365 Photo a day layouts

I really enjoy the challenge of taking a photo a day. Challenge is probably the wrong word as this is something I love. The template I selected at the start is working well as I am getting into the habit of putting the photo into the page just after I upload to flickr. The pages are simple but easy for me.

Week 1 and 2 are the same template, just mirrored as are weeks 3 and 4. I'll continue to change template and background paper each 2 weeks.

 

Template is from Little Dreamer Designs, Designs by Leora.

Food Photography

(And a little of the garden too!)

I have some food blogs that I visit regularly for both the inspiring recipes and also the amazing photography. There is nothing more likely to get me away from the computer and into the kitchen than close-ups of food. I love cooking but have never attempted this style of photography. These bloggers kitchens look so clean and well outfitted while my kitchen is over 20 years old, in a colour that I have never liked and with areas that can never be scrubbed perfectly clean. How can you take photos with pans, chopping boards and dishes  all over the place? To find a clear space to set up for a photo seems near impossible. Anyway I am going to try.....

Last night I made a start and took a photo of the seafood that I was about to cook. Mm I definitely need a lot of practice. But it was dark and I needed to use a flash. That is my excuse anyway. The food did taste great.

 

 

Euphorbias in the garden. So easy to grow. Just pluck a leaf and within a month you have a new plant.

 

 

Well camouflaged grasshopper.

 

 

 

And if you would like some digital eye candy try these links:

 

Cannelle-vanille

Tartelette

Desertfirst

 

Enjoy the rest of your week!

 

PS To those who have asked over the last couple of weeks what camera I use, the answer is it varies. My usual DSLR is a Nikon D300 with a zoom lens attached. But I also use a small point and shoot. The photos from the city in my previous post were taken with a small Sony Cybershot.

Our city

I am not an admirer of our city at all. In fact I would love to move ….. anywhere!!!!. Actually I do have a few places in mind but it is basically dependent on winning the lottery. Which is my way of saying that this is where I will stay for the immediate future.

Today DD1 and myself set off early to go into the city. (i.e. centre of town) We had an appointment to get haircuts so it was drive and park on city edge, train into city (one stop) then walk to salon. Total of 1 hour (which included a stop at a chocolate shop).

Although I think our city is ugly (hard to pick a more appropriate word) there are a few places I love and one of these is where I took some photos today. Just across the road from the Central Railway station is a small park. The reflections of buildings within buildings is beautiful.

 

 

This is not some sort of strange artistic building but merely the reflection of another building in the glass panelled exterior. The above photo was taken looking to the side and this next one is straight ahead.

 

 

Yes even this city has its hidden beauty.