Sometimes there’s a limit to what you need to do to promote something. In this case the price of the car wash service is stated five times. I was tempted to go up and ask how much the car wash service was…like the sketch where the person goes into Poundland and asks how much something is.
Peter Bargh
Sights & SoundsArchive for the ‘Photography’ Category
The pomegranate brings back childhood memories of the unusual fruit I’d have between bonfire night and Christmas. We used to have a fruit and veg van come round our estate and I’d always go with mum to help carry back the goods. Pomegranates were the fruit I looked forward to (along with fizzy pop and a curly wurly). It was fun to eat with a pin and very juicy. I didn’t know at the time (or care), but they also have plenty of nutritional value
Pomegranates are rich in vitamin C and B5. They have high fibre content, if you eat the seed and not just the surrounding flesh. They have also been found to reduce heart disease, and some class them as one of the “super fruits” In the last few years pomegranate juice has increased shelf space in supermarkets.
So that’s some facts…now my photo. As I ripped into one today I decided to halt consumption and photography it.
I no longer bother with the pin, I just pull back a segment and lever off a clump of seeds with a finger. For photography purpose I used a knife to remove as much of the pulp as I could to reveal the rich red seeds, with as many visible as possible.
I then placed the prepared pomegranate on a white transparent surface and shone light through from the back. Lighting the front with a ring light. The shots were clean and technically ideal for stock, but artistically poor so I decided to introduce a pot pourri background. And here’s the result.
Or my pair of bowling shoes taken today on the ePHOTOzine Christmas staff outing. We played four gamed of bowls followed by lunch at TGI Friday’s (I had surf and turf) and then a few of us went on for drinks in Worksop.
The shoes are normally really grubby, but I was fortunate enough to be dished out what appeared to be a brand spanking new pair. I scored my lowest score for years at 91, and two games later I scored 163 – the highest score of anyone over the four games…did I say I was competitive! ![]()
Taken with the fisheye lens on the iPhone.
It’s been three weeks since my last cinema record shot, and you can see it’s now starting to take shape, with glass mirrored windows up the front and side. This promises to be an interesting building for reflections when it’s complete.
Taken using HDR mode on iPhone but I appear to have moved between shots so we have dodgy edge detail 🙁
I walk past this hairdresser most days. It’s usually very dull in the evening and in the day has someone having a silver blue rinse or perm. But over the last few weeks a couple of small illuminated trees in each window and a curtain trail of lights have transformed it to make it look quite pretty…sadly not clearly shown in this snap on the iPhone. The new white illuminated view is pleasant on my daily journey.
Today was very different to yesterday, but similar.
Yesterday I was in Covent Garden
Today I wasn’t, but had totally coincidental a carton of Covent Garden Soup
Yesterday I was outside in the cold
Today I was inside and warm
Yesterday I was looking at a lovely Christmas tree
Today I don’t have a tree up yet so the nearest thing was a conifer in the garden
Yesterday it was dry
Today it was raining
And my photo of the day sums up the above – It’s a photo of the carton of soup, taken inside in the warmth, looking through a window to the outside conifer with rain on the window.
btw have you tried that soup? I’d not had it before there are some interesting flavours.
I’m just back from London following a night out with Samsung for their Christmas party. Before we went to their venue Tracey and I called at Covent Garden. They have a huge Christmas tree but I’ve already photographed two in this Photo365 series, so here’s a shot of the Apple Market (also looking quite festive at the moment) close by.









