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365 - Week 28

Week 28

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365 - Week 25

Week 25

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This week i am grateful for..... Eggs

Our little bantum hens have started laying regularly, the eggs are smaller than you would find in the shop, but much tastier (in my biased opinon).

  

 

 

 

Head over to Maxabella and check out all of the other bloggers being grateful.

365 - Week 9

I can't believe its been 9 weeks already, time does fly when your having fun.

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365 - Week 8

Here we are at sunday again, 8 weeks on with plenty to show

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365 - Week 1

The first week of my 365 project is drawing to a close, its difficult to find the inspiration to take a photo every day, the next 358 days are really going to test my imagination, hopefully for the better.

Monday

My Birthday Picnic

Tuesday

Beautiful red clouds as seen from the top of the Canberra Centre, I admire them so many times on my way home from work, this week I had my camera ready to be included this week.

Wednesday

On Wednesday Mrs Secret Admirer and I went for a walk around Bungendore, in a small tree on the side of the road was this little birds nest, not being used at the moment but still a wonderful sign of whats around.

Thursday

My wonderful companion, Peta Pan, on her couch back throne watching the world go by.

Friday

Our little chickens have claimed the shelf at the bottom of our setting, I guess they figured if we had a chair they should too.

Saturday

This last weeks has had some of the coldest nights so far this year, some mornings the frost has been so thick its like snow.

Sunday

Every Sunday during my 365 project I am going to take a self portrait, hopefully showing how I have changed, part of this project is to document my 29th year.  This is the first self portrait I have done, I definitely need the practice 52 of these is going to provide.

 

 

365 - Birthday

Today was my 29th Birthday and the start of my 365 project.  For my first image I used the Birthday Dinner, a picnic with Mrs Secret Admirer.

Picnics are a special thing for us, when we first got together we would regularly put together a picnic and find a quiet park somewhere.  These days we tend to find a quiet place in our lounge room, or the backyard in warmer months, but they are still a special thing to share.

Title Tuesday

Its Title Tuesday once again, whether you are a regular reader or have just stumbled across my blog, please suggest a title in the comments.

 

Giveaway - Where did you get that tip?

As much as I love a good old fashioned paper book I have recently discovered another great resource to tap into. Around the web I have been bumping into some very talented authors/bloggers sharing their knowledge through the medium of ebooks. Affordable, easy to download and almost immediate delivery to your inbox appeals to me.

Over at Wrightfood I was excited to discover that the talented Matt Wright has just released his new book Wrightfood Photography Manual in downloadable pdf. Without fail every time I visit Matt's site I come away feeling hungry, inspired by his photo composition and with a wealth of handy hints (his recent post on lighting set up was a beautie). 

Wrightfood Cover courtesy of Wrightfood blog

I found this manual to be a perfect extention of my food photography course, not only has Matt created this wonderful resource for you and me snapping away in our home kitchens all the proceeds from his sales are going towards the Japan relief effort through the Red Cross.

Although having learnt quite a bit about photography since my first course I find that I sometimes struggle when trying to explain it to others. Fellow blogger Katie Evans does not have that trouble in fact quite the reverse and has just recently released her ebook The Key to Taking Pictures Like a Professional Photographer.

 The key to taking pictures Cover courtesy of Katie Evans Photography

I think a really good first step for anyone interested in taking photos is to read your camera manual. This ebook would have to be a great second step as the perfect companion to your manual.

It expands on difficult concepts with examples keeping things real and easy to understand. While reading this I kept on finding myself nodding my head so much of it is transferrable to any type of camera and spot on.

Now I am not one to keep such a good thing to myself so I have one copy of The Key to Taking Photos Like a Professional Photographer and one copy of Wrightfood Photography Manual to give away. To enter:

Please tell me what inspires you to pick up your camera in the comments along with which book you would prefer by the end of Wednesday 1st June and one of these wonderful books could be in your inbox before you know it.

The Wisdom of Cheese

"All is pattern, all life, but we can't always see the pattern when we are part of it." Writer Belva Plain

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