I should have posted this weeks ago but didn’t really want to post it due to not really liking it very much. Still, I’m trying to make up for lost time on this project.
Reflection of a candle on the hearth:
The reflection of a small flame
Posts Tagged ‘photography’
P365.18 – Day 18 of Project 365: Reflection
Monday, March 8th, 2010Photography project failing
Monday, March 8th, 2010It’s been three weeks since I posted last. I’m not doing very well, am I? Busy work, server fiddling and a lack of inspiration and energy have meant that I’ve hardly touched my camera since the 16th of Feb. Taking on a photo a day project is a fair undertaking and it’s amazing the pressure that builds up when you aren’t getting it done.
I need a good kick up the backside and to get back on it. Thing is, I’m not sure if I should retrospectively post photos or to just start up again from now. I think I will post what photos I have taken and be better at using my camera everyday from today.
I took this the other day after working in the 3Sixty offices in Bristol. I finished work just after lunch and Pete (@markedup) recommended it as the weather was great and the light up there was very good. Thanks Pete!
The tower on Brandon Hill in Bristol
Creative Anxiety, pipe dreams & doubt
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010It’s been a funny couple of weeks in a creative sense. I’ve been really quite busy work wise; working over in Bristol for a week on a short contract, which while it was good to be working with other people again, did sap me a little due to not being used to getting up at 6am – it’s been a while since I had to commute! I took my camera with me every day with the intention of getting some good shots around Bristol but I found I got nothing. I tried…found a nice graveyard with some old and gnarly gravestones, a really interesting place up in Clifton, but I couldn’t seem to get my eye in; My perception of light was awry, resulting in me getting my settings all wrong (I work in manual mode), taking badly composed shots and generally finding the whole process very frustrating. This seems to have been the case for the last two weeks and it almost feels as though I am new to this whole photography lark.
The Cranes in the Docks, Bristol
P365.17 – Day 17 of Project 365: Lemon Drizzle
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010And fast forward a few days as I’d not been able (read ‘had no inspiration’) to get any shots and the few i did try to get were utter crap, so i ignored my 365 Project. This was taken on Saturday 13th Feb whilst at my dads house for my cousins birthday. My dads partner, Maggie, had made this rather epic Lemon Drizzle cake that was so begging to be devoured. I managed to hold off till after dinner…
Maggies awesome Lemon Drizzle cake.
P365.16 – Day 16 of Project 365 – Flat
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010Some flats I saw on my way to work when I was contracting at 3Sixty last week. Forgive the rubbish quality of this and the next couple of posts – My eye seems to be out at the moment. I have also been really bad with my 365 project and have only made two posts in the last 10 days. Hey ho, work gets in the way i guess.
Some flats near Clifton.
P365.15 – Day 15 of Project 365 – A dog
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
P365.14 – Day 14 of Project 365: Boat on a rope
Friday, February 5th, 2010And here is my 14th photo of the project. Two weeks in and only 50 to go – that seems like a hell of a way away. I had a meeting about some freelance work over in Bristol today and of course, took my camera. This is obviously one shot I took there. OK, Im tired of typing. It’s all crap that’s in my head that I am typing out for reasons I am not sure of. I mean who wants to read shite like this? Look, it’s a picture I took, I like taking pictures.
Boat in Bristol Docks
P365.13 – Day 13 of Project 365: Laying in wait
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Don’t worry, it’s not real. I was playing Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 and as it was pretty close to the 3rd of Feb (day 13), I thought it would make quite a good photo for the project…well, it’s different.
This is mid way through a Special-Ops level set in Russia; It’s a stealth mission where you have to sneak through without getting discovered…or snipe everyone and their dogs and get through the level with no one standing. Either way, it’s pretty intense and a very enjoyable bit of escapism late on a week night.
Planning the kill
P365.12 – Day 12 of Project 365: The Bokeh Tree
Thursday, February 4th, 2010Noticed this tree on the way back from an excellent afternoon/evening in the pub, catching up with Pete, a good friend and ex colleague. I used to walk past this tree every day when I worked in town but never noticed if it had lights on it or not. It’s in Kingsmead Square in Bath. I needed a photo for the day, and this was it. I took a few shots but the bokeh version appealed most.
Fairy lights adorning a tree in Bath
P365.11 – Day 11 of Project 365: Troll
Thursday, February 4th, 2010This is probably my least inspired photo of the project. I forgot about the project and suddenly remembered late at night. This is the result.
My troll, bless him
I have had this Troll since 2002 when I was given it by one of the kids I used to work with when I was a Senior Support Worker at a place for kids with Aspergers Syndrome. Alun gave me the Troll as a leaving gift at my leaving party.
The Troll sits close to my work area at home and always has done. Something about their faces makes you smile. It also reminds me of a time in my life, before I got fully in to computers, when I did a job that directly affected the lives of those I worked with. I love what I do now but working with kids like them is a little more enriching, the input you have may stay with someone for the rest of their lives. With Web development, there is a feeling that at any time, the work you’ve done, the work you are very proud of, can be deleted, switched off or ignored. There is a certain lack of permanence to the work. I guess this keeps it fresh but I do sometimes miss working with Autistic and Aspergers folk.