079:365 Bogies.....

Well this young man is certainly not all sugar and spice, he's a big monster :)

He's been loving the weather recently even though his nose is still streaming with bogies and snot :)

he loves playing football and has been chasing this ball about the garden all afternoon.

Light from behind from the sun and flash from the front.

078:365 My Princess

Todays shot is of my little Princess Caron...

Taken just as the sun was setting with a high shutter speed and flash to push the background darker and light her up.

This is unusally quite a nice portrait of her, especially in comparison to the last one of her i shot.

077:365 Demure

Had the pleasure of a last minute shoot with Lacey Demure (Lauren) today.

She had a loan of a stunning dress which worked really well as a contrast to the Pumpherston Brickworks where this was shot.

This version has only been resized and sharpened no other ps work done, and i love it.

Thanks also to keith who acted as part VAL stopping the lights falling over.

076:365 Pan F

Been a silly boy and forgot to upload this, had way too much on my mind at the time.

This was shot in the college processing room and was Robert washing out his Pan F (dev'd in perceptol).

075:365 Cake and Eat it

Todays shot is a bit rubbish, just some chocolate cake that i was going to eat - hopefully better tomorrow :)

off to eat the cake.

074:365 Mountain Survey

Today i was up really early for a wee trip down to Pauls and we went out to Bellsquarry Woods.

This is one of the test shots for my graded unit and i'm pretty happy with the look.

Shot with a bare flash to camera right.

Thanks Paul :)

073:365 Tree Crawling

Scott and i today went for a wander up to Murieston to Cambridge Park to have a looksee around for some shots.

I really liked this and have it in various options, including my favoured lensbaby :)

This is also a possible location for a shoot with Paul, which i'm doing tomorrow, can't wait :)

072:365 Fruity

Had a few different thoughts for today but went for this one.

Some Apples, Bananas and Oranges in the fruit bowl...

Not sure what to do tomorrow as yet.

071:365 A Guitar Hero

This is another of my large format college project and features my college classmate Ross rocking it out to Guitar Hero at the Kirk of Calder (many thanks to Rev Povey for agreeing to me using the church for this).

I wanted the church to be quite underexposed so dropped the ambient a few stops and then used the flash from the front (bounced into a white card box on the front of the tv) to light Ross and the church and a snooted flash, held by Simon, acts as a rim light.

Shot at 1/15sec, f5.6 using Ilford Delta 100 sheet film and the usual camera kit.

070:365 A Troupe of Hairdressers

The last shot for my portraiture block at college, was for the Group Portrait.



The gorgeous young ladies of the hairdressing unit at the college were happy to help me out.



The pouting is a bit fun :) but i do like this.

069:365 Dirty Day Away

OK so i'm posting this the day after...but i was way to knackered when i got back last night.

France was great fun and Scott, Alex, Keith and I had a great time.

This was shot deliberately approx 1 stop under, then using the Super Fun Happy action to get a more washed out effect.

More will be on my main blog soon.

068-365 We're all Going on a....

Todays shot is a quickie and a bit naff....but i'm a bit busy today anyway.

Scott, Keith, Alex and I are booked on the 06:40 flight from prestwick to beauvais tomorrow morning so trying to catch a bit of shut eye before sitting up tonight.

Unlikely that tomorrows shot will actually be posted tomorrow as i'm not back in Scotland til almost midnight tomorrow night but it will be posted as soon as i can.

Currently trying to decide whether to post a digital image or a scan from the MF camera that i'm taking with me, whatever it will be posted on wednesday sometime.

067:365 New Kit

Today i went to East Kilbride to pick up a box of kit some of which will wing it's way into the college for the use of students and some which will be useful additions to my own kit.

This is a Ricoh XR-X with a 28-70 lens and a 70-210 lens and flash.

Already got some HP5 loaded.

066:365 Time to Get P.....

I'm beginning to fade, there's just so much hassle at the moment for nothing.

Some people appear to be power hungry, others uncapable of being human and i just can't be bothered with it at the moment.

My solution - keep out of it now, look for alternatives and get P..... :)

Tonight i'm on the Magners...

One last thing... thanks to the guys for being themselves...you know who you are...

065:365 Squish

Todays image is one of my darling angel children :)

The white balance is a bit ropey with our lights in the livingroom and kyle doesn't look happy under the weight of the other two lol

064:365 Sailing Away

Struggling today and just in from visiting a mate (Hey Paul) and so snapped this little ornament.

ISO1600, so nice and grainy.

063:365 The Pest

I'm a bit late posting this one tonight, mainly due to the pest.

This is my darling wife Lynn for whom i've spent the last couple of nights typing up her college work, when i should really be doing my own (tut tut i know).

I hope she appreciates it.

062:365 Snowing Stress

Today i've pretty much left the picture to really late so not much about this, might add more bumph tomorrow

this was shot about 10 mins ago of the snow falling in the garden.

061:365 Flower Power

Today has been a fairly successful day photogaphically.

Earlier today i was round at the school doing a shoot with the Head Teacher for my corporate portrait work at college.

I might post the resultant picture on my large format blog once it's been processed.

In the meantime i decided to shoot some flowers in the kitchen instead.

060:365 Needing a Drink

Today i am feeling a little under pressure with college stuff still to do.

These little bad boys sit on our kitchen bunker in a little holder we got for Christmas from a friend.

I have a bottle of some white lovelyness in the fridge which i think i am about to crack open and forget about things for a few hours.