Poacher Pictures

31/10/2026

New month, new calendar.
Absolutely free.
Really.
I don't pay you when you download from:
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or from:
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31/10/2026

🎃👻 WHAT A FIRST HALLOWEEN PARTY THAT WAS! 🕷️🧡

WOW! What an absolutely spooktacular time we had at The Stork’s Nest Community Centre! 🦇✨

Our very first Halloween party was full of laughter, magic, wonderful costumes, delicious treats and, most importantly, an amazing community coming together! 💜

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped make this special event happen:

🪄 Kraina Czarów – for the fantastic entertainment, magical activities and loads of good fun!

🎶 The teachers and all volunteers from Polish Music Centre in Peterborough – for all the hard work, creativity and heart they put into preparing and running the party!

🧁 ladies from Pinwheel International CIC – for all the delicious goodies served in our café!

📸 Poacher Pictures – for capturing the magic with these frightfully beautiful photographs! 👻📷

And, of course, THANK YOU to all the children, families and friends who joined us! You made our first Halloween celebration truly unforgettable. 🧡

This is exactly what The Stork’s Nest is all about – bringing people together, creating memories and making our community feel at home.

Here's to many more celebrations together! 🎃💜

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🇵🇱 CO TO BYŁA ZA PIERWSZA IMPREZA HALLOWEENOWA! 🎃👻

WOW! Ależ się działo w The Stork’s Nest Community Centre! 🦇✨

Nasze pierwsze Halloween było pełne śmiechu, magii, fantastycznych przebrań, pyszności i przede wszystkim cudownych ludzi, którzy wspólnie stworzyli niesamowitą atmosferę! 💜

Ogromne podziękowania dla wszystkich, którzy pomogli nam zorganizować to wyjątkowe wydarzenie:

🪄 Kraina Czarów– za wspaniałe animacje, magiczne zabawy i świetną zabawę!

🎶 Nauczycielom i wolontariuszom z Polskie Ognisko Muzyczne w Peterborough – za ogrom pracy, kreatywność i serce włożone w przygotowanie i organizację całej imprezy!

🧁 dziewczynom z Pinwheel International CIC – za wszystkie pyszności serwowane w naszej kawiarence!

📸 Poacher Pictures - za uchwycenie tych wyjątkowych chwil na straszliwie pięknych zdjęciach! 👻📷

I oczywiście DZIĘKUJEMY wszystkim dzieciom, rodzicom i przyjaciołom, którzy bawili się razem z nami! 🧡

To właśnie o to chodzi w The Stork’s Nest – o spotkania, wspólne wspomnienia i budowanie miejsca, w którym każdy może poczuć się jak u siebie.

Oby więcej takich wspólnych chwil! 🎃💜

24/10/2026

Standing tall through time. ⛪🎞️
There is a distinct reverence in framing architecture through the waist-level finder of a medium format camera. This is the historic St Mary and St Nicolas Church right here in Spalding, captured on black and white film using the legendary Mamiya C330.
The 6x6 square format beautifully encapsulates the towering presence of the gothic spire as it cuts through the heavy canopy of the surrounding trees. Without the distraction of color, the focus shifts entirely to the raw textures of stone and leaf, the play of light on the ancient walls, and that timeless atmosphere that only traditional emulsion can preserve. It feels less like a modern snapshot and more like a gateway to the past. 🖤

09/10/2026

It’s finally done! The September exposure is officially over.
This Guinness 0% can spent a full 30 days on the wall, tracking the autumn journey of the sun across the horizon. This morning, it landed in the darkroom, and the final result absolutely blew my mind! ☀️📸
This marks the launch of my brand new, regular series: "Can of the Month", where I combine non-alcoholic b**r reviews with pinhole photography and solargraphy.
Want to see how I sliced the can open, retrieved the photographic paper, and what the stunning sun trails look like? 👇
🎬 WATCH THE FULL VIDEO ON YOUTUBE NOW!
https://youtu.be/vtyf13cGRTI

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27/09/2026

The deliberate beauty of the square frame. 🎞️🖤
The Mamiya C330 is a magnificent camera, and its 6x6 square format demands so much more from the photographer. Every composition must be intentional. The images that pass through those lenses and onto the film emulsion possess something both magical and deeply organic.
Where the modern world sees the "imperfections" of old technology compared to today's flawless, pixel-perfect digital screens, we see something entirely different. We see a black-and-white nostalgia for beauty found in the simplest of frames.
It is not about a lack of sharpness; it is about the presence of soul. ✨

26/09/2026

When shooting on film, I don't look for perfection. I look for beauty. For me, analogue is the true photography—much like a painting, it demands patience before you can finally see the end result.
Digital photography is undeniably a wonderful invention. Yet, it strips away something vital from both the photographer and the viewer: the raw emotions tied to the creation itself. It skips the process. The anticipation, the wait, and the chemical alchemy are exactly what make every single frame on film evoke entirely unique feelings.
Capturing this legendary figure in Nottingham on black and white emulsion felt like bringing history back to life, untouched by the modern digital rush. 🖤

22/09/2026

From Łódź to Skegness – running for the children's dreams. 🏃‍♂️💨Thousands of kilometers behind him, hundreds of hours battling weakness, and one single goal: to support children from orphanages in Łódź and Skegness. Here is a photo reportage from the exact moment Grzech crossed the finish line here in Skegness.
To capture the raw atmosphere of that moment—fatigue blended with pure pride—I chose the classic approach. I shot these images using a fully mechanical, analogue Ricoh KR-5 camera on black and white film.
In today's world of instant digital screens, working with film feels like pure alchemy. Stripping away the color allows us to focus entirely on raw emotion, but it is the anticipation of developing the film that creates the real magic. Looking at these frames weeks later changes everything. When the image finally appears on the emulsion, it allows you to revisit that place and those moments with fresh eyes. The emotions locked in the silver grains have time to mature, letting us relive that triumph all over again from a completely different perspective.
Hats off to you, Grzegorz. It was an absolute honor to immortalize this moment on traditional film. 📸