A Light Adapted Eye

Echeveria elegans

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:37:00 +0000

Echeveria elegans, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

One of my Mother's Day treats was an expedition to the Botanic Gardens with my camera and the child most likely to nap in the buggy. Nearly two hundred shots later this desert plant turned out to be my favourite.

Blowing out the Candles

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:50:00 +0000

Blowing out the Candles, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

The birthday girl blows out the candles.

I try not to use the in built flash as much as possible. Normally this means that I get a lot of very blurred toddler in motion shots. This time it would seem that the birthday girl stood nice and still to better concentrate on blowing out those candles.

St Patrick's Day Stone Men

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:00:00 +0000

St Patrick's Day Stone Men, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

We hosted the NCT open house here on St Patrick's Day so I thought it might be fun to get the wee ones to paint some stones green to make these little faces. Some of them have more eyes than I expected.

Walking with Giants

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 10:06:00 +0000

Walking with Giants, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Alex walks on Ian's feet.

Baby Carrots

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:55:00 +0000

Baby Carrots, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Alex planted some seeds and has been enthusiastically watering them. These carrot seedlings have survived the deluges so far.

It would have been much better to get the seedlings in focus.

Parsnips for Soup

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:51:00 +0000

Parsnips for Soup, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

The base for roasted parsnip, vanilla and lemon soup. It was ok but not a soup I'll make again.

Not a very interesting photo unless you want to know more about chopped parsnips.

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:16:00 +0000

Why yes I do have little time to myself. That is why I'd like to design a book of photographs within a single month.

Lets see if I even remember that I thought that this would be a good idea.

Zack Arias Transform :: A short film for ScottKelby.com

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:46:00 +0000

Transform is a hypnotic short film about what it is to be a photographer.

Binoculars

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Binoculars, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

I like the spots and stripes.

Alex and Ian reading

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:27:00 +0000

Alex and Ian reading, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Another busy day on the couch.

Saoirse Colouring

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:05:00 +0000

Saoirse Colouring, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Engrossed.

Alex

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:37:00 +0000

Alex, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

The cheeks are still there.

Ivy

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:59:00 +0000

Ivy, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

This is the house I grew up in. The ivy is claiming it.

Rosemary and Stephanie

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:28:00 +0000

Rosemary and Stephanie, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Stephanie was so comfortable when Rosemary was holding her that she just nodded off.

Beaded Frame

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:24:00 +0000

Beaded Frame, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Late at night in my Mum's house casting around for something for the daily photo I found this frame near a lamp.

Great St. Mary's (Day 7)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 00:58:00 +0000

This church stands overlooking Kings College in Cambridge. There was lovely light at about half four this afternoon. Unfortunately the buildings blocked most of it so that it only fell on the very top of the tower. I've tried to make the most of a rather disappointing shot by converting to black and white and upping the contrast.

I would have liked to have gone round to the other side of Kings to see if the light was illuminating the college along the Backs but time and the buggy were conspiring against me.

Twists (Day 6)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:57:00 +0000

I took the camera with me this morning to drop Alex off at nursery. I thought there was bound to be some nice snowy shots but in the end this was the only thing I saw. I like the lines and the lack of colour.

Big Hands (Day 5)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 23:46:00 +0000

The shadow behind my little statue is way too harsh but this last minute shot isn't as bad as I feared it would be.

I love this statue. Alex and Ian bought it for my birthday last year. She has huge feet.

Ex Scott (Day 4)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:14:00 +0000

Again a late in the day shot. As luck would have it Alex had made biscuits earlier in the day with the new letter cutters. And her name is the only thing she can nearly spell. She ate the A as soon they had cooled from the oven. The L went as a treat (oh, ok a bribe) for getting into her pjs with no fuss.

It looks threatening to me. As though Ian had really annoyed the biscuit mafia.

Floorboards (Day 3)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:48:00 +0000

The end of the day was drawing close and yet I still hadn't taken a photo. Expect a lot of these sort of almost abstract pattern shots taken at the last minute before bedtime.

These are our floorboards. When we took the carpets up they were covered in some sort of gluey tar (or possibly tarry glue).

Bamboo in Snow (Day 2)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:41:00 +0000

This is the only photo I took of the snow that doesn't include a small toddler clad head to toe in pink.

On the Way Home (Day 1)

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:11:00 +0000

On our way home from Hatfield Peverel I thought I'd see what sort of shots I could get from the car.

A Photo A Day

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:01:00 +0000

One of these days there will be time in abundance for messing round with cameras and photos. Until those days I am just going to try to take at least one photo a day and post it here. Most of my time I am accompanied by two small people. Expect a lot of photos of them. It is unlikely to be art. But it'll be something.

Waiting

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:10:00 +0000

Waiting, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Waiting for a Ryanair flight can feel pretty soulless.

Fake Oil Sketch

noreply@blogger.com (George) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:17:00 +0000

Fake Oil Sketch, originally uploaded by rodillagrande.

Ah, overuse of photoshop filters is a bit tacky but there you go.