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This year I will be mostly... taking a photo every day, and posting it up here for you all to see and comment on if you feel inclined (please do). It's not an original idea, I stole it off a friend and many other people are doing the same as I speak, but I thought it seemed like a great idea to get used to my new toy, my Canon Eos 500D with Tamron 18-250mm Macro lens - my first digital SLR.

A lot of sites online talk about 'project 365' where people are encouraged to take a photo every day, but while their take on it is to create a personal history of the photographer, I wanted to make it a bit more abstract, more about the world around me. So this isn't meant to be a photo diary of my life, I am striving for each photo to be 'good' because of its artistic and technical merit, not because it's personal to me. Having said that personal subject matter will inevitably creep in as inspiration, but that's allowed, the book I'm reading claim that "every picture we take is merely a self-portrait of our inner psyche"!

I had a think of a couple of ideas for themes and settled on 'moods'. Then I was hit by indecision as to what to do if I take a photo I like and want to upload as my daily snap, but it doesn't fit the theme. So I have decided that the theme is just for inspiration rather than as a criteria, the photos can be of anything. That way I get the most flexibility of what to upload, and still have a muse.

While I'll be taking photos every day, I'll only upload them every few days, so keep checking back. I'm not anticipating the photos to be groundbreaking (at least not to start with!), the whole point is to improve so I won't be great initially. But I'll still try my best which will hopefully keep it interesting. Please feel free to add whatever comments you like (hopefully constructive!) as that will help me as much as the process of actually taking a photo a day, I will endeavour to reply to them all.

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Friday, 22 April 2011

Wednesday 20th April 2011

A few weeks ago I went along to help some crazy men dig the rubble out of a tunnel in a cave that filled up with sediment last time they tried to dig it out. I went back this week, and took a camera with me since I hadn't managed any other photos during the day. This is the last part of the entrance pitch into Rowter Hole in the Peak District. Many thanks go to my obliging assistants, shining lights and hanging on the rope.


18mm, 20s (auto from aperture priority), f/11, ISO 400
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  1. Daniel Money26 April 2011 at 11:29

    I like this one but I'm probably biased as I'm a caver.

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  2. Sarah Clough10 May 2011 at 11:02

    Possibly, or you could just be target audience! (actually I hope the appeal of my caving shots would be to non-cavers as well who wouldn't usually see what it's like down there).

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