the digital home of

Calum Andrew Morrell

Oh my word, this is basic!

I got bored and decided to develop this site from scratch, again. See the About This Website page if you're at all interested in what I'm doing and why. The short version is that I'll be developing features for the website as I create content for it. In other words, it's going to take a long time before it's pretty.

Longer term this site will present my own photographs and photography tuition services along with articles on photography, philosophy, politics, health & mental health, and whatever else I feel like.


Featured Articles


Deconstructing a lie
Not all photographs are a lie. I was wrong.

I have previously argued that all photographs are a lie and laid out my reasoning for the claim. I was wrong and my claim was incorrect, but it's not as simple as dismissing the arguments I made.


Photography • 30th of January, 2026 commentary, documentary, intent, lie, philosophy, truth
Fountain pens, a retrospective
Or: on failure and even more failure.

Fountain pens are wonderful, when they work, otherwise they can make attractive paper weights. Good quality coated paper and the very personal choice of ink makes a huge difference to the experience.


Stationery • 26th of January, 2026 fountain-pen, ink, lamy, pen, retrospective, writing
Sampling a few coffees
Put that burnt bitter sludge away, please!

Not all coffee is equal. Even when you have a range of top quality beans to pick from, your taste preferences are going to impact how you feel about each one.


Food & Drink • 12th of November, 2025 baratza, brazil, coffee, columbia, kenya, mexico, peru