A little chuckle.
39mm, 1/60s, f/5, ISO 400
Concept
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.
For my trip reports blog see http://fidgetsadventures.blogspot.com
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friends. Show all posts
Saturday, 24 December 2011
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Monday, 19 December 2011
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
Thursday, 24 November 2011
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Saturday 19th November 2011
This photo was taken on the second pitch of Diccan Pot in the Yorkshire Dales. There will be a trip report to follow on my sister blog soon, watch this space!
7.6mm, 1/74s, f/3, ISO 200. (auto)
7.6mm, 1/74s, f/3, ISO 200. (auto)
Thursday, 10 November 2011
Thursday 10th November 2011
I made it back up to the colliery tonight (see yesterday), but with a friend so that I wouldn't get scared off by any hissing noises (there was still much hissing, but I realised it was probably owls). This photo represents various things I've been working on, one being the colliery (see previous photos here and here), and one being a silhouette of a person (which I keep trying down a cave, and failing on). This is one shot, no HDR, just with a bit of 'dodging' in photoshop. I think it looks a little un-real, which I really like about it.
20mm, 30s, f/10, ISO 400
20mm, 30s, f/10, ISO 400
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Saturday 22nd October 2011
A bit of a failed attempt at cave photography. This is the best of the bunch and doesn't even get close to what I was trying to achieve! Bit more research required before the next attempt.
18mm, 20s, f/5.6, ISO 800
18mm, 20s, f/5.6, ISO 800
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Monday 17th October 2011
Labels:
detail,
effort,
friends,
indoors,
participation
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Sunday 2nd October 2011
An in-motion snap taken on the Cat and Fiddle cycle challenge today. A really enjoyable ride, and a nice day for it too!
6.1mm, 1/640s, f/3.2. (auto)
6.1mm, 1/640s, f/3.2. (auto)
Monday, 12 September 2011
Wednesday 7th September 2011
Another music night at the Greyhound, unfortunately camera was still in manual focus but it's the best photo I got today. It's not a shot I'm at all happy with, it's too chaotic and jumbled, but at least the wide angle and its distortion still sort of lead you in to the person playing guitar.
10mm, 1/13s, f/13, ISO 640
10mm, 1/13s, f/13, ISO 640
Labels:
detail,
enthusiasm,
friends,
happy,
indoors,
music,
participation
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Saturday 13th August 2011
This Moroccan inspired conservatory (this is the outside) was made from scratch, by hand, by a friend of mine - haven't they made it lovely.
18mm, 1/160s (auto from aperture priority), f/3.5, ISO 800
18mm, 1/160s (auto from aperture priority), f/3.5, ISO 800
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Saturday 23rd July 2011
I was invited down the Roaches this evening so I planned my bike ride to finish nearby, then dragged my weary body to the Upper Tier. It was a pleasure to be able to take photos of this photogenic route - Neb Buttress. The light was amazing, and the photo looks great on my screen, shame the colours look washed out and noisy as soon as I upload it to flickr! The rocks in the centre are the Lower Tier of the Roaches, and in the background on the left is Hen Cloud.
18mm, 1/160s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 400
18mm, 1/160s (auto from aperture priority), f/5.6, ISO 400
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
Saturday 9th July 2011
This is the look you may wear when it is suggested that this lady, who swings a mean right hook with the bag, could be your wife.
The photo is a little grainy as it was taken at a fairly high ISO from the back row of seating at an outdoor theatre production at full zoom! I think it's acceptable though.
250mm, 1/100s, f/6.3, ISO 1600
The photo is a little grainy as it was taken at a fairly high ISO from the back row of seating at an outdoor theatre production at full zoom! I think it's acceptable though.
250mm, 1/100s, f/6.3, ISO 1600
Friday, 8 July 2011
Wednesday 6th July 2011
Another play with light-painting. After I took this I realised I hadn't managed to point the torch completely away from the camera (the idea was to strangely illuminate the subjects, not to make light trails), so I took another. However I got the zoom wrong (I'd forgotten a tripod so had the camera resting on the ground and the zoom changed when I picked it up and replaced it). Then I tried a third, but I used too much light and there wasn't any subtelty or pattern to it. Then my friends had to leave! So I'm going with this one.
18mm, 1/30s, f/5.66.3, ISO 200
18mm, 1/30s, f/5.66.3, ISO 200
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Monday 30th May 2011
This is George, a photographer friend who has his skills honed to an enviable level (see his website , and his adorable charge Pippa.
39mm, 1/200s (auto from aperture priority), f/4, ISO 800
39mm, 1/200s (auto from aperture priority), f/4, ISO 800
Monday, 23 May 2011
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