2008 Photo A Day » at home

Day #362

admin — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 16:46:25 +0000

Title: Plotting A Route
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: The sun we were promised in the forecast never materialised today. A shame, but I was busy with various jobs at home. Tomorrow, my fellow geocaching addict friend Alistair is coming over, so I spent a little time this afternoon plotting some caches we can visit. Let’s hope the sun comes out for us!

Day #358

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 10:42:54 +0000

Title: A Reviving Cuppa
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 50mm EF f/1.8 + 12mm extension tube
Notes: Another day of drab weather and too much work to do. Still, a nice, reviving cuppa works wonders.

Day #357

admin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:45:15 +0000

Title: Coins Of The Realm
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: I was really busy today, spending most of the time working. And the weather was pretty drab, so I didn’t even feel like popping out for a few minutes at lunchtime. However, I’ve been trying to think around this week’s 366 theme, Circles. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without chocolate money, now would it?

Day #351

admin — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:43:58 +0000

Title: White Christmas
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: I have been stupidly busy all day, and singularly uninspired when I did get five minutes to myself. So you’ll have to put up with a picture of my little white tree!

Day #349

admin — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 21:33:17 +0000

Title: A Curly Quartet
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: Messing about with some candles this evening.

Day #347

admin — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:00:24 +0000

Title: Icy Morning
Location: At Home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: I woke up to a very heavy frost this morning, which is always good for a few pictures. I took some other shots in the garden, but I liked this one of the car best.

Day #336

admin — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:10:13 +0000

Title: Catch A Note
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 17-85mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM
Notes: I got home from Sheffield in the afternoon, but didn’t find anything inspiring to photograph on my journey. Then I got busy doing various jobs at home. It wasn’t until around 10pm when I remembered I’d not taken a picture. Mild panic! I found this paperweight and did a quick shot. Sorry it’s not very creative, but I really was too tired to do anything more original.

Day #332

admin — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:38:02 +0000

Title: Chilly Outside, Chili Inside
Location: At home
Camera: Canon Ixus 850IS compact
Notes: A bit strapped for time and decent daylight today, as I’ve been trying to get loads of things finished before heading off for a long weekend away at BarCampSheffieldII. You’ve actually seen this before, but this time, I went for a macro shot.

Day #326

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:27:41 +0000

Title: Abstract Light
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 17-85mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM
Notes: A bit short of inspiration, time and natural daylight today. But I did sit in my office wondering what to photograph. I looked up, and thought… “ah!”

Day #324

admin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:14:58 +0000

Title: Fractal Food!
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 50mm EF f/1.8 + 12mm extension tube
Notes: I’ve been fascinated by Broccoli Romanesco ever since I saw Erasmus T’s picture of it on Flickr ages ago, but haven’t been able to find any in the shops unti yesterday. So this morning, I decided to have a go at some still life, lit by natural sunlight from the window. Seems too good to eat, doesn’t it?

Day #321

admin — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:34:49 +0000

Title: Sterling
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 50mm EF f/1.8 + 12mm extension tube / macro ring flash
Notes: Having seen Erasmus T‘s shot of some Euros yesterday, it reminded me that I had a set of freshly-minted coins in the cupboard which I’ve been meaning to photograph for a while. They were a real pain as it turned out – they are mounted on slightly shiny black card, behind protective plastic. An utter nightmare when you add a ring flash to the equation! Still, a bit of perseverence and a lot of cursing later, I got something reasonable. It’s a special commemorative design of the Royal Shield of Arms. I’ve seen the £1 in circulation but don’t recall seeing any of the “shrapnel” from this set in my purse.

Day #320

admin — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 15:42:58 +0000

Title: Cabernet Shiraz Refractions
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 24-105mm EF f/4 L IS USM
Notes: I didn’t manage to get out early today while the sun was out, so had to settle with an indoor shot for today’s picture.

Day #315

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:41:19 +0000

Title: Curvy Cat
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 17-85mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM
Notes: Totally miserable weather outside all day. But this week’s 366 theme is Animals, so I thought I would take a still life of this glass cat sculpture.

Day #308

admin — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:49:49 +0000

Title: Drawing With Light
Location: At home
Camera: Canon EOS 30D / 17-85mm EF f/4-5.6 IS USM
Notes: Having a quick play with writing with light. Took a few goes to get it framed up right, but I think this isn’t bad! No better options outside today, it was another grey day.