13/4/10: Day 103

This morning I had to stop on the way to work to take a photo of the sunrise. It was beautiful! I think I need to get out one morning in this sort of light to take some photos.

12/4/10: Day 102 - Kats Birthday

Happy birthday darling.

Today Myk and I went to a cemetry that I had spotted on the way home on Friday. There are 2 small buildings that are derelict. So I wanted to investigate. It was a gorgeous day again and there was quite a lot of insects out. We succeded in looking a bit daft by chasing a bee or two to try to get a shot, but it didn't really work. I stuck to one of my favourite subjects - urban decay.

11/4/10: Day 101

Ah, the cleaning up after the party. Joy! To be honest, it wasn't too bad. We had got up quite early, then headed into Wilmslow for lunch - Going to spoons. I then went to the football, to watch City hammer Birmingham 5-1. I had considered sneaking my camera in and wish I had because I sat with my sister directly behind the goal and some of the photos would have been amazing.

After I got back home, I took a photo of Kats 'Kiss' necklace.

10/4/10: Day 100 - Ton up!

There we go, a century! Only 265 to go. Only...

What a gorgeous day it was. We had Will and Emma up for the weekend and some of Kats mates were arriving later on for her party. This was out in the back garden. A butterfly had landed, so I managed to test the lens some more. I managed to edge my way closer and closer. I think the result is quite nice - Not the best composition, but the detail is brilliant.

9/4/10: Day 99 - I've got 99 problems and a Rich is one...

99 days in and it's a new lens day! I have just aquired a Sigma 70-210mm manual focus lens. Should be ideal for some macro shots and getting closer to wildlife.

I was just testing it in work and Rick was being a plonker as usual. Turned out to be quite a good photo.

8/4/10: Day 98

Today I was off work ill. It was crap. As I had spent most of my time in the bathroom, I thought it would be fitting to get a photo in there. This is the sun setting behind the trees from the sky light in our bathroom.

7/4/10: Day 97

This weekend, Kat is having a fancy dress party. I am planning on going as Sander Cohen from Bioshock. The mask required me to use plaster of paris on my face to make the top part of the mask. The idea with this being that it is shaped perfectly to my face so wearing it is easier. The photo shows a close up of the masks detail once this section of the mask had dried.

6/4/10: Day 96 - Man in the mirror

I thought I'd have a play around with some mirror shots. This has since been mirrored in the post process to correct the writing etc. The reasons behind this shot was down to the lighting in our bathroom. We have a skylight, so it when the sun is going down, the light is quite interesting without causing too much burn.

5/4/10: Day 95

I asked David if I could take a few shots of his campervan before we left Worcester. He kindly said yes, however - I found this shot of his Zodiac was much better. I have used a custom preset on this image to give it a high contrast finish to it. It is something that I want to look into a bit more on my own rather than using other peoples presets. I just thought that this one worked so well with the chrome.

4/4/10: Day 94

Kathy and David's back garden is brilliant for photo opportunities, I wish ours was a nice as it would certainly make it easier if I needed to rush a photo for the day. There are so many little features in the garden that would be ideal to use, but with the sun out and the water flowing, I really liked the feel to this one:

3/4/10: Day 93 - Evie Rose

Again, we went into Worcester for the day, due to me now having a smaller car, we had to leave Evie's buggy at Shrewsbury. Kats dad, David carried Evie into town, for the first part she was fast asleep, but then she woke up and was smiling at us walking behind. It was a good job that I took my camera out as I think this photo of her is brilliant.

2/4/10: Day 92 - Worcester Cathedral

Thursday evening Katie and I headed to Shrewsbury and the following day, we drove down to Worcester to spend the weekend there. Katie went to Good Friday mass, so I had a walk around Worcester, sun was out briefly while I was out, I got absolutly wet through on the way home though. Glad it held out for this shot.

1/4/10: Day 91 - 1/4 of a year gone

We are a quater of the way into the year and the project is still going strong.

Myk and I headed out at lunch to nowhere in particular. It was blooming cold and we missed a couple of opportunities while we were out. One good thing, was the sky - the clouds were being blown across it quite quick, so there was plenty of opportunities for bold sky and cloud shots. I have taken some panoramic shots as well which I will use to play around with in Photoshop when I get the chance.

31/3/10: Day 90

Today, I headed out at lunch on my own. We had visited a place on the previous Friday, but I had used some gig shots for my project. So I headed back to take some shots of a couple of horses that we had seen in a field. He was a little edgy when I first went over to him, but soon got stuck into the hey once more.

30/3/10: Day 89

Again, I couldn't head out at lunch as I had an opticians appointment, so I went out after work to photograph some of the daffodils that have all of a sudden sprung up across the country. I've played around with the saturation, dulling everything except the yellow in the photo.

29/3/10: Day 88

Lunchtime today, I had to head to the shops so I ventured into the warehouse at work to take some photos of JD's Vespa.

28/3/10: Day 87 - Wilmslow Half Marathon

I dragged Katie down to the Wilmslow Half Marathon today. Again I had a massive stock of photos to choose from, although the subject stayed the same, the aspect of the shot changed - so it gave quite a nice variety of shots to choose from.

27/3/10: Day 86

My gorgeous model helped me again today. The contrast for this works really well. The black duvet covers work well with the natural light coming through the window. It's a really nice beauty shot.

26/3/10: Day 85 - This is Turin

I asked Daz if I could have the opportunity to shoot This is Turin at a gig, after missing out on my first opportunity due to a knackered car, Kat and I headed to Manchester to watch them.

I had been granted access all areas, so it was kind of cool getting behind the scenes between songs - it allowed me to get some quite personal shots. I didn't want to shoot all generic gig shots, I quite enjoy capturing the emotion of the moment and I think I did quite well for it. I had a horrible task of choosing 1 photo for today though. I managed to chop the list to about 28 really good photos, some arty, some performance shots - I think this captures a lot:

P.S. Check them out: This is Turin

25/3/10: Day 84

Today, Myk and I went for a drive. We ended up in Horbury, down Healey Road again - I caught a glimpse of this old building and so we went for a look. I once again realised how obsessed I am with urban decay. There is just something I like about it and it makes for interesting photography. Here is an old sign on the doors.