365 - Catch up!

It's been a while so a quick catch up of the 365. It's proving harder than I thought because I don't seem to have time to actually think too hard about the shots, however, I will try harder!

Don't forget, if you want to see a bigger version, just click on the photo and it'll take you to my Flickr page....

22nd Feb - Waiting for the bus, it started to snow (again) but the sun was painting the clouds with a lovely reddish hue. This didn't capture it. :))




23rd Feb - On the way into work, between buses. There was a little patch of ground undisturbed by people but it looked like the birds had been taking part in a waltz!



24th Feb - Nom Nom Nom. Sometimes, just sometimes, nothing else will do. I have gone for months without eating Quavers but then all of a sudden, I MUST have them. The 24th was one of those days!



25th Feb - Wall at Work. I like to print my photos up and I stuck them up at work to make the office a little brighter!



26th Feb - Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. One of the first shots I took on Friday - I haven't had time to look at the rest properly but will soon.

The 365 Challenge - #7 & #8

Yesterday was a trip to Whitehouse Farm just outside Morpeth. We had a brilliant time and James loved feeding the animals. He was especially happy to see the horses and did not seem as put off as the adults by the smell of the pig pen! I haven't looked at all of my shots from yesterday yet but this was one of the early ones and, because it looks like (s)he's smiling, I decided to make it my number 7 in my 365 challenge:-



Today, I've been feeling a bit strange - I just keep coming over really light-headed. So I decided to go for an easy subject - Doris, my begonia. Except it wasn't as easy as I thought. I only realised how rubbish my shots were after it was dark. This is the best I could do with the shots I had:-



Not brilliant but it could be worse - I took a shot of the light coming through the voile on the wooden floor and in theory, it should have been good but the reality was that it was worse than this one!

003 and 004 of 365

This first shot was taken yesterday when I was a little rushed off my feet. Yes, it's an orange. I've tried to make it as interesting as possible but it hasn't really worked... :))




This one was taken today on my way to get the bus home. It's in the centre of Newcastle and is a new building that they are finishing off. I wish I could have found something more interesting to take a shot of but that's why this is a challenge!

365

Okies, the 365 starts on 14th February 2010. I have my little compact camera now to carry around with me and I have been scribbling down ideas that I can do in the house or near to where I live should I be unable to come up with a shot while out and about.

I'm looking forward to it. I don't want it to be just snapshots so will have to think creatively and make a bog standard shot of a household item a little different to include it in the 365. I am hoping to use the 365 as a chance to improve both my technical skills and my editing skills. We'll see.

I probably won't be able to upload a shot a day so will try and upload once a week. I certainly will be taking a shot a day for it though.

If anyone wants to see my other photos, then please head to my flickr page:-

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dm82/

I think that as well as improving my photography, the 365 is a challenge which sounds quite easy to complete but may be harder to actually do. I have been thinking about doing it for a while when I realised I was getting bored with photography. I have lots of photos in my archive waiting to be edited but there wasn't really any challenge in getting them. I used to go and just take snaps without really thinking too much.

When I was given a 50mm lens for Christmas, it sparked my interest in photography again. It's quite a challenge to get it perfectly in focus without auto-focus to rely on. Especially when you're as impatient as me.

Looking for more to get my teeth into, I set up a group on Flickr where people can take part in a challenge a month. This month, the challenge is "Tell a Story in 3 Shots". You can read more about it and the rules at Flickr:-

http://www.flickr.com/groups/nemonthlychallenge/

I would discuss my idea for my "story" here but I never know which Flickerites will be reading.... Dave... lol

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It feels strange to use this blog again because I have another one on a different blog site and on there, I write quite freely about the things that are happening in my day-to-day life, as well as sharing photos and my writing.

I am part of a community on that blog site but here, I'm a stranger. I think I found it harder to integrate myself on this site and therefore left this one and tried the other one. So we'll see how it goes this time around!