Tom Lane

Steampunk: The genre where posers are posers and photographers are loved

Shy of asking if you can take pictures of interesting characters? If so, try visiting a Steampunk event where everyone is just waiting to meet your lens...

Flight of the Spitfire, with a chaser for some unusual photography

Covid put the kibosh on fun, so what better way to celebrate a significant birthday in post-lockdown London than a very special flight in an 80-year-old Spitfire? Tom Lane was aloft in a spotter plane, Leica SL kit in hand, to record the occasion...

Digital distancing at the sofa pub and locks down in Middle England

Meet Tom's sofa pub where he can meet all his best friends while observing strict digital distancing. And there's really no excuse for all those wayward heads when locks down comes to Middle England...

A Photographic Journey: My life in black and white

Black and white. I just love it.

Yosemite from the comfort of ground level

After photographing Yosemite National Park from the air, Tom returned to earth — but with a soft landing on snow. The Leica SL proved to be more reliable than the snowchains, however.

The camera in the sky: From London to Yosemite National Park

Thanks to his job, Tom Lane has access to aspects of aerial photography denied to most of us. And he takes full advantage. At last we've persuaded Tom to pen an article for Macfilos and show us some of his magnificent from-the-air images
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London Flightpath: Through the glass crisply

We've all poked our camera through the porthole window to grab a shot under the landing path — but seldom do we manage such detail as Tom did over London....