365 Day 4

Just a quick post today.
I'm teaching my son to drive. It's nerve wracking!
But I found a great place to go-a University campus during the Christmas/ New Year break-it's empty!
These photos aren't very exciting but I guess they are a record of something we did today.
I'm also going to see 'Australia' the movie today and may not manage anymore pictures-so this is it for Day 4!








All taken with panosonic FZ5 on auto.
My son has no patience for me faffing about with a camera!

365 Day 3

Well I've managed to keep this up for 3 days!!

I was at home today so just played around with some photos from the garden and some photos of this little condiment set that I bought in a thrift shop. I love the retro look of these. I was playing around with depth of field today. AND I even got off auto, off AP and onto fully manual!!! Yea!!I have chosen one of the canister shots as my photo of the day because I think it's a good example of depth of field:



Here is a collage of some others:


These are some shots from the garden. I like the shot of the seed heads silhouetted against the sky.
I also like the light on the tree branches.

365 day 2

This is my photo for the day. I took photos when Emily and I were out shopping today. I loved all the colours and textures in the shop. I chose this photo because I liked all the lines-the horizontal lines of the shelves, and the folded garments, and the vertical lines of the sticky labels on the clothes. I also liked the colours and the black and white.



Here are some more from the day:


The umbrella shot below was a close contender for the photo of the day.
I like the perspective which shows off the circle of the rack.

I also like the texture in the closeup shot of the scarf.

DAY 1

So, this year I am going to try to take a photo a day, every day, all year! Now those of you who know me will know this will never happen! But it is a worthy challenge! Some days I will get lots of nice photos, and I will upload a selection to this blog. Other days, especially working days, the photo will be more mundane. At the end of the year not only should I have a nice record of 2009, but hopefully my photography skills will have developed also!

So here is today's selection. We visited my mother in law and went for a lovely walk at Balmerino in Fife, on the River Tay. It is a gorgeous spot. It was very cold and we had to negotiate icy puddles, but I managed to get some nice shots. However I am not choosing one of the best for my photo of the day, but instead one that is slightly unusual. This is a picture of me taking a picture of the round traffic mirror that was at the end of a lane:



I have posted a selection of other photos that give a picture of the charm of Balmerino. You can clicck on the images for a closer view.