Day 351

Working on a Sunday is bad enough, but working on a gloriously sunny Sunday is just cruel.

Day 313

As soon as I felt that the end was in sight, this project started to feel difficult. There's been difficult days all along, but today I was stuck in an office with some atrocious weather outside, and I despaired of what I would shoot. Just as I was preparing to leave work I noticed that the sky had gotten incredibly dark. I looked out the window, and what do you know: refraction to the rescue!

Day 311

It's been a very long few days in London, so today I am recuperating. This involves staying at home and not leaving the house if I can avoid it, so when it came to today's picture I had to work with the materials at hand. A glass bowl, a lamp.and the box of jelly beans I bought in Gatwick were all I needed: I tried a few straightforward shots, but when I poured the beans into the bowl while the shutter was open I got an altogether more interesting shot.

Day 310

Just flew in from London, and boy are my arms tired. Seriously though.............

I finished work reasonably early today, so I took a trip out to Brompton cemetery. My interest in cemeteries is pretty well documented by now, and this one had everything on my list: crypts, angels, catacombs, the lot! I knew straight away that it would be a monochrome image: I was in a very Bob Carlos Clark frame of mind. This is my favorite image from the day, but it was a tough call. I should have more days like today!

Day 309

Last night in the edit suite. The next suite I'm in is unlikely to have steel guitars provided, so now is the time to take advantage.

Day 307

A half hour to spare and a quick trip down to Tower Bridge. It's a grey day in London, and without the time to find a good vantage point the bridge looks like just another tourist attraction. Instead I was drawn to this rather cool sculpture near St Katharine's Dock. Minimal post work, just enough to bring some detail in to the sky.

Day 306

First day in a new edit suite is always interesting: where do they keep the tea bags, what's the story with Internet access, do you have any pianos with camels on, that sort of thing. This place has it all, assuming that all comprises of musical instruments everywhere and people sleeping in the foyer. Still, it's definitely the most interesting place I've set up shop. Other Voices has landed in London.

Day 303

After the weekend I've had, my bank holiday Monday is all about recharging the batteries, and that may or may not involve eating a lot of chocolate.

Day 302

Twenty four hours working followed by three hours sleep, and the only thought I had of finding a photograph involved taking a picture of something in the car and claiming it was inspired by exhaustion. Luckily I managed to shake off this funk, and left the motorway in the midlands in search of an image, with brooding and silhouetted results.

Day 301

You think that the day will be rich in opportunities, but then work intervenes, and instead you sit in a dark truck all day. This is my seat until some time tomorrow morning.

Day 300

It's been an eventful 300 days: lots of diversions, new ways home, laneways explored, and I've seen a lot more of the city and country than I'd expected. This evening was no different, as I came in to the city from Dun Laoghaire a different way, and I saw the Aviva from this side for the first time. I was very lucky too, as the sun came out in time to give me this image.

Day 299

I was determined that today's photo wouldn't be a landscape, and my intention to photograph something snow based was scuppered by the absence of snow. Luckily I saw, and was quite taken with, this sculpture in front of an office building.

Day 297

It was cold, so I put on my gloves as I left the office to take a few shots. It wasn't snowing though, so I didn't bring my jacket, and that was my undoing, because three minutes later the snow was pelting down as I was forced to retreat back to work.

Day 292

It's funny sometimes how things work out: I was working away this morning, and I turned around and saw the mantel beside me, and there was today's image. Just like that!

Day 284

My plan to leave Dingle early was scuppered by outrageous fortune, and it was gone five o'clock when I actually managed to quit the city limits. The only upshot to this was that I was able to travel over the Connor Pass: it would have been a difficult trip at the start of the day due to the freezing conditions. As a result I was able to stop at this spot, and shoot back towards Dingle. A tripod was essential in the fading light, as anything less than f16 would have given inadequate depth of field.

Day 283

With the computer working away merrily without me I was able to nip out for half an hour to get a shot looking out to the Atlantic before the light was gone. This is a shot I've tried a few times, but only today did I get it right. Nothing but sea and sky, and the clouds played a blinder!

Day 279

Unfortunately I couldn't photograph the hour I spent on the phone to technical support, so instead here's the last run home. Back in Dublin after a fortnight away and it feels good.

Day 277

A day spent sitting at my desk watching the computer refuse to work properly. The bright side though is that I had the opportunity to play with my macro lens, which I must admit I adore!

Day 275

I went back to Ventry Beach today: the water was like glass, and even tough the day was flat and very overcast, the pier was reflected in the water, and the fisherman was standing very still, thus enabling a longer exposure.

Day 274

A late finish at work tonight, and no moon, so I drove as far as Ventry beach and took my chances. Due to some sorry packing I'm limited to a 30 second exposure at a high ISO, but it worked well, giving the water a nice shimmer.