As well as a wedding last weekend, Mrs C and I made a detour on the way home to visit The Photographic Angle exhibition “Creativity”, on show in Bracknell. I have to say this is probably the best exhibition I’ve seen so far from TPA – and I’m not just saying that because it features a…
Last week I posted that I wasn’t sure what kit to take to the wedding of some good friends to which we’d been invited as guests. I had some useful advice from Claire on twitter ; @photosbypjc Take the compact. Like you said, you’re a guest and you don’t want to get in the way of the…
I have a dilemma to face tomorrow. We’re guests at the wedding of a friend of my wife. We’ve known the couple for about 5 years and the 4 of us are god parents to Mikey, the son of another couple that we are friends with. My problem is what camera(s) and gear to take –…
Still playing catch-up with my photos and uploaded two weeks of my Project XLV images last weekend. You can find the slideshow of all images here. Many of them have been shot with my Xperia phone as it’s been difficult to find the time to get out with the DSLR despite the fine weather we’ve…
Finally got round to looking at the few pictures I took of the Farnborough Air Show a few weeks ago. We used to go as a family every two years when it was on, but haven’t been to the last two so I resorted to capturing what I could from the back garden. This year…
Today marks 122 days into the 365 project so I’m officially one third of the way there. In general I’m really happy with the standard of shots I’m taking, even with the Xperia phone, and it’s definitely forcing me to look around every day to find new and interesting things to photograph. Occasionally I have…
Getting back into the swing of early starts after my 6-week work hiatus. It’s good to be back in the land of the employed again but I’ve found it hard to make time for photography as a result. While I was off, I did take advantage of my freedom and spent some time visiting local…
After six weeks enforced leave, I am now back in an office environment for my 9-5. My new employer has a massive office space which is currently only about 30% utilised so there are prospects for some interesting office environments plus the chance to look around the area at lunchtime (and of course on my…
I’ve made it past Day 100 of my 365 Project XLV Day 100 I took the rose shot and a couple of others at my Mother’s house while we were visiting last week. I also spent a couple of hours last Friday getting some new head shots done. This was my first time properly shooting tethered…
Back at the end of May, I went to a Photographic Angle Exhibition called Monochrome. A really interesting mix of portraits, landscapes, street and abstract works. I really liked this shot of London by James Fell. And the self-portrait here by John Timbrell As always, I took my camera and got a couple of shots of my…
Have had a really busy few weeks outside of photography, but I’m back now so it’s time to tell you what’s been happening; 52 Week themes of Summer (above), Water and Light have come and gone; I also attended a concert by the fab guitarist Dale Harris and got a couple of shots from there….
Kicking off last week with this shot, that fitted the 52 Week theme of ‘Colour’; So I’m now ‘between contracts’ work-wise. For the first time in over 15 years I’ve not been able to secure a new contract before my old one ends – such is the state of the Oil & Gas industry at…
Really interesting theme for the Flickr 52-week group this week – Pareidolia – finding and photographing images of faces or objects in places where they don’t really exist. This was my best effort – but there are some really good ones if you click the link in the paragraph above. Other than that, this past week seems…
Theme for last week was Wildlife – depending on where you live this could be a good opportunity but for me in suburban Surrey UK things are somewhat limited. In the end I settled for this; Which I like as a photograph, the colours are good the subject is sharp and the bokeh are nice….