Another day, another hand!
I've started running again.
Possibly not the most earth-shattering statement but one with some significance. I'm not a natural athlete and when friends tell me about going to the Gym I usually ask if he is cute and single. However running is different. For a start my running is sporadic. I can go months without running and then I have to go. It's usually when my head starts to feel a bit messy. There is something almost cleansing about selecting great tunes on my iPod and running at a steady, rhythm and losing myself within it. At this time of the year I tend to go at stupid o'clock in the morning which heightens my sense of solitude.
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This is completely not the picture I'd planned on posting. I'd been out with my friend and I took some interesting "arty" shots of the cruet set.
On the way back home I spotted a beautiful, large spiderweb, lit up by the street lamps. The shot is hideously shaken because the cool night air was making me shudder and I wasn't the steadiest on my feet. However I love the feathery quality this gives the shot. It makes me want to create something and is therefore infinitely more inspiring to me than salt and pepper pots.
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These are my house keys.
It may not look like an exciting shot but this was me experimenting with focus and flash. This may not seem much but to me it's quite a big step.
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My internet died a few days ago hence the lack of posts. However I put some money in the meter and all is well. So now I'm posting the "missing" pictures.
This was taken on Wednesday. It made sense to photograph my pot of pens. I have a collection of all sorts - biros, gel pens, felt-tips, pencils of varying softness. Oh and some coffee stirrers from several coffee shops.
I really love the difference of focus and the light coming through the plastic. The colours kind of zing.
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Really short of inspiration today and had alot of stuff to do for college (not thinking about my show which is 4 weeks tonight - eek!) and Uni - paperwork is so dull.
I saw this and decided it could be an interesting subject. Unfortunately it won't be in use for sometime now - not until my show with one day of exception - so I put it to another use.
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Today I walked from Marlow to Maidenhead along the river Thames. I went with my friend B who'd suggested a Bank Holiday stroll. Of course for me it was a photo opportunity.
As we walked through a field,we came across these beautiful ladies who were determinedly guarding the gate. As we approached, the front two moved aside but the third cow (who;s grazing in this shot) looked up and stared at me. I had a moment of "Oh shit, I hope she's placid" before I gently but firmly moved her head. The rest of her followed and we passed through the gate shutting it behind us with a definite click.
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