Again and Again

You may remember that since the beginning of 2013 I have been taking and uploading a photograph each day to the Blipfoto journal website ( See Blipfoto )

This means that everyday I have to find and take a photograph, some days this is very difficult, particularly if I am busy at work, or travelling on business, other days it is easy and I end up with a choice of possibilities.

The other realization I have made in this process is that I return to and photograph the same locations again and agian, and it is remarkable how the the whole mood and atmosphere of a shot can be altered by the lighting conditions, and also just how short your memory can be of how the waether chnage sin just a few days or weeks.

The two images below are a good illustration, the top image was taken on a bright day (10 Feb) the lower image just 2 weeks later on the 24th February when winter had temporarily returned.

 

Another return location is one of my ' favorite' trees near Grasmere - I have this tree in many of its clothes and disguises.

The top version shows the tree and a lot of background with the mist still boiling off the lake, and for me looks a bit busy and messy.

The middle misty version isolates the tree from the background giving a more atmospheric feel.

The last example includes the lake and two fishermen in a small red boat giving yet a different feel to the image

 

 

Having photos which I cannot choose to use in my daily journal is also forcing me to consider why one image ' makes it' and others are left out.

Sometimes its a clear choice, sometimes very close, and its not always the best most in focus picture that I choose, sometimes its just the right mood for the moment.

Left below is an image I did not use, while the right shot is an iPhone image that I took in Amsterdam walking back from a restaurant, which I thought captured the mood of the city just after midnight and which did go in my journal. 

 

Blipfoto and cold weather

A few days ago I had to close down my little local exhibition, my photos have now been replaced by some oil paintings by a local artist.

No sales during the exhibition though it seems there were quite a lot of viewers, maybe the price is too high but there is not much left out of my pricing once you include the cost of making and framing the print, and excluding any time element.

The cold weather continues in the Netherlands, snow on the ground all week which has created some nice photo opportunities.

I have been using these shots on Blipfoto, my daily photo journal. I started this on the first of January so I have now 26 photos on this site, seemed easy to just take a photo every day but it is sometimes really difficult to find both the time, well more the right moment, and the right shot.  The website checks the dates in the photo information from your camera, so you have to take the photo on the correct day.

I want to try and only add good quality images so i build a good looking record of where I went and what I did throughout the year.

So far I have a mix of photos from my Sony camera and my iPhone -  you can see the whole set at..
http://www.blipfoto.com/Bizonderimage

Some of the photos caused severe freezing of my hands, I cannot quite work the camera with my gloves on, and at one point my hands were so cold I could no longer push the button on the camera.

I also have a few shots which did not make the cut for Blipfoto this week.

Ducks at the Marina

Sunrise Panorama

Heron in the garden in the snow