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Where's Me Dinner?
dinner

204/365v3 Where’s Me Dinner?

I take part in an occasional photography competition on Flickr called the f64 challenge. It’s just a bit of fun and I normally get knocked out pretty early…but there has been a change in the rules meaning that your have to photograph to a theme…and I’m in the 3rd round…so I

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Footwear
footwear

199/365v3 Footwear

I have a lot of pictures to process and then publish from the last week…but here is today’s…a bit of light painting

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Golden Ringed Bokeh
aluminium foil

141/365v3 – Golden Ringed Bokeh

It’s amazing what you can do with a couple of small torches and some silver foil. For those of you who don’t know, bokeh is a Japanese word that describes the blobs of out of focus light in the background.

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Back to the Workhouse
candle

99/365v3 Back to the Workhouse

We both work from home (lucky us) and all was well this afternoon until all the power went out. It’s always somewhat relieving to discover that it’s the whole town that is without power…but annoying when all the shops, including the Post Office, have had to close becasue noting works.

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My New Old Gear
analogue

286/365v2 My New Old Gear

A couple of weeks ago a friend from the Bishops Stortford Camera Club gave me this Praktica LB camera and a couple of lenses as I was keen to give film photography a go. Film (black and white) was purchased along with a 28mm f2.8 lens to go along with

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Prize
composition

237/365v2 Not Every Shot’s a Winner

We tried for ages this morning to get this set of items photographed for an auction my wife is doing with a couple of Etsy friends. The weather wasn’t favourable (chucking it down) so we tried to use a couple of flashes to light the items. This worked well, but

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Standing Guard
Bishops Stortford Camera Club

210/365v2 Standing Guard

Another night out with the Bishops Stortford Camera Club. Our regular firestarter and general “ask me to do something & I’ll do it” helper Steve came up trumps with his collection of replica guns and military garb. He posed in all sorts of awkward positions for us, but it was

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Mark Seton

I'm an amateur photographer who enjoys music. I'm currently the Digital Secretary of the Bishops Stortford Camera club (and am a past Chairman) and I hold both LRPS and CPAGB distinctions.