I think it’s probably about time for one of those updates where I explain pretty much exactly what’s been happening over the past few weeks, months and years. Well, weeks and months anyway. I should warn you at the start this may be a long one, and may involve something known as “emotions” and “feelings”…

Day 226: Buds Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: Not sure what kind of tree this is but I think it’s beautiful!

Day 225: Chelmer Reflections Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: Daily Shoot assignment: "Make a photograph of something shiny today." I had difficulty with this assignment, mainly because of pinning down what would class as ‘shiny’. It was a beautiful day so I strolled down to the river, and I think the water here probably…

Day 224: Piano Keys Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: Daily Shoot assignment: "Focus on an edge today and make a photograph." Well I apologise for doing *another* shot of piano keys, but this is the edge of a piano 🙂

Another week, another weekend. That’s how this time business works. Well, enough philosophising. I’ve already updated you with the results of the BAP, so no need to go into that too much! On Friday night we led at 21. AJ was away this week, so we had to lead ourselves. Fortunately we had some help…

Day 223: Violet Hill Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: Daily Shoot assignment: "Make a photograph from an unusual point of view." I decided to try a *low* point of view today. This is a picture of some violets in a small bit of woodland. I’ve done a little bit of post-processing just to try…

Day 222: Church Symmetry Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: Daily Shoot assignment: "Illustrate symmetry in a photograph today." I like the symmetry of the altar and windows here, taken at church this morning. It isn’t a classically attractive church, but it does have a certain charm I think 🙂

Day 221: Banana – Fair Trade Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: Daily Shoot assignment: "Make a photograph of a symbol today." I found this quite hard, because a symbol is more than just a logo. It’s meant to represent something. In the end I chose the Fair Trade logo: I think this symbolises trying…

Just a quick post to let you know that I’ve heard the results of my BAP (which I mentioned before). Anyway, I can confirm that they are happy to recommend me 🙂 I spoke to Stuart (the assistant DDO) today, and I will meet with him on Monday evening to go over the whole report.…

Day 220: Small blue flower Originally uploaded by phillsacre Via Flickr: A small blue flower I saw today. No Daily Shoot because I didn’t particularly know how to illustrate attraction – I wanted to take a picture of the bees pollenating but couldn’t quite get a picture of one!