Day 168: Preparing for spring Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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…

Day 167: Living room door… Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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…

Day 166: Wallpoint Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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.

Day 165: Abstract Colour Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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…

Day 164: Rock and Tree Originally uploaded by phillsacre 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…

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 –…