Pete's Blog

A ramble of thoughts that might be useful

Photo365 - 55 - shadow play

I took the Fuji point and shoot camera to work again today and got this shot as I left the office and the light was fading. It's the disabled section of the office car park and my shadow from two floodlights. I initially tried to disguise the fact I'm hol
24/02/2011 - 18:53 | Read More

Photo365 - 54 - home page redesign

David's sketches for the preliminary discussion about the V5 ePHOTOzine home page redesign. I decided to shoot it at a jaunty angle and then use my cross processing preset in Lightroom.
23/02/2011 - 19:00 | Read More

Photo365 - 53 - Bright Ideas

As I was taking a photo of a flower in a vase using this bulb as illumination to create a deep shadow I suddenly thought...here's an idea I've always wanted to do and never got round to it. An illuminating light bulb.
22/02/2011 - 22:14 | Read More

Photo365 - 52 - An apple a day

Many of my Photo365 project pictures are still lifes taken at home...it's starting to make me realise I don't get out and about enough. This is down to the monster I've created in ePHOTOzine - it consumes most of my time. So a quick snap here and there is
21/02/2011 - 21:55 | Read More

Photo365 - 51 - shopping trolley

I went out round Sheffield this afternoon photographing old derelict industry buildings around Shalesmoor / Kelham Island. I decided at the beginning of the year to build up a collection of old historic buildings before they're knocked down/ converted int
20/02/2011 - 19:46 | Read More

Photo365 - 50 - Glow Sticks and Pen

I started off taking photos of glow stick patterns, and then I added a Biro to see how much light they projected, this then turned into the main focus of my photo. To make things more visually interesting I switched the Biro for an ink pen. A glow stick
19/02/2011 - 18:57 | Read More

Photo365 - 49 - music night

Had a recording session with Sound of Flak this evening so I thought I'd do one of my abstract instrument shots. This is of the Roland V-Synth with the Apple Mac in the background. It's processed using Lightroom to get the cool effect.
18/02/2011 - 23:26 | Read More

Photo365 - 48 - lamp

This was taken as a quick grab shot before a meeting today. I used a small Fuji point & shoot compact. And used Lightroom to add grain and tone give it a Victorian postcard feel. [epzimg]gaslight.jpg[/epzimg]
17/02/2011 - 20:40 | Read More

Photo365 - 47 - fossil on slate

I used to go to the East Coast for my family holidays as child, Skipsea to be precise. It was a great location for finding fossils as the coastline suffered badly from erosion each year.
16/02/2011 - 20:02 | Read More

Photo365 - 46 - Window

It's been raining all day and making those small pattering sounds on the window. So here's my window looking out. Focus is on the reflections of the background tree in the drops. A wide aperture was used to make the tree branches totally out of focus
15/02/2011 - 21:44 | Read More