Day 163: Reach for the Sky Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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…

Day 162: Catkins and Pine Cones Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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……

Day 161: Mobile Telephone Originally uploaded by phillsacre The Daily Shoot challenge today: “Fill the frame of a photograph with a single subject”. Last week I bought a new tripod, so I thought I’d give it a whirl today. I took this photo with a lower ISO (200), as opposed to ISO 1600 which the…

Day 160: Trees in a line Originally uploaded by phillsacre The daily shoot challenge today was to create a photo which involved repetition. This is a slightly loose definition of the word but … um… there are multiple trees in this picture. In very similar positions. Thus, repetition. Yeah, I’m not convinced either 😉 I…

Well I’m being organised for once and writing this “the weekend” post shortly after the weekend has actually finished! I was going to go mad and do it last night but I was watching Top Gear and didn’t want to compose this post on my phone. Aaanyway, this weekend we did the usual stuff –…

Day 159: Piano Keys Originally uploaded by phillsacre I’ve been on a bit of a black and white thing the past week or so! The Daily Shoot challenge today is: “Make a photograph using hard light today. Feature the crisp and strong shadows as a major element of your photograph.” I was using a lamp…

Day 158: Phone Keypad Originally uploaded by phillsacre Today’s Daily Shoot assignment: ‘Make a photograph that illustrates an aspect of communication.’ Well, I think the telephone is an aspect of communication, so to speak! Think this shot turned out surprisingly well, and I think it works better in black and white.

Day 157: Red Berries Revisited Originally uploaded by phillsacre Daily Shoot theme today is simply red (should have done a photo on the theme of ‘If you don’t know me by now’ but still…) Anyway, this is a cluster of lots of red berries. I tried to use a wider aperture so that the berries…

Day 156: Gas Cylinder Originally uploaded by phillsacre In some scrubland near where I work someone has dumped a load of old gas cylinders. I don’t really know why. I just wanted to illustrate the difference between the lushness and green of the background, and the ugliness of the tank! Plus, the daily shoot today…

Day 155: Centre of Attention Originally uploaded by phillsacre Today’s Daily Shoot assignment: ‘Make a photograph today with a central point of interest in it.’ Not sure if this is exactly what they had in mind but here’s my attempt anyway!