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[Past Posts: Photo-a-Day 2008; Week 1]

Nearly half-way through now! It’s getting difficult to think of new ideas, but I’ve had some results I’ve been pleased with this week. Here’s a run-down of photos from the second week:

I think this one, from 7 July, is my favourite so far. Lego + Star Wars = Double-Cool

On the 8th, several other DVDF members also taking part in this challenge had taken photographs of their guitars. Picking up this theme, I decided to use my Guitar Hero controller and took this. I like the colours, and I think the vignetting (added in post-processing) works well.

I’ve not taken many photos of people, but it’s something I’d like to get better at. I had my lovely girlfriend staying with me so I chose a portrait to be my photo for day 9. I’m quite pleased with the result:

Read on for days 10-14…

I was a bit stuck for ideas on the 10th. Considering, I think I did pretty well; getting a really nice exposure on this light shade and giving it a lovely glow.

Having had fun with Lego on 7 July, I wheeled this one out on the 11th. It was a bit dusty, and I had a bit of fun cleaning it first with a cotton bud. I thought I did a pretty good job, but it turns out I missed some bits, which only became evident when I got my camera out. You can’t hide from a macro lens…

I really like my Super-Takumar lens. It’s thirty-odd years old, looks beautiful and feels nicely solid to handle. It’s just a shame I haven’t taken many decent shots with it (this one being my favourite so far, incidentally). This time I put it in front of the camera:

This one felt like a bit of a cop-out. I didn’t have much imagination and I took a lazy option. However, I did manage to give some depth to the Wii logo, and I had some fun tweaking the blue ring.

I keep changing my mind about how much I like the shot I’ve taken today. At times I think it’s another lazy option, but at others I quite like it. I think the wardrobe with some clothes showing through creates some interest in the background, and there’s another quality I can’t quite put my finger on. I was a bit annoyed I didn’t bother to polish the switch fitting first as you can see some of my fingerprints smeared all over it! At least I managed to put my finger on something, I suppose. I did clean it up and try to re-shoot, but didn’t manage to get a photo I liked as much, so I left the prints in.