5/03/12
Came out this morning to find Sooty sun-bathing on the roof of Lynsey's car. Sooty has begun behaving strangely since Lynsey went on holiday to Australia. She has taken to sleeping on the settee in the back room, sitting on my knee and climbing on the table to bump heads with me. Perhaps she is developing a liking for me or perhaps she's missing Lynsey.
6/03/12
This is an old graveyard on the Old Glenarm Road in Larne. It sits halfway between the two schools in Larne that I work with, so I drive past it quite a lot. I've always thought about trying to get a shot of the little building in the middle of the graveyard and today I deliberately took my camera with the intention of getting my shot. I wanted to get the path leading to the building, but keep the focus on the building. The sky was darkened a little in Lightroom before I applied a tilt-shift effect in Topaz Lens Effects.
7/03/12
Sarah arrived home from school with homework on the subject of lines of symmetry. Homework came complete with a mirror for testing symmetry. I couldn't resist.
8/03/12
Same story as last week - gets to Thursday evening and no picture taken today. As with last week my excuse was the amount of work I had to do today. Therefore, take camera to Aikido. This is my aiki training buddy Dave being nearly struck on the head by my son Conor with a wooden sword or Bokken. I hate shooting in the Courtney Hall due to the fluorescent lights. That has to be my least favourite type of lighting condition to shoot under.
9/03/12
This is a bit of a weird one. Everybody kept telling me I should watch "Breaking Bad" as I would really like it. I started with the pilot and found it.......strange and slightly unsettling. Most unsettling of all was the lead character, a chemistry teacher who finds out he has lung cancer and who decides to make as much money as he can making and selling crystal meth. He was played by Malcolm in the Middle's dad and that really freaked me out. I will persevere through series one and make my mind up after that. This is a shot off the screen of my MacBook involving a bunsen burner.
10/03/12
Saturday was Roller Derby Day. The Belfast Banshees up against the Cardiff Roller Cooperative and no prisoners were taken. Exciting and very physical - this ended up in a very close bout with Belfast closing Cardiff's huge lead down in the dying minutes, with Cardiff just holding on by a handful of points. I love shooting the Roller Derby Ladies and I couldn't pick out one picture that would sum up the evening. Therefore, I've taken the cowards way out and put in the picture that has absolutely everyone in it. Here's a link to the finished set of shots on Flickr:
11/03/12
Belfast's Holi festival today and it was moved from St George's Market to the Kings Hall. Not a good move in my opinion; too cramped, less atmosphere. Too many bloody photographers - was there a sale on in enormous lenses that I missed? Holi is great for getting striking shots at - you can't really go wrong. The new venue was a lot darker than St George's so I ended up shooting with flash. Cons were I was limited to a narrow range in front of me and I ran the risk of getting too harsh a light on people's faces. Pros were low ISO and higher shutter speed. It worked out pretty well. You'll find a few more here:
Good week of photography for me. Also bought a book on portrait photography which I'm going to start reading before heading off to Cuba at the end of the month. I'll let you know how I get on with it. Ciao!
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