Pete's Blog

Today I went to the shops... A balloon on a ceiling in Victoria Centre Nottingham. [epzimg]balloon-1.jpg[/epzimg]

After about 10 years of use I decided it was time to buy a new computer desk. The one I'd been using was an old second hand one of high quality, black inset leather, five draws, real wood type thing. At the weekend I spotted a walnut model with a sliding

I love chickpeas...and as I've started to cook more this is one ingredient I'll be slipping into meals from time to time. So today I'm cooking Moroccan Chicken which includes a cup (American recipe) of chickpeas And my photo365 for today started out

I was in Poundland and saw a gadget that I thought might come in handy for photographers. I decided to buy one, try it and write a short review. The item was a Camping LED light and the review is here Camping LED Light I got a few decent straight pict

I had good intentions tonight, but tv and cooking got in the way...so I did a rush job on this. My idea was to create a wonderful still life of a red wine bottle and glass with wine.

The ePHOTOzine weekly black & white challenge has a theme neglect. As a kid I always remember the garden shed as being a place that had areas of neglect. While my mum used most of it for potting plants there were darker areas that housed spiders and masse

Having caught the bug to photograph old buildings I headed off to my old haunt of Sheffield today to take a look at one of the areas that still has it's roots back in the days of cutlery of the mid to late 1800s.

Inspired by ePHOTOzine member Ade McFade's passion for photographing the architecture of Leeds and surround areas I decided to do the same in my local region starting in my home town of Worksop.

Today I have been playing around with an Olympus EP2. It's the new rangefinder style comapct with interchangeable lenses, much smaller than an SLR. I don't know about you but the first day is spent fiddling around with the features, and i was eager to try

Today I have photographed asparagus. I've never been keen on it as a food, but I was in the supermarket last night looking at clinically perfect peppers and saw bunches of asparagus and thought - kill two new year resolutions with one stone!