Week No. 50 - Saturday, 17th December 2011

Festive Colour

Had a bit of an experiment with this one. Tried holding the camera steady (with the monkey in the middle of the frame, turned the zoom lens to the widest setting, then with a longish shutter speed, pressed the button and twisted the lens till it zoomed fully on the monkey. This effect is the result, I think it makes him look like Super Monkey with lasers? Is that just me? Anyway, it kept me busy for half an hour!

Week No. 49 - Saturday, 10th December 2011

Traditions - Jingle Bells

I tried to get the 'argument stocking' in this photo as the theme for this week is traditions that you have in your household at this time of year. Putting up the decorations, fetching the tree, Christmas parties - oh no not us. Our tradition is the girls arguing who gets the snowman stocking! The teddy is always favourite and every year they both want him, I like the snowman stocking but the moral of the story is buy two the same next time!! I know you can't really see the teddy stocking but I quite like the effect of just the bells being in focus.

Hope you all have your decorations up and I promise to catch up with this blog soon.

Week No. 48 - Saturday, 3rd December 2011

Twinkle, twinkle little star

Our Church has a big star decoration that is put up every year and when I read the theme for this week thought oh that's easy - ha. I went down to photograph said star (dodging the rain all week), long lens on and bingo. Got home and realised that the beautiful star is actually two pieces of wood bound together with rope with little bulbs! Not a good photograph. The illusion is definitely better than reality in this case and I should have used a wide angle lens and taken the whole church at night. So instead I have gone all abstract with some Ikea star fairy lights.

Week No. 47 - Saturday, 26th November 2011

Water, water everywhere......

Zac proves there was a drop to drink! From his favourite watering hole, Elvaston Castle - got reflection and lots of ducks and not much else!

How behind am I with this blog? - sorry.