Today’s Daily Shoot challenge was “Change your point of view. Make a photograph from an unusual point of view today.” Well, unfortunately this photo probably looks a lot more pedestrian than it was to take. I had to stand on a chair to get it (the photo is directly above the flowers).
I usually take flower shots from the side, but I think it worked quite nicely from above.
Today’s Daily Shoot assignment is “Make a photograph that features a leading line through it today. Draw the viewers eye through the image.”
I thought a river might fulfil that criteria – the lines of the river draw your eye into the distance!
I’ve been a bit lax in updating recently. Unfortunately I’ve not been well: I had a cold Tuesday and Wednesday last week, and again today! I think this was mainly because I went back to work before I felt completely better, and probably overdid it at the weekend as well. Speaking of the weekend…
On Friday night we had the 21 overnighter. This basically meant the 21ers arrived at 8pm on Friday night, we had an hour playing games, and then we split off into boys and girls groups. The girls watched a film, and the boys played Mario Kart on the Wii. After that we got ready for bed and slept – at least, in theory we slept. I don’t think I slept all that much to be honest, but still! It seemed to go pretty well and I think all the kids enjoyed it.
On Friday it was also Phil’s (30th!) birthday, so during the evening we had a little presentation where we gave her a card and a little present. Then, on Saturday, her parents came up, as well as Roz and Matt. We walked into Wivenhoe together and had lunch at the Greyhound. Apparently they’ve just opened up a restaurant there, and it was very nice! I had a steak, and it was cooked about right – tender, and tasty.
Afterwards we wandered back home, and chatted for a while. When they’d left we cleared up, and then Anne-Marie and Sarah came round for a bit and we had pizza and watched the rest of Cranford. We very much enjoyed the series, and it was nice to see AM and Sarah again. Felt like ages since the last time!
Anyway. On Sunday, we went to the all-age service in the morning. Afterwards Julie, Dave and Emma came round and we went to the Anchor at Nayland for lunch. It was delicious, as always, then we came back home and had a cup of tea with them before they headed off and we went out to Sunday@6. After that we just came back home and watched Top Gear.
So, all in all, it wasn’t a bad weekend, despite me not feeling brilliant for some of it! I’ve had the day off work today though, so I’m hoping that will knock this cold on the head and I’ll start feeling better. Must remember: overdoing things when you’re not feeling well does not make it easy for your body to recover! Must allow some time to recuperate…
The Daily Shoot assignment today was “Illustrate preparedness in a photograph”. I hope this photo manages to illustrate preparing for spring: bits of old growth need to be trimmed off, which is what’s going on in the foreground, and in the background you can see some signs that spring is coming!
The Daily Shoot challenge today is: “Use a window or a door as a frame for your subject today in a photograph.”
Well I’m not sure this quite fulfils that, but it’s a view from our hallway into the living room. I think it looks pretty cosy and warm, although it’s not the warmest ever day today!
Today’s Daily Shoot assignment: “Power plugs are ubiquitous. Can you make a creative photo of such a common thing?”
Well, this is the end result today. Black and white seemed to be the natural choice to me.
The Daily Shoot challenge was: “Go abstract today and make a photograph that focuses on form and color rather than detail.”
I think this qualifies as abstract, not sure how good it is though! It’s the candle on a dinner table at a pub we went to for lunch.
The Daily Shoot challenge today was “Create a photo that gives a sense of depth or dimension.” What I was aiming for with this picture was a sense of depth, i.e. the rock close up, the tree further away, the horizon… just my take on it really 🙂
The Daily Shoot challenge today was to “make a photograph with a low horizon that emphasises the sky”. Well, the horizon here is so low you can’t even see it!
I did play around with the colours a little but in the end decided the most striking thing was the original blue. It was virtually a cloudless day today, and the sun was very strong.
Recently I’ve taken pictures of catkins. I’ve also taken pictures (or a picture) of a pine cone. You may have been thinking, “Where can he possibly go from there? Where can he take this further?” Well, wonder no longer. This is it: Catkins AND pinecones… IN ONE PICTURE!!!
N.B: these may not actually be pine cones, but they do look a bit like them.
Anyway. Today’s daily shoot challenge was: “Make a photo that captures something newsworthy to you”. Well, given that I’ve been stuck inside the house for nearly 48 hours with a cold, pretty much *everything* outside is newsworthy to me at the moment.
