Day 78 I Got Stripes

Day 78 I Got Stripes

I spent so long editing my photos from yesterday's book drive I almost ran out of time to take my photo of the day.

Looking round for inspiration I was drawn to the colour of these books so thought I'd focus on their lines and colours for today's photo

Day 77 The Winner Takes at All

Day 77 The Winner Takes at All

Yesterday was the launch of London Loveiosa's charity book drop for charity and we managed to collect over 1000 donations of books!

Today's photo is of two boys who both won a tombola prize, they were so sweet and literally jumped with joy when they won. Here they are posing with their prizes!

See our blog for more details on the launch and how you can help the cause by donating any books you no longer need

http://londonloveiosa.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/flourish-blotts-one-stop-book-drop.html

Day 76 This Poor Provincial Town

Day 76 This Poor Provincial Town

Little bit of shopping after work and a practice of my street photography!

Day 75 The Dark End of the Street

Day 75 The Dark End of the Street

I wasn't happy with any of my shots on Thursday so I took this one on my walk home, I like how the blurred lights look like birds in the sky.

Day 74 Electric Avenue

Day 74 Electric Avenue

This corn field looked so atmospheric this morning when I drove past it on my way to work. Unfortunately it was a bit grey by the time I got back to the same spot after work. I quite like the compostition but wish I was able to edit it to improve the colours.

Day 73 Oh The Webs You Weave!

Day 73 Oh The Webs You Weave!

I walked out of my house yesterday and was hit by a wall of spider webs! I luckily dodged them but stopped to take a quick photo of two of them

Day 72 Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me

Day 72 Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me

I caught this lovely sunset on the way from home this week and I get to use a new word I learnt

I love the way the reflection of the sun on the water catches the end of the pier

Day 71 Happy Birthday to ya, Happy Birthday

Day 71 Happy Birthday to ya, Happy Birthday

I went to a family birthday on Sunday. I'm sure there's a family birthday every weekend! I like how the light from the candles are light his face

Happy Birthday Jake x

Day 70 Cat's in the Cradle

Day 70 Cat's in the Cradle

This was a late Night photo of the day and my only model to hand was Molly!

Day 69 Splish Splash I was Taking a Bath!

Day 69 Splish Splash I was Taking a Bath!

Look how cute these two brothers are.

I was pretty hard to focus here as my camera kept steaming up and I was worried about it getting wet so I had to be very quick but I am very happy with this shot.

I'm having to borrow a computer at the moment and am unable to edit my photos but I think I'd like this one better if it was conerted to a black and white shot.

Day 68 Among the things I love so dearly, the books!

Day 68 Among the things I love so dearly, the books!

I am currently collecting books to give to various charities such as those for the homeless, childrens charities, nursing homes etc as part of our work as a chapter of the Harry Potter Alliance

Here's just the first lot I've collected!

London Loveiosa and The Brighton Burrow HPA Chapters are not for profit organiasations aiming to improve things in the local community. The book drive is our first project and is going well already!

Day 67 Night Drive

Day 67 Night Drive

I've alway loved the lights on my dashboard and after a particulalry long dayI thought I'd take this photo of my car in the driveway once I'd finally got home

Day 66 Like Clockwork

Day 66 Like Clockwork

Bit of an odd one here but I was stuck for inspiration. I'd have preffered it if the clock hand wasn't in the way of the birds beak but I didn't want to move the fragile hands and I didn't have time to wait for them to move

Day 65 Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Day 65 Somewhere Over the Rainbow

I wasn't sure what to do for my photo of the day on Monday so I thought I'd take a nice atmospheric photo of the view from the the Downs as the sky was looking grey and stormy. But as I drove up the hill the sun suddenly broke through the clouds and a manificent rainbow formed. As I parked my car another car came up behind me and 3 girls jumped out excited to see the rainbow too.

I took a few nice photos of the windmill with the  rainbow behind but they were a little bland and boring so I chose this one of 2 of the girls looking out over the downs. They said out loud that they were looking for the end of the rainbow and this photo sums that sentement up nicely.

Day 64 Tommorrow at the museums, We'll see the light the creative way

Day 64 Tommorrow at the museums, We'll see the light the creative way

Ok so this song is a bit random Emma! Wall Of Voodoo - Museums Lyrics | MetroLyrics

I took this photo at the V&A, one of my favourite places in London

Day 63 Torn on the Platform

Day 63 Torn on the Platform
Symmetry (from Greek συμμετρεῖν symmetreín "to measure together") has two meanings. The first is a vague sense of harmonious and beautiful proportion and balance

Sat waiting for the train on Saturday and I noticed the symmetry of the lines in front of me. The above wikipedia definition sums up exactly how I felt noticing the  haromious and beautiful proportion and balance, sometime the simple things in life really impress me :)

Day 62 C is For Cookie

Day 62 C is For Cookie

Home made chewy ginger cookies mmmmmm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BovQyphS8kA

Day 61 Daydream Believer

Day 61 Daydream Believer

This was taken in a rare moment of calm during a massive fight between good (about 7 Ninja Turtles) and evil (a giant crocodile and a small Hello Kitty. Kids have such fantastic imagination, Em and I thought we were keeping up until this one thought up a very imaginative way for Kitty to die!

Day 60 Baby Face, You Got the Cutest Little Baby Face

Day 60 Baby Face, You Got the Cutest Little Baby Face

My family and friends have the cutest kids!

Day 59 I Got a Pencil Full of Lead

Day 59 I Got a Pencil Full of Lead

I have recently been trying to do a bit more drawing. This is a cartoon of a friend I'm seeing this weekend, I wonder if she'll guess its her???

Day 58 Still of the Night

Day 58 Still of the Night

This is an office block round the corner from me. I love the lines and angles of the building and a pavement leading off into the night.

Day 57 Down Came the Rain & Washed Poor Spider Out!

 

 Day 57 Down Came the Rain & Washed Poor Spider Out!

The heavens suddenly opened and I thought I'd try and capture the downpour on film (well on an SD card anyway) but this delicate spider web caught my eye instead.

Day 56 Street Life, it's the Only Life We Know

Day 56 Street Life, it's the Only Life We Know

I'd love to be better at street photography. This is my first attempt and I think I really need to get out and practice more!

Day 55 Green is the Colour

Day 55 Green is the Colour

Stuck for inspiration on day 55 I thought I'd photograph one of my coloured drinking glasses from an unusual angle, I love this colour!

Day 54 How Much is that Doggy in the Window?

Day 54 How Much is that Doggy in the Window?

This is Casper, a very naughty but very cute Westie!

Day 53 But if you Sing, Sing, Sing Sing

Day 53 But if you Sing, Sing, Sing Sing

I went to see a very talented young lady perform last week. She's only 16 but showing great potential already. She has a beautiful voice and sang two of her own songs which were recieved very well. Check her out on youtube  http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW7MHnvh5cPqjKreiINpKmQ/videos

Day 52 The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars are a Million to One he Said!

Day 52 The Chances of Anything Coming from Mars are a Million to One He Said!

But still they came!!! or rather Alina and I experimented with torch light!

Day 51 Hey Good Looking, What You Got Cooking?

Day 51 Hey Good Looking, What You Got Cooking?

I am having major computer problems at them moment and have been without a computer for 2 weeks now. My lovely Lodger has leant me hers so I am going to have to quickly get the last 12 days of photos up. So without further ado here's day 51. This is the start of a yummy broccoli, cauliflower and leek cheese bake mmmm.

Day 50 I can Sing a Rainbow

 

Day 50 I can Sing a Rainbow

I wanted to do something with colour today so thought I'd do a still life using colouring pencils. I was having difficulty getting the composition right though and tried a number of different angles, non of which were working. The light was fading so I moved my subject outside to get the last of the daylight and use the grapevine as a backdrop. As soon as I did this I used the garden as inspiration and arranged the pencils like a flower focusing on the yellow pencils at the centre.

f stop 5, shutter speed 1/60

Day 49 Baby's Got Blue Eyes

 

Day 49 Baby's Got Blue Eyes

This is a photo of my best friend's youngest son. What a cutie! I took this on my Fujifilm compact while out at a fun day in Windsor while his big brother went to say hello to his friends.
I'm very luck to have some amazing friends and this outing was just part of a great weekend with some of them.  Lots of laughs, sharing stories, reading books to the kids, eating yummy homemade food and watching awful but very entertaining films, can't wait till our next catch up in a couple of months.