Author Archives: Steve Hyde

Lens-Artists Challenge #352 – Mellow

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Sofia has set this weeks Lens-Artist challenge and asks us to post images following a theme of mellow, calm and relaxing. Sofia’s original challenge post can be found here.

These Munkeh’s look pretty chilled relaxing on my garden fence. They used to give these guys away with PG Tips tea bags in the UK.

This weeks theme really is a challenge for my portfolio as conceptual photography isn’t something I’ve concentrated on in the past. The stock agency I sell with, Alamy, isn’t really that sort of place. A quick search through the Alamy database, using the word mellow, just brings back pages of images featuring branded items featuring the word mellow.

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Lens-Artists Challenge #351 – Books

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Ritva has set this weeks challenge and has asked for images of any kind of books that inspire a love for reading. Ritva’s challenge post is here.

We’re on holiday in Rhodes, Greece this week so I don’t have access to my images, except for a few stored on my iPad. The best I could do, at short notice, was to pop in to a local Greek Orthodox Church, near our hotel, this morning and grab this. It certainly wouldn’t make for light reading but it is a book! Hopefully I can do better next week.

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Baking – Bertha and Cookies!!

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It’s been a while since I posted a baking blog so here are some images of a cake I bought and had delivered last week. It’s called a Bertha and it’s a huge slice of layered chocolate sponge and dark chocolate ganache. Berthas are made by a bakery in Leeds, UK, called Get Baked and they have become a huge social media hit. I’ve debated over ordering a slice for some time and all I can say now, having sampled one, is that Bertha is fantastic and didn’t disappoint.

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Travel – Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

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A camper van driving away from the Papagayo Beaches through Los Ajaches Natural Park. Hacha Grande is in the background, the highest peak in the south of the island. I’ve always wanted to climb it but I don’t think it’s suitable for casuals hikers like us.

We really like Lanzarote, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of North Africa. Its a popular destination for Brits and other Europeans as the climate is pretty good all year round. We spent last week there having picked up a last minute, discounted, package deal. One of the benefits of being retired.

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Lens-artists Challenge #347 – Break the Rules!

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Ritva hosts this weeks challenge and invites us to post images that break the traditional rules of photography. Like Ritva I’ve struggled to find examples. I predominantly shoot images for stock so I’m always shooting on thirds with copy space and headings in mind. I have found a few images, shown below, and I’ve captioned them with why I think they break the rules. Here’s a link to Ritva’s challenge post.

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Last on the Card – April 2025

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Two fisherman off the beach at Playa Blanca. That’s Fuerteventura in the background.

A new WordPress Challenge for me. Posting the last image I took in April 2025. Here’s a link to the original challenge page

We’re on holiday in Lanzarote so this hasn’t been through Photoshop. It was the last pic I took yesterday. I fell over the rocks after taking this and cut my leg and hand. The camera was ok though 🙂

All images: ©Stephen Hyde 2007-2025 – All rights reserved

Lens-Artists #346 – Cinematic

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A man walking across a road junction in Marrakech, Morocco. We were having a coffee in a Sky Bar which was great for views down in to the street below. I think the unusual viewpoint gives it a cinematic feel. I search out Sky Bars wherever we go now.

This week’s Lens Artists Challenge is presented by Sofia, and it’s Cinematic. I’m a bit rushed posting this as we’re travelling to Lanzarote later today but, having missed last weeks challenge, I didn’t want another to pass me by.

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