Day 116 - Marmalade

I've been looking at a jar of marmalade I was given and loving the fantastic colour.  I might do another shot that shows off the juicy lumps of peel in it, if there's time before I eat it, but here's a slightly different approach.

Day 115 - Sian in the garden

One the signs summer is on its way is the evening light hitting our little garden, creating the perfect spot for a nice glass of red wine.

Day 114 - Dandelion

Jess picked me a flower, bless her little cotton socks.

Day 113 - loo

There's an Edward Weston photo of a loo, I think taken in Mexico, that shows off his incredible control of lighting.  This shows that I've still got a lot to learn!

Day 112 - Jess on the stairs

This was a snap in natural light, using the wide aperture of the excellent (and cheap) Nikon 50mm f/1.8 lens that I use for almost everything to get a manageable shutter speed and shallow depth of field.

I need to looking at using our stairs for some proper portraits.

Day 111 - eye in the sky

I've always thought this lampshade looked a bit like an eye...

Day 110 - old leather

Another aspect of my photography that I wanted to develop this year is being able to pre-visualise the shot.  In this case I knew exactly what I was hoping to achieve with a toned, low key picture of an old much-loved shoe.  First, some soft but directional light with the Lumiquest Softbox III, then some post work with a sepia tint and different levels of Gaussian blur, all as layers with varying levels of opacity over a sharpened up original.