Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photography. Show all posts
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Friday, 18 October 2013
Smile it's Friday
I just love to take pictures of just about anything.
I'm often asked where I find the time, but you don't have to travel very far to get a stunning picture.
It can be a simple as a quick step out of the door to check out a beautiful sunset.
Sunsets are my favorite, a beautiful red sky always makes me feel full of hope for something wonderful the next day.
What makes you smile?
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Hope you all have a fantastic weekend.
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Friday, 21 June 2013
Smile it's Friday
At last we are having some nice weather, I thought it would never come. When the weather's warm life is so much nicer.
We live near a beautiful canal and a walk along there will always lift the spirits, as well as being a great opportunity to get some fabulous pictures.
This is my favorite bridge to photograph and in the past I've captured some amazing reflection pictures, Badger Boo had just been in for a swim so the water wasn't quite still enough to get a crisp reflection and a narrow boat was coming along behind me so I had to capture it before the water was stirred up again.
I love the long slow winding bends, nothing is hurried and nothing is jagged as the canal slowly moves on.
Now lets see who else is smiling this weekend :o)
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We live near a beautiful canal and a walk along there will always lift the spirits, as well as being a great opportunity to get some fabulous pictures.
It's such a tranquil place and with the warmth of the last few days I've been spending a lot of time down there.
This is my favorite bridge to photograph and in the past I've captured some amazing reflection pictures, Badger Boo had just been in for a swim so the water wasn't quite still enough to get a crisp reflection and a narrow boat was coming along behind me so I had to capture it before the water was stirred up again.
I love the little arches under the bridge and I particularly love the symmetry of this picture, it just says peace to me.
I love the long slow winding bends, nothing is hurried and nothing is jagged as the canal slowly moves on.
Now lets see who else is smiling this weekend :o)
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Friday, 7 June 2013
If You Go Down to The Woods Today...
As much as I love this place, be warned it's not Disabled friendly and you will not get round if your in a wheelchair.
You are quite literally walking in the woods.
It all adds to the charm, but there are many uneven and steep steps cut into the tracks and very few hand rails.
I just take my time and enjoy myself and sometimes Himself acts as my handrail going down the steps.
BUT
It really is a great day out at a very reasonable cost and kids will love it there.
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Sunday, 26 May 2013
Where Does The Time Go?
Now I'm retired I seem to have so much less time to do anything these days.
I'm always so busy, how did I fit everything in before?
The past couple of weeks have been exhausting!
I had to have an emergency Dental appointment, More expense I could do without! My bridge shattered one of the teeth that supports it at the gum level, so I had to have a peg drilled into my jaw to support it so it could be refitted again. It's still really achy but the pain is dying down now.
The car had it's MOT and passed but needed a service, as my son has really clocked the miles up on it in the past year that he has been borrowing it. I'll be so glad to get it back next month, not having my own car is really getting me down now.
Although I have the use of Himself's car it's really not the same, always having to make sure he's not using it if I want to go out or catching the bus is a real bummer. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, he's been a real star about letting me use it. I just hate being dropped off and picked up all the time, if I go out I want to leave when I feel like it, not at a set time.
Stone Pit Crafts was born, which I'm very excited about.
I've got my work area all sorted in the spare bedroom.
The acupuncture I'm having done is amazing! It really does work, I'm so much more mobile and my pain has been reduced by about half. I was very skeptical at first, but now I'm a total convert. Maybe I'll be able to reduce my medication at some point as a result, I sure hope so.
I've had to start wearing one of these weird wrist things, as the Carpel Tunnel in my right hand is causing me a lot of trouble, thankfully the left hand isn't playing up at the moment.
The problem is, when I'm wearing it I can't use my walking stick as it keeps my wrist rigid, so I have to take it off to go out, but the stick aggravates it badly.
Catch 22
There has been talk of an operation on it, but it's something I've decided against for the time being after discussing it with the Specialist, as I won't be able to use my walking stick for approx four weeks to aid the healing process.
Yeah right, how the heck am I supposed to get around then?
For my Birthday Himself treated me to a photographic workshop with Robert Barclay who was formerly a Fleet Street Photographer for many years, what an awesome guy.
He was the subject of my Silent Sunday post last week and here's another of his awesome expressions.
We all spent time taking pictures of each other doing different poses, but Himself had to put is own spin on it which you can see here.
I hate my picture being taken, but there are some really good ones of me that look really natural too. When I've received all the emails from the others on the course and sorted through I'll pick out some nice ones to post.
I'll finally have a profile picture that I actually like at last.
Just to finish off here's a couple of "arty" pictures I took that day that I really, really like.
Hope you do too?
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I'm always so busy, how did I fit everything in before?
The past couple of weeks have been exhausting!
I had to have an emergency Dental appointment, More expense I could do without! My bridge shattered one of the teeth that supports it at the gum level, so I had to have a peg drilled into my jaw to support it so it could be refitted again. It's still really achy but the pain is dying down now.
The car had it's MOT and passed but needed a service, as my son has really clocked the miles up on it in the past year that he has been borrowing it. I'll be so glad to get it back next month, not having my own car is really getting me down now.
Although I have the use of Himself's car it's really not the same, always having to make sure he's not using it if I want to go out or catching the bus is a real bummer. Don't get me wrong I'm not complaining, he's been a real star about letting me use it. I just hate being dropped off and picked up all the time, if I go out I want to leave when I feel like it, not at a set time.
Stone Pit Crafts was born, which I'm very excited about.
I've got my work area all sorted in the spare bedroom.
I've got myself a Domain name to set up a website, but having real problems trying to take it to the next stage. I thought getting it through Google/Blogger would be easy as I'm using it already, but I'm not finding the Help pages very Helpful at all, any hints, tips or tutorials on this subject would be much appreciated please.
The allotment is starting to take shape at last, this year we are only using the bottom third as there's still a lot of manual work to do on the other two thirds. I've covered most of the area to keep the weeds from growing and now I have a petrol strimmer, I'll soon make short work of all the weeds and grass at the back.
The acupuncture I'm having done is amazing! It really does work, I'm so much more mobile and my pain has been reduced by about half. I was very skeptical at first, but now I'm a total convert. Maybe I'll be able to reduce my medication at some point as a result, I sure hope so.
I've had to start wearing one of these weird wrist things, as the Carpel Tunnel in my right hand is causing me a lot of trouble, thankfully the left hand isn't playing up at the moment.
The problem is, when I'm wearing it I can't use my walking stick as it keeps my wrist rigid, so I have to take it off to go out, but the stick aggravates it badly.
Catch 22
There has been talk of an operation on it, but it's something I've decided against for the time being after discussing it with the Specialist, as I won't be able to use my walking stick for approx four weeks to aid the healing process.
Yeah right, how the heck am I supposed to get around then?
For my Birthday Himself treated me to a photographic workshop with Robert Barclay who was formerly a Fleet Street Photographer for many years, what an awesome guy.
He was the subject of my Silent Sunday post last week and here's another of his awesome expressions.
We all spent time taking pictures of each other doing different poses, but Himself had to put is own spin on it which you can see here.
I hate my picture being taken, but there are some really good ones of me that look really natural too. When I've received all the emails from the others on the course and sorted through I'll pick out some nice ones to post.
I'll finally have a profile picture that I actually like at last.
Just to finish off here's a couple of "arty" pictures I took that day that I really, really like.
Hope you do too?
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Friday, 8 March 2013
Misty Sunrise ~ Photo of The Week
I've posted my Photo of The Week here for one week only, as my photography blog is having a much needed facelift. I hope you'll like it, because I certainly do.
It should be up and running in a day or two with all systems functioning properly as I've hit upon a couple of glitches.
I'll tell you all about them when it goes live.
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Saturday, 2 March 2013
Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Photo Flops ~ Flash
Taking pictures of my dog Badger Boo indoors is getting harder and harder. The reason is, he has Cataracts and PRA, so if I use the flash it gets mirrored straight back at you and he has spooky white eyes.
When taken without the flash, the picture is too dark to see his beautiful little face because of his markings as seen below.
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If you have any hints and tips how to avoid this problem I would love to hear them.
If you have any Photo Flop problems then link up below and hopefully someone will have the answer for you.
When taken without the flash, the picture is too dark to see his beautiful little face because of his markings as seen below.
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If you have any hints and tips how to avoid this problem I would love to hear them.
If you have any Photo Flop problems then link up below and hopefully someone will have the answer for you.
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Thursday, 7 February 2013
The Gallery ~ Noses
The theme for The Gallery this week is Noses.
I've not done The Gallery for a while, but what fantastic theme, what with Red Nose Day coming up.
But my real reason for loving this theme is my dog Badger Boo, he has the cutest little black button nose, it's always so shiny, moist and very very black.
I just love to take pictures of it.
Did you know that every dogs nose is unique?
Their Nose Prints are as individual as our finger prints.
Why not head over to Sticky Fingers and check out some other great noses.
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Friday, 11 January 2013
Himself - What's the Point?
Himself came home this evening feeling rather pleased with himself, he had captured what looked like a really unusual shot of a tree in the dark surrounded by a strange aura.
He has no idea how he did it, and was unable to repeat it, as sadly it's not in focus. I think it's a pretty clever effort, but what's the point if he can't remember how he did it? It's like telling you a bit of gossip but not getting the juicy bits!
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| Night View No Flash. |
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| Night View With Flash |
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| He has absolutely no idea what he did ? BOINK **as I slap him round head for daftness** |
Seriously he's starting to give me a run for my money now. Better book myself onto a photographic course ASAP as I can't have that!
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