29th January 2010

Shelley Beach - Cabbage Tree Bay

28th January 2010

Aussie humour!!

27th January 2010

Photograph of Cheryl, Natasha and Leigh.

26th January 2010

Photograph of flags adverting Australia Day which is a public holiday in Australia. We celebrated Australia Day with family in St Ives.

25th January 2010

Photograph of Cheryl and Natasha - Chatswood Station, Sydney.

24th January 2010

Photograph Boeing 747 wing on morning of the 24th January flying over Australia taken using an iPhone.

23rd January 2010

Photograph of a carnation in the toilet of the plane using an iPhone.

22nd January 2010

Photograph taken using an iPhone - Cheryl making some calls.
Natasha and I reflected in the mirror behind Cheryl, made for an interesting photograph.
Ready to fly after a restful night at the Crowne Plaza - Heathrow

21st January 2010

Photo 1: Dismantling the Study Unit.

Photo 2: Off to the Airport - taken from the neighbours front door.

21st January is the second day of packing up. The packers run out of time by the time the taxi arrived to take us to the airport, where we spent the night at the Crowne Plaza.

20th January 2010

Photo 1: Photograph of the packaging in the entrance hall. Taken using a Nikon Coolpix camera.



Today is the day that the packers arrive, and Jaimi flies this evening to Australia on Virgin Atlantic via Hong Kong.

19th January 2010

This is going to be a busy day as I am off to Aylesford near Maidstone to sell Cheryl's Toyota Auris, and Jaimi is going to be collected, as he is flying out tomorrow evening 20th January on Virgin Atlantic via Hong Kong. PS: Hope he does not end up in a chop suey!

Photo1 : Cheryl's Toyota Auris

Photo 2: Jaimi Last Day

Photo 2: Jaimi last day in the UK on our bed.

18th January 2010

Today, we all went into Tunbridge Wells to do the last bit of shopping, have a haircut and return library books.

Jaimi last sleep in the UK on our king size bed.

Later Cheryl Tyrell, joined us for afternoon tea.

All Photographs taken using the Apples iPhone

17th January 2010

For lunch we visited The George and the Dragon Inn in Speldhurst (15 minute drive from our house). The George and the Dragon is the second oldest pub in England (established in 1212).

Photo 1: Lunch with the Foster family. The menu states that "Game may contain shot.", I had Turner's Hill Pheasant Breast with Bacon and Winter Vegatables.

Photo 2: Old fireplace at The George and Dragon Inn. Note the date

Phot0 3 : The entrance to The George and Dragon Inn

16th January 2010

It has now warmed up here and the snow now melting. This what remains of the snow on our front lawn on Saturday morning.

Photo Stats: Aperture f/4, Shutter Speed 1/80, ISO 200 taken using an Olympus E-510 camera with a 40-150mm f/4-5.6 lens.

15th January 2010

This photograph was taken at Waterloo Station (London). Empty coffee cup left on a bench, and in the background a South West Train with the "mind the gap" warning along the platform edge.

Photo Stats: Aperture f/3.1 Shutter Speed 0.01869seconds, ISO 80 taken using a Nikon Coolpix S225 point and shoot camera.

14th January 2010

A photograph of Jaimi in the snow. Soon it will be Jaimi on the beach. He is flying down under on Virgin via Hong Kong on the 20th January if his blood test comes back negative.

Photo Stats: Aperture f/5, Shutter Speed 1/160 and ISO 100 shot using an Olympus E-510 camera with a 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 lens.

13th January 2010

Snow covering an English Forest in Kent. This small forest is at the bottom of our road.

12th January 2010

Interesting snow shapes developed on our rotary washing line at home during the Big Freeze of to hit the United Kingdom in January 2010.

All photographs taken using Olympus E-510 camera

Photo 1: Aperture f/4.5, Shutter Speed: 1/125, ISO 100 using 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 lens

Photo 2: Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed: 1/80, ISO 100 using 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 lens

Photo 3: Aperture f/8, Shutter Speed: 1/160, ISO 100 using 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 lens

11th January 2010

Today, I have photographed some interesting Icicles formations (five in all). The snow begun to melt today, although more snow is forecast for Tuesday evening.

Photo 1: Fingerlike Icicles - Shot using a flash (diffused), Aperture f/8, Shutter speed 1/180, ISO 100 using an Olympus E-510 camera with a 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 lens

Photo 2: Icicles with water droplet - shot using a flash. Aperture f/8, Shutter speed 1/100, ISO 100 using the same camera and lens as Photo 1.

Photo 3: Icicles on a flower container - shot using a flash. Aperture f/8, Shutter speed 1/180, ISO 200 using the same camera and lens as Photo 1.

Phot0 4 Icicles forming on the lip of snow over garage- photographed using a flash. perture f/8, Shutter speed 1/180, ISO 400 using the same camera and lens as Photo 1.

Photo 5: Icicles forming on the lip of snow protruding from the garage roof. Photographed with no flash. Aperture f/5.6, Shutter Speed 1/200, ISO 100, using the same camera as Photo 1, but a different lens. In this instance, 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

10th January 2010

After a night of snow driven by winds, the car and garage cocooned.

This photograph was taken using an Olympus E-510 using a 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens.

Photo Stats:

Aperture: f/4.9

Shutter Speed: 1/250

ISO 100

9th January 2010

Snow is still falling in Kent. Our flat garage roof now has a snow lip/shelf developing, as snow is being driven by wind. I managed to get the camera to autofocus on the snow flakes falling rather than the background.

Photograph taken using an Olympus E-510 camera , and flash.

Shutter speed: 1/80

Aperture: f5.6

ISO 100

Exposure Bias: 0.30 using the creative image setting

8th January 2010

Shopping trip to the local supermarket.

Photograph taken using an iPhone.

7th January 2010

Photograph of Jaimi in the snow playing with his bright orange squeaky ball.

Photo Stats:

Photo was shot using an Olympus F-510 camera with 40-150mm F4 - 5.6 lens.

Aperture: F/8

Shutter Speed: 1/320

ISO 100

6th January 2010

Photograph of the Weber BBQ on our porch with snow covering.

Photo Stats:

Photograph taken using an Olympus F510 using a 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 lens.

Aperture F5.5

Shutter Speed: 1/60

ISO 100

5th January 2010

Natasha playing her red semi acoustic guitar.

Photo Stats:

Photo taken using an Olympus F-510 camera with 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 lens.

Aperture: F3.8

Shutter Speed: 1/30

USO 100

4th January 2010

Imprint of our dog Jaimi lying in the the garden (light dusting of snow)

Photo Stats:

The photo was taken using an Olympus F-510 using a 14-42mm F3.5 - 5.6 lens

Aperture: F4.3

Shutter Speed: 1/125

ISO 100

3rd January 2010

It has become colder here, and we have had some wintry showers. It looks as if someone has sprinkled sugar on to this chair.

Photo Stats:

Camera - Olympus E-510 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 lens using the built in flash

Aperture: F/3.5

Shutter Speed: 1/4

ISO: 400

2nd January 2010

Photo Stats:

Camera Olympus E510 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6

No flash used.

Aperture f/4

Shutter Speed 1/100

ISO 400

1st January 2010

Photos Stats:

Olympus E-510 14-42mm Lens

I used a flash with diffuser to capture this photograph.

Shutter Speed: 1/80

Aperture: F/8

ISO: 100

A Picture a Day Challenge

My sister, Sally thought it may be a good idea as to challenge the photographers in the family this year to post a photograph each day.

The Rules:

1. Any digital camera can be used - from iPhone, point n shoot, to the fancy DSLRs

2. In order to qualify as a photo for that day :- The photo must have been taken on that day between 00:01 and 24:00 by you. Photos including self timers or remote firing can qualify as long as you are the person setting up the shot. Photos taken be other bodies - spouses, friends, strangers, relatives do not qualify.

3. You can take as many photos as you like on any subject BUT only one photo for that day can be selected.

4. Photo can be of any subject matter provided subject matter is publishable on a blog or social networking site (- if photo subject requires subject releases make sure you get them) - use common sense and avoid subject matter that could give offense and make sure you follow the rules of content of your blog hosting or social networking site.

4. You must publish your log a minimum of once a week. The log must consist of 7 photos - one for each day. Include description of camera used, lens (if applicable) and information on apperture, shutter speed and ISO setting. You may include a title of each piece. Publishable forums include blogs, Facebook and other kinds of social networking sites. (Remember to read the rules of social networking sites as to who owns the rights of photos published on their site...)

5. Selected photo can be in color, B&W, sepia, or using any photoshop action. The photo itself must be taken on the date in question to qualify for that day.

6. Missed days - Thumbs down - Raspberry - Sometimes there may be unavoidable and life threatening circumstances where you can't take a photo. Well that means you get the Raspberry. If you miss 14 consecutive days - you are disqualified - sorry you have not made the challenge. If you miss more than 30 days (not necessarily consecutively in the 365 eligible days) then as long as you haven't met the disqualification criterion, give yourself a double Raspberry and make a donation to a charity of your choice.

7. At the end of the year you will have hopefully 365 photos. Hopefully you would have kept a log of each photo. If you want to describe the process, and how you found the challenge feel free.

8. Sorry no prizes for entering, and meeting the challenge. Just bask in the warm glow (hopefully free of too many Raspberries) of knowing that at least you've accomplished something for 2010.

Good luck fellow photographers and generally creative peeps. Let me know how you are doing!