Iestyn Lloyd-Wilkins
@iestyn.net
BAFTA-winning nerd.
Fun: Photography @iestynphotos.bsky.social / https://www.instagram.com/iestyn.photo/
Work: VR/AR/MR games.
Personal account, my views are my own
Fun: Photography @iestynphotos.bsky.social / https://www.instagram.com/iestyn.photo/
Work: VR/AR/MR games.
Personal account, my views are my own
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I avoided Home Assistant for the longest time for being a UI mess and this isn't helping my impression of it
January 8, 2026 at 1:12 PM
I avoided Home Assistant for the longest time for being a UI mess and this isn't helping my impression of it
Pastel Worthing sunset
January 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Pastel Worthing sunset
Brighton with a rare dusting of snow this morning ❄️
No time to head onto the hills, but did manage to get a few minutes to send the drone up for a look.
#photography
No time to head onto the hills, but did manage to get a few minutes to send the drone up for a look.
#photography
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Brighton with a rare dusting of snow this morning ❄️
No time to head onto the hills, but did manage to get a few minutes to send the drone up for a look.
#photography
No time to head onto the hills, but did manage to get a few minutes to send the drone up for a look.
#photography
A couple more shots from yesterday morning at Ditchling Beacon.
In the first one I particularly like how I managed to capture the breaking dawn at just the right point so it illuminates the clump of trees and the tops of the tufts of grass in the field. #photography
In the first one I particularly like how I managed to capture the breaking dawn at just the right point so it illuminates the clump of trees and the tops of the tufts of grass in the field. #photography
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A couple more shots from yesterday morning at Ditchling Beacon.
In the first one I particularly like how I managed to capture the breaking dawn at just the right point so it illuminates the clump of trees and the tops of the tufts of grass in the field. #photography
In the first one I particularly like how I managed to capture the breaking dawn at just the right point so it illuminates the clump of trees and the tops of the tufts of grass in the field. #photography
Sunrise after the super moon. Not so bad down in Brighton, but -10C windchill at Ditchling Beacon.. which I was not prepared for. Took a few snaps then sheltered behind a hedge while wishing I was at home and put the drone up instead.
I need warmer clothes 🥶
#photography
I need warmer clothes 🥶
#photography
January 4, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Sunrise after the super moon. Not so bad down in Brighton, but -10C windchill at Ditchling Beacon.. which I was not prepared for. Took a few snaps then sheltered behind a hedge while wishing I was at home and put the drone up instead.
I need warmer clothes 🥶
#photography
I need warmer clothes 🥶
#photography
Despite living in Brighton for 25 years, I’ve never photographed the murmurations of starlings at sunset. And I still haven’t! This was in Worthing this evening, and was an incredible sight.
That plus an incredible sunset, AND the Wolf Supermoon at the same time.
#photography #supermoon
That plus an incredible sunset, AND the Wolf Supermoon at the same time.
#photography #supermoon
January 3, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Despite living in Brighton for 25 years, I’ve never photographed the murmurations of starlings at sunset. And I still haven’t! This was in Worthing this evening, and was an incredible sight.
That plus an incredible sunset, AND the Wolf Supermoon at the same time.
#photography #supermoon
That plus an incredible sunset, AND the Wolf Supermoon at the same time.
#photography #supermoon
Saw fog on the forecast, so up early before first light and headed onto the South Downs. Not quite as spectacular as I hoped, but not too bad.
Absolutely freezing though! 🥶 My heated gloves are more of a suggestion of what heat might be.
Devil’s Dyke > Waterhall > Firle Beacon
#photography
Absolutely freezing though! 🥶 My heated gloves are more of a suggestion of what heat might be.
Devil’s Dyke > Waterhall > Firle Beacon
#photography
December 31, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Saw fog on the forecast, so up early before first light and headed onto the South Downs. Not quite as spectacular as I hoped, but not too bad.
Absolutely freezing though! 🥶 My heated gloves are more of a suggestion of what heat might be.
Devil’s Dyke > Waterhall > Firle Beacon
#photography
Absolutely freezing though! 🥶 My heated gloves are more of a suggestion of what heat might be.
Devil’s Dyke > Waterhall > Firle Beacon
#photography
Finished Pluribus. I enjoyed it, but it felt like it could have easily been 3 episodes.
December 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Finished Pluribus. I enjoyed it, but it felt like it could have easily been 3 episodes.
December 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Fanny Pleasegood
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
December 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Fanny Pleasegood
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Snaps from my previous home of ~20 years
#photography
#photography
December 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Snaps from my previous home of ~20 years
#photography
#photography
Up before dawn and trying something different with the drone, a bit of Brighton Palace Pier and the beach nearby.
#brighton #aerialphotography #drone
#brighton #aerialphotography #drone
December 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Up before dawn and trying something different with the drone, a bit of Brighton Palace Pier and the beach nearby.
#brighton #aerialphotography #drone
#brighton #aerialphotography #drone
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
Anyone got an Android XR headset and could check something for me?
December 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Anyone got an Android XR headset and could check something for me?
Cuckmere Haven and Coastguard Cottages from above.
Panorama taken yesterday on yet another of my insomnia-driven photography missions.
Although the lack of sleep is relentless, it has meant I’ve seen some beautiful scenery and improved my photography 😅
#photography #aerialphotography
Panorama taken yesterday on yet another of my insomnia-driven photography missions.
Although the lack of sleep is relentless, it has meant I’ve seen some beautiful scenery and improved my photography 😅
#photography #aerialphotography
December 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Cuckmere Haven and Coastguard Cottages from above.
Panorama taken yesterday on yet another of my insomnia-driven photography missions.
Although the lack of sleep is relentless, it has meant I’ve seen some beautiful scenery and improved my photography 😅
#photography #aerialphotography
Panorama taken yesterday on yet another of my insomnia-driven photography missions.
Although the lack of sleep is relentless, it has meant I’ve seen some beautiful scenery and improved my photography 😅
#photography #aerialphotography
First light on my car at Seaford Head / Belle Tout Lighthouse / Seven Sisters / Cuckmere Haven from above.
Got to get over there at sunset at some point, bet the light on the cliffs would look great.
#aerialphotography #photography #fujifilm #sevensisters #cuckmerehaven
Got to get over there at sunset at some point, bet the light on the cliffs would look great.
#aerialphotography #photography #fujifilm #sevensisters #cuckmerehaven
November 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
First light on my car at Seaford Head / Belle Tout Lighthouse / Seven Sisters / Cuckmere Haven from above.
Got to get over there at sunset at some point, bet the light on the cliffs would look great.
#aerialphotography #photography #fujifilm #sevensisters #cuckmerehaven
Got to get over there at sunset at some point, bet the light on the cliffs would look great.
#aerialphotography #photography #fujifilm #sevensisters #cuckmerehaven
Woke up at 2:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep, so thought I’d head over to Seven Sisters to catch the sunrise 🌅
Beautiful morning, glad I went! I would now like to go back to sleep thanks
#aerialphotography #photography
Beautiful morning, glad I went! I would now like to go back to sleep thanks
#aerialphotography #photography
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Woke up at 2:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep, so thought I’d head over to Seven Sisters to catch the sunrise 🌅
Beautiful morning, glad I went! I would now like to go back to sleep thanks
#aerialphotography #photography
Beautiful morning, glad I went! I would now like to go back to sleep thanks
#aerialphotography #photography
A few more from yesterday’s unreasonably cold morning on the frosty South Downs.
My fingers were incredibly painful from the cold, so bought heated gloves with finger-caps. Touchscreen gloves just don’t work on the drone controller 🤷♂️
Of course the weather immediately warms back up 🙃
#photography
My fingers were incredibly painful from the cold, so bought heated gloves with finger-caps. Touchscreen gloves just don’t work on the drone controller 🤷♂️
Of course the weather immediately warms back up 🙃
#photography
November 27, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A few more from yesterday’s unreasonably cold morning on the frosty South Downs.
My fingers were incredibly painful from the cold, so bought heated gloves with finger-caps. Touchscreen gloves just don’t work on the drone controller 🤷♂️
Of course the weather immediately warms back up 🙃
#photography
My fingers were incredibly painful from the cold, so bought heated gloves with finger-caps. Touchscreen gloves just don’t work on the drone controller 🤷♂️
Of course the weather immediately warms back up 🙃
#photography
Up at Devil’s Dyke for first light to catch the early morning glow on thick frost.
#aerialphotography #brighton #southdownsnationalpark #photography
#aerialphotography #brighton #southdownsnationalpark #photography
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Up at Devil’s Dyke for first light to catch the early morning glow on thick frost.
#aerialphotography #brighton #southdownsnationalpark #photography
#aerialphotography #brighton #southdownsnationalpark #photography
A frosty morning across The Weald. Lots of frozen cow pats 🐄
Didn’t stay long, too cold. Doesn’t bode well for my Iceland photography trip (not that I have one planned, maybe one day eh).
#southdownsnationalpark #frost #photography
Didn’t stay long, too cold. Doesn’t bode well for my Iceland photography trip (not that I have one planned, maybe one day eh).
#southdownsnationalpark #frost #photography
November 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A frosty morning across The Weald. Lots of frozen cow pats 🐄
Didn’t stay long, too cold. Doesn’t bode well for my Iceland photography trip (not that I have one planned, maybe one day eh).
#southdownsnationalpark #frost #photography
Didn’t stay long, too cold. Doesn’t bode well for my Iceland photography trip (not that I have one planned, maybe one day eh).
#southdownsnationalpark #frost #photography
Anyone know about lighting for video? Specifically talking head + top down multi cam for YT. Wondering if this is good enough for now
I have Godox: ML100R, ES45, TL30, Smallrig RM120
I’m limited in space, oh and please ignore the Tshirt, these are my pyjamas 😂
#lighting #videography #youtube
I have Godox: ML100R, ES45, TL30, Smallrig RM120
I’m limited in space, oh and please ignore the Tshirt, these are my pyjamas 😂
#lighting #videography #youtube
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Anyone know about lighting for video? Specifically talking head + top down multi cam for YT. Wondering if this is good enough for now
I have Godox: ML100R, ES45, TL30, Smallrig RM120
I’m limited in space, oh and please ignore the Tshirt, these are my pyjamas 😂
#lighting #videography #youtube
I have Godox: ML100R, ES45, TL30, Smallrig RM120
I’m limited in space, oh and please ignore the Tshirt, these are my pyjamas 😂
#lighting #videography #youtube
A bank of fog rolling up the hill at Waterhall, with the sunrise shining through it. Windmill peeking through it on the left.
#aerialphotography #sunrise #brighton
#aerialphotography #sunrise #brighton
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A bank of fog rolling up the hill at Waterhall, with the sunrise shining through it. Windmill peeking through it on the left.
#aerialphotography #sunrise #brighton
#aerialphotography #sunrise #brighton
Up early to see the sunrise over a foggy Waterhall and Green Ridge Windmill, just north of Brighton.
#aerialphotography #brighton #fog #sunrise #photography
#aerialphotography #brighton #fog #sunrise #photography
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Up early to see the sunrise over a foggy Waterhall and Green Ridge Windmill, just north of Brighton.
#aerialphotography #brighton #fog #sunrise #photography
#aerialphotography #brighton #fog #sunrise #photography
November 9, 2025 at 8:19 AM