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Steve Race
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The daily life of a press photographer turned olive farmer & vine-grower in Spain. Passionate about #Photography #OliveOil #Wine
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When you go for a walk with an old girl like this and you end up with a locked mirror and shutter jam, the next few hours are spent nursing her back to health…
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#PentaxMX
#photography
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
With such a bright moon overhead, I thought I’d dig out my old #Pentax 300mm and stick it on a [slightly less old] crop sensor #Canon 30D, giving an equivalent focal length of 480mm. I should really have got out the tripod too, but in the end I just rested on the balcony railings…
😳📷🌙🫶

#photography
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Nice to enjoy the a gentle walk at the close of play after a mad day on the road…
😉🚗💨📷

#landscape #photography #spain
December 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Bit of a foggy start to the day. Managing to stay above it for the most part…
😉📷🇪🇸

#photography #weather #spain
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
After such a long time (4 yrs), it’s great to be making #OliveOil once again! A little later in the season than we would have normally, but our Farga olives gave us an extraction of 22.16% and filled the house with 90 litres of fresh, beautifully golden extra virgin olive oil…
😉🫒💛🇪🇸

#photography
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An enjoyable evening was spent at the village Cava festival. I can’t believe this is now in its fourteenth year! Long may it continue…
😉🥂🍾🫶🇪🇸

#cava #photography #wine
November 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A night on the town, in the presence of St George…
😉📷🫶🇪🇸

#Ascó #photography
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Early morning mill run… 😉🫒🇪🇸

#photography #oliveoil #evoo
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Juiced the last of the #pomegranates from our little harvest. They make such a wonderful fruit juice, it’s going to be a long wait until we can enjoy these once again…
😋🍹🇪🇸

#photography #canon
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Another blustery day, but at least the nets are filling up nicely…
😉🫒🇪🇸

#OliveHarvest #photography
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Laying 10x5 metre nets during 60 Km/h gusts can be somewhat challenging; calling for necessity as the mother of invention, and the joy that are tent pegs becomes real…
😉🫒🌪️🇪🇸

#olives #harvest #photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
It’s great to be back amongst the olives after such a long time, although my back is constantly reminding me that it is four years older since it last did an olive campaign…
😳🫒😂🇪🇸

#photography #olives #harvest
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Getting started with the olive harvest has been a logistical nightmare this season, and we would normally be three weeks into it by now. However, I’m happy to report that we’re on it, and well on the way to finally having some fresh extra virgin olive oil again…
😉🫒💛🇪🇸

#photography #olives #spain
November 23, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The clarity of the atmosphere to the naked eye has been great since a storm last weekend, to the point where we can see the tops of the Pyrenees every morning. Had to convert it to B&W to make it “pop”, but it’s amazing that they are a 103 miles away…
😉🔭📷🇪🇸

#photography #spain
November 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
A blustery evening as we pass along the Coll de Lacàs. A week of strong winds lies ahead…
😉🌪️📷🇪🇸

#photography #landscape
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Quite annoyed at myself for dropping the submersible pump. I tried to repair it, but the seals didn’t hold & the motor flooded. Faced with a seized pump, I did my usual routine of stripping it down & harvesting any useful parts.
I do find motor/generator windings things of beauty…
😍🛠️📷🫶

#photography
November 20, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Managed to hold off until tonight for the first fire, but I guess that’s us burning now until Spring…
🥶🔥🇪🇸

#winter #spain #photography
November 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
All set for another night of hunting…
😉📷🐈🫶

#cats #photography
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It’s nice to keep warm with a little bonfire, and admire the autumnal colours in the vineyard, as the temperatures continue to drop…
😉🍇🔥🇪🇸

#photography
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
After a few days of cloud and a little light rain, you really appreciate the break when it comes…
😉📷🇪🇸

#photography #weather #spain
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Enjoying the view as we continue with the clear up before the rains hit…
😉📷🔥☔️🇪🇸

#photography #oliveoil #agriculture
November 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
A bit of a murky day, but at least I managed to clear more gorse that had been taking hold along this wall. Another 22mm of rain fell to finish off a dreary afternoon…
😉⛏️☔️🇪🇸

#DailyLife #photography
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A little bit of damp weather has brought forth the wild #mushrooms. As ever, the ones in my reference book never quite look the same. I think this could be the Shield Dapperling (Lepiota clypeolaria), but who knows! Carry on walking m’dears…
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#photography
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
When the garrigues starts to invade the terraces; as someone who doesn’t eat a lot of meat, rosemary is overrated anyway…
😉🌱⛏️🇪🇸

#olives #oliveoil #photography
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Just managing to stay above the fog of late…
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#photography #spain
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM