Photo365 – Day 12 – out of focus pattern
I was in Poundland and saw a gadget that I thought might come in handy for photographers. I decided to buy one, try it and write a short review. The item was a Camping LED light and the review is here Camping LED Light I got a few decent straight…
Photo365 -Day 11 – Rim Light
I had good intentions tonight, but tv and cooking got in the way…so I did a rush job on this. My idea was to create a wonderful still life of a red wine bottle and glass with wine. I used a softbox with mask as a back light to create the rim light.…
Photo365 -Day 10 – Neglect
The ePHOTOzine weekly black & white challenge has a theme neglect. As a kid I always remember the garden shed as being a place that had areas of neglect. While my mum used most of it for potting plants there were darker areas that housed spiders and…
Photo365 – Day 9 – Grade II Listed Buildings
Having caught the bug to photograph old buildings I headed off to my old haunt of Sheffield today to take a look at one of the areas that still has it’s roots back in the days of cutlery of the mid to late 1800s. The area around Milton Street /…
Photo365 – Day 8
Inspired by ePHOTOzine member Ade McFade‘s passion for photographing the architecture of Leeds and surround areas I decided to do the same in my local region starting in my home town of Worksop. This shot is down a street near the town centre that…
Photo365 – Day 7
Today I have been playing around with an Olympus EP2. It’s the new rangefinder style comapct with interchangeable lenses, much smaller than an SLR. I don’t know about you but the first day is spent fiddling around with the features, and i was…
Photo365 – Day 6
Today I have photographed asparagus. I’ve never been keen on it as a food, but I was in the supermarket last night looking at clinically perfect peppers and saw bunches of asparagus and thought – kill two new year resolutions with one stone…
Photo365 – Day 5
Today I took a trip down memory lane and photographed objects against a Venetian blind. The last time I did this seriously was back in the 80s in a terraced house I lived in. I shot them on Hassleblad and they were some of may favourite shots. So today I…
Photo365 – Day 4
Today’s project is another version of cross polarisation I’ve been doing a bit of lately. In this example I turned my LCD computer screen on its back facing upwards. This became the base for a collection of cheap disposable shot glasses (£1…
Photo365 – Day 3
Today’s entry for my Photo365 project was inspired by the ePHOTOzine Black & White group who’ve set there weekly B&W challenge with the theme flowers. I decided to dismantle the Christmas flower display that was wilted after a week of…