd677c8dc8f8dbcbfc4018431b33c52953b83280cb766ef.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/cf/8b/85/cf8b852d7c1808d849694a3f6734ec54301b19f23c0c9da01e887a428318ac3a.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/0d/ce/cb/0dcecba007577292b4dd9a5ea5129d0b3b841b32b0845f8afc0186a0c77d4540.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 A few of you might find it interesting to see how much editing goes on with these aurora photos. Here's a before and after for a frame captured last night, during the "hammer drop"... when the magnetic field is suddenly shaken up by solar winds rushing into the dark side of the earth, as they flood towards the south from the pole. Small detail, but the moon is just rising over the caldera in centre of frame, hence the rich blue and green tones. The RAW file is pretty good, but for my tastes it's still a little underexposed. I've raised the exposure a little here, but also played with the curves to darken the shadows, and brighten the highlights a little. That adds drama. This curve tweak also tends to punch the saturation a little, and I feel it's too much. I've stepped back on overall saturation to compensate. The final version has a little tweak on the white balance to cool off the sky a little. Final adjustment is a gradient layer over the foreground, to add 2-stops of light. This gives the reflection much more prominence, and matches closer to the sky. Capture was on a Lumix S9 with the Sigma 14-24mm F2.8, 4sec at ISO 4000. #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Norway #Aurora #Nordlys https://social.ewenbell.com/media/aa/d4/e0/aad4e027edd908489c171f90db85e98a56a596efab01604eb033ebd57d8a6586.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/86/2e/ec/862eec6b65859232392b521d519987c6b0290c48aec5ea96b307ddfe9f29ddfb.jpg https://social.ewenbell.com/media/a4/c1/dd/a4c1dd9e0fce1f3cfa3e2f01bb4f34e0c50d9e9ab6e4114a0196d0a9a4e08879.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I have a few thousand frames to dig through tonight. Just wanted to share something right away, because it's a little bit exciting. I wasn't in the mood to head out and shoot tonight. I was tired to the bones after yesterday's outing, and the thought of leaving our cosy cabin to stand in the cold just in case things kicked off was marginal at best. But the satellite data was pretty convincing. And I knew I half decent spot to shoot from, about 10mins drive away. I grumbled and made a fuss and got in the car and stood out there. Buzzed a buddy and he came to join too. And then it went off like a frog in a sock. Maybe the second best aurora of the season so far. Not fast paced, but very generous and very pretty. This scene is taken with an 11mm F2.8 MF Fisheye by TT Artisan. Half decent lens. Tricky to tame that fisheye effect, hence setting the horizon as close to the centre as possible. #EwenInNorway #Lumix #Photography #Norway #Aurora #Nordlys #11mm https://social.ewenbell.com/media/fc/01/bc/fc01bc11a8cc17be89b98d69e9106c5fbb565efcbba817b3c8f1ef50b39c92a8.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I dreamt that I had fallen asleep. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 There's a law that you can't mention Faulty Towers without reference to the surprising fact they made only 12 episodes and that Polly was married to John Cleese in real life. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Listening to a podcast that points out most of the stock market success this year is entirely down to the AI bubble, and without that the market would be going backwards. In other words, the bubble is masking a lot of drama in the economy right now. Anyone who doesn't own shares is feeling this. Then they make a connection between tolerance of masked secret police abducting migrants, and folks getting rich on the stock market. A lot of folks are okay with pretty much any politics so long as they're benefiting. #USPol npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Summer in the city #Melbourne https://social.ewenbell.com/media/23/93/70/239370113fe94c61d3e5e239e4bd421008b59ca55f3843fa5be83cdeb6d3520f.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Scruffy says hello. He's in a sassy mood today and enjoying the walnuts. #CityBirds https://social.ewenbell.com/media/8b/ea/c8/8beac881d82fb20f99100b114afea1ddaeeb99ed39ffa15a8649d80e306ada83.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…73zx Always a challenging subject to grasp the light and exposure. Always rewarding. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…73zx Closer Narvik, from late December thru to end of February. About 45mins drive from Evenes/Harstad airport :) npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…73zx I wish I was coming with you! npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…73zx The cakes and coffee at Bringen in Reine are marvellous :) https://maps.app.goo.gl/7RRNTeyutW4VKXqv5 Henninsvaer is a treat too. Lovely fellow there called Vidar has a great gallery of aurora photos. https://www.instagram.com/vnlphotography Great little cafe for lunch when driving west from Svolvaer or Henningsvaer, called Gamla Skolan (the old school): https://maps.app.goo.gl/H9aEHrYhvotS2bfy5 In Leknes the Huset Kaffe in the middle of town is such a cute place for sandwhiches and coffee and cake: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ULf5kfKpg1Nx8HNMA Am sure you'll find a million lovely stops along the way to photograph. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 @nprofile…num0 Marvellous npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 8 mins of me on the tubes today, talking about where meditation and photography meet, the art of just slowing down and the immersive joy of macro to keep you in the moment. "Vlog 091 – Photography as Meditation" https://youtu.be/f_5o3GNibJs Also up on PeerTube now via @nprofile…94cz: https://makertube.net/w/ue5VJ8x7M3uLEhkaC4daSo #EwenTube #Photography #PhotographyVlog #ReimaingePhotography https://social.ewenbell.com/media/4a/33/ff/4a33ff175e36eb6ddd7ff7d6b74f9c7fe29bcd4afbc9db8ced385fb823a49883.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I have a question I'd like to share with my fediverse peeps. - How has photography made your life better? I have a bunch of thoughts of my own, but wanted to see what other people think. If you've ever thought about this before, and have something to share (that I might talk about on the vlog) drop a reply please! #Photography npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Sharing is caring. Today's video begins by asking "Why do we share photos?" and ends up with 16 minutes of oversharing. Enjoy! #EwenTube #Photography #PhotoVlog Vlog 085 "Does photography have to be a solo pursuit?" https://youtu.be/12HRwHKl5no Will appear on PeerTube in a few hours too: https://makertube.net/c/ewen/videos https://social.ewenbell.com/media/c0/0f/c1/c00fc1b52cb4b6429b41a24660deabc072bdc01071d6e263199a2da97ba381a1.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 I only just got a chance to read this blog post by @nprofile…yah3. https://taeglichkeiten.kopfstim.me/ach-mastodon/ My German is a little rusty (I can only speak of hovercrafts and eels) but translation tools manage to get the message across. I am glad I had the chance to read these words today, as they express a lot of how I feel in this moment. "Community" is something so incredibly special, and yet really hard to establish. Especially on "the left". We are so critical and petty on the left. We focus so much on division instead of connection. Life is easier on "the right". When you have a shared dislike for something a friendship is born. Like in primary school when you discover a classmate who also doesn't want to eat broccoli. Et voila, instant friends. Maybe this is because I am old and tired and exhausted by the bullshit, but I feel like this constant focus on whether you are the correct kind of lefty or not is going to be the death of civilisation. If we focus on what makes us different, then we fail to see what makes us the same. Community is the most important thing we can build, because it's bigger than ourselves. And us humans are usually at our best when we realise that there are more important things than just ourselves. I just had to share my thoughts here. I have discovered so many wonderful people on my journey into the Fediverse these past few years. I want others to have that chance too. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Seems like a small thing. TV didn't connect to the internet over WiFi. It can see our WiFi network, and the password works. It's using DHCP, but concluded its IP address will be 192.168.10.149. Which is strange, because that's not our local network at all. Our TV has never done this before. Welcome to the Bermuda Lounge Room. AKA, our home. You see, this is just one of many very odd things that have happened in the tiny corner of our home where the DSL line pokes out of the wall. 1/ #BermudaLoungeRoom npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Once again I am pleading with television producers to please pay your writers properly, before you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on making something that looks pretty but has gaping holes all through the plot. npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 There's such a huge benefit to having friends to drag you out for a photo shoot, but is that the path to taking your very best photos? #EwenTube #Photography #PhotoVlog Vlog 084 "Does photography have to be a solo pursuit?" https://youtu.be/G_YORrYVNcM Will appear on PeerTube in a few hours too: https://makertube.net/c/ewen/videos https://social.ewenbell.com/media/0b/fb/9b/0bfb9bc30273ef6717a644366686a891ed06548c3ed1fe313b96b2414ca3d3f0.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Melbourne is in a mood today. https://social.ewenbell.com/media/00/62/80/00628065d1b51a29a752ce5052041c130ec88d056461fccbfdacca7b3acf2dce.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Am getting my brain back into the tubing again. Will try to do a few of these a week. Short chats. Maybe a few photos. Let's see how it goes. #EwenTube #Photography #FollowYourDreams Follow Your Dreams Vlog No. 083 https://youtu.be/G_YORrYVNcM Will appear on PeerTube in a few hours too: https://makertube.net/c/ewen/videos https://social.ewenbell.com/media/55/73/3a/55733ab8d0d0c6bc554fdfcdfcef4e2295c0a190dceed11e87832544847e86d0.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Trouble in paradise. Scruffy and Rolfie have had a falling out and they don't seem to get along anymore. Rolfie chases off Scruffy sometimes. Very dramatic stuff. Scruffy came in for a snack but froze solid when Rolfie turned up. #Melbourne #CityBirds #WildOz https://social.ewenbell.com/media/af/be/ed/afbeed4e4a9349f810e72fac78f4bbf8e8a9ee243a7d9372d6ce54a47ab45396.jpg npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 If anyone knows an electrician in Melbourne who will actually respond to an email, please drop some deets here. Small job to replace a HVAC controller #MelbourneTradies npub1tv0jvaufp3rjq3j75myhu4nml530p8rjmsz4d45pkms4vyrc7sfqakkg0p Ewen Bell 📸 Pigeons. Less annoying than the Channel 9 helicopter hovering over Melbourne CBD all morning. https://social.ewenbell.com/media/84/5c/f1/845cf14ee25701a4c7bac923ddef7bf61deafc3d1ea8468c0392e3614c430980.jpg