Pete's Blog

As it's Valentine's Day I have taken a still life of a cookie for my daily Photo365 Project. I used a torch to illuminate the cookie and give it a warm glow. It was placed on a wooden bread board.

It's that time of year when the snowdrops poke through the still hardened soil. I like these first signs of spring. I have a few in the garden...when I say few it's just that..three clumps of two or three flowers on each.

Well I wasn't actually chasing a rainbow, I was after a sunset, but once again it failed to materialise on one of the edges in Derbyshire. This evening I went on Stanage Edge, and saw some spectacular light, stormy weather, sunbursts and dramatic clouds

One of my best friends invited me out for a meal with them this evening...it was hard to refuse. A night at the jimja tree in Bawtry. This is an oriental restaurant mainly Japanese, with several areas to sit around and be cooked to!

A bubble blown through the rear end of a bottle cleaner using Fairy Liquid. It was the photographed with a macro lens and cropped further in Lightroom. The lighting was a single studio light with softbox attached.

I couldn't believe it when I saw the word Chilli on a packet of extra strong mints, but closer inspection proved my eyes weren't deceiving me. Yes, as if extra strong mints weren't hot enough, they've added red chilli to the mix. I had to try some.

A glorious day today, low winter sun streaming through the windows and through some internal patterned door glass. This lead to shadows and light shaped on the wall. I took a few photos and then started playing around with the shapes

Some days my head does feel like it's spinning, but not today, so I made it spin! I'd always intended doing some spinography - where you set the camera on self timer and throw it into the air spinning as it falls down the shutter fires

What a day...miserable most of the day at home weather wise but I saw a break and thought it would be worth going out to Derbyshire with the Lee Filters Big Stopper to get some cloud movement shots against rocks.

I've had the gas mask for ages now. I bought it for model shoots, but I hadn't realised they were dangerous due to asbestos content. So it's been in a bag in the garage. Time for a photo.