10 January

I wanted to portray an aspect of greed in this image and one of the most common - if not the most common - is that of love of money and the avarice that this brings. I used my own hand and fired the camera on a tripod with my other. The light on the … Continue reading 10 January →

9 January

I set up a cafetiere with a packet of coffee behind it and took several images at different exposures and focus settings. I liked the almost sculptural feel of the curves on the coffee pot and the hazy reflections off the glass. I eventually, after testing a few times, decided on having the packet in … Continue reading 9 January →

8 January

A lens is a piece of transparent substance having two opposite surfaces that are both either curved or one curved and one plane. In this image, I decided to substitute the normal lens for a crude form of the apparatus - a glass brick. I set up the camera in front of the brick and … Continue reading 8 January →

7 January

I took a few different images of repeated motifs throughout the day today,and then when I got home, I noticed the way that the light was falling on the stairs from the landing. I set the camera up on a tripod and took several pictures. I then processed as usual in Lightroom and Photoshop and … Continue reading 7 January →

6 January

This is a shaving mirror in my bathrooom which I angled to show the window blind behind and to try and make it look like there was no glass in the frame. Nikon P300 CM

5 January

The weather once again was atrocious and another trip to the outside world became just a figment of my cabin-fever imagination. So, I again looked around the house for a subject which I could use as a square crop. This is a form of frame that I use quite a lot and can be seen … Continue reading 5 January →

4 January

My idea for this was quite simple. The comparison of format between a reading object that began hundreds of years ago, and one of the new types available today. Nikon P300 ©live

3 January

2 January

The second shot this year involved the use of my daughter's knee partially encased in those types of jeans that you pay a lot of money for just to get the holes - what in my day would be called 'gardening' or 'decorating' jeans. Nikon P300 ©live

1 January

For the first of the 365 images this year the title was 'Pieces', and it just so happens I was emptying the cracker container when I realised I could use the bits of broken biscuit. Olympus E-1. ©live