Pete's Blog

A long overdue overall of my TV aerial meant an old aerial was taken down and the house rewired to a new more powerful one. The signal on my TV is now wonderfully tuned...and the old aerial is ready for the skip.

Fruit can make good still life subject - either whole or, in this case, sliced and backlit. Certain fruit such as kiwi, lemon, lime, orange look great when lit from behind as the light shining through makes the slice look almost translucent with the seeds

Katie, a friend of mine, made a surprise visit today and called with her new born Sophia. I took a few photos using my semi-retired Pentax K10D (the K20D has developed a fault). I used window light and got some big reflections in the eyes. This was one

I tend to realise I haven't taken many days off somewhere around mid November, so this year I thought I'd spread them through the year. And my first day off was today to go on a walk with my brother and sister in law. We parked the car at the wall of the

Today I wore a black tie. It's the first time it's been out since my father's funeral over six years ago. And it's the smartest I've looked for about three years. I was at the funeral of a lady who it turns out was very well liked.

Boy in a hoodie, taken using a new light set up this evening (thank for the kit Glynn) Each day I'm taking a series of photos and will post one up in my blog for my Photo365 Project

My daily Photo365 is a fast photo of fast food - A limited edition Lion Bar McFlurry. The photo is as creative as the ice cream churned into the cup. [epzimg]mcflurry.jpg[/epzimg]

I'll be taking an Olympus EP2 camera with me more often on my daily walk. It's small enough to fit in a coat pocket and versatile enough to cope with SLR style shooting.

The old Worksop library closed a few months back when the new two story modern one was opened. It cost 8.4m to build and has state of the art features including a self loan & return system, a cafe, an internet area and modern but almost clinical bookshelv

I set the tripod up over the top of me and pointed the lens down into my lap. I had no idea how the shot would be framed, or if the focus would get the right spot. With the first shot I missed the glass, and this is the second.