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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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Wednesday, 28 December 2011

Tuesday 27th December 2011

This is my cousin Rob, and his youngest daughter Maisie. I love this photo, it's something a bit different and I think it conveys a nice sense of motion, an instance where the built in flash works really well.

I'm going on holiday to Austria tomorrow, I'll be taking my final few photos while I'm away, and I shall upload them once I'm back.

18mm, 1/15s, f/5.6, ISO 400

Monday, 16 May 2011

Sunday 15th May 2011

I always forget that I'll see Red Kites when I head down South, and I'm always awed by them. Such huge beast grazing power cables and rooftops. On my back home I almost made myself late for an engagement as I kept stopping every time I passed another batch of them (or possibly the same lot, scarpering whenever I stopped to watch). They eventually seemed to congregate over Watlington and a lady gave me a tip of a particular hill to go up and watch them so I may do next time I'm in the area.

250mm, 1/250s (auto from aperture priority), f/9, ISO 800

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

Saturday 7th May 2011

Free umbrella, free rain, free reign.

18mm, 1/50s (auto from aperture priority), f/5, ISO 800

Thursday 5th May 2011

Dandelion seeds. I also got a photo of a green lacewing which has beautiful shimmery translucent wings (less so in the photo), but I prefer this one.

1/80s, f/10 (approx), ISO 800

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Sunday 17th April 2011

Getting air.

18mm, 1/800s (auto from aperture priority), f/4.5, ISO 400

Thursday, 7 April 2011

Thursday 7th April 2011

One of a pair of gorgeous grey wagtails frolicking up and down an old mill weir.

250mm, 1/50s (auto from aperture priority), f/6.3, ISO 800

Wednesday, 30 March 2011

Sunday 27th March 2011

An unknown climber on Shepherds Crag in Borrowdale, Lake District.

129mm, 1/200s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 800

Monday, 14 March 2011

Sunday 13th March 2011

I used to do a lot of rock climbing, but a couple of years ago my interest waned and I no longer enjoyed it. Now my trips out are very occasional but due to the novelty value and the company of good friends I no longer see as often, I do really enjoy them again. Especially when the sun shines like this! I like this photo as it captured everything that was good about the day and hopefully will give the same impression to other people looking it at that don't have a personal attachment to it.

180mm, 1/250s, f/8, ISO 200