The view from the top floor in the CornerHouse in Nottingham one morning after work.
Converse shoes from the shop window of one of the shoe shops in Nottingham.
Some of my first polaroids developed using the Instantlab from the Impossible Project.The Impossible Project manufacture film for Polaroid cameras, and as a kickstarter project they have also done the Instantlab which will allow you to develop polaroids (on actual film, not just printing) from your iPhone. I bought mine a few months back, and I love it :)
From the top, left to right, we have: My parents' house, London from the Shard, lavender from my parents' garden, Church Drive in Carrington, the Apple store in Covent Garden, one of my pairs of shoes, London from the Shard, and Brunkebergstunneln in Stockholm.
Walked in to town from work the other week and was testing out my Canon EOS M. This is again with the 40mm lens and the mount adapter.
The fence of the shared garden for my block of flats.
Came home from late shift the other week, and it was foggy and cold. The photo below was taken in the alleyway outside my flat that evening.
Went into Jessops not last weekend but the one before (15-Mar) to drool over photography gear.. and ended up buying the Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 EX DC HSM lens.. whoops ;)Given that it takes a ridiculously large filter (82mm) they had to order one in since the only ones they had in store at the time was some £130 ones. And I'm all for UV filters and they're easily replaceable if scratched etc, but £130 for one seemed a bit excessive. I exercised some restraint and didn't use the lens until the Wednesday when I was on late shift and could pick up the filter from the shop.
The photo below is one of 30-odd photos I took having a quick wander around town before my shift. Still getting used to just how much fits in the frame with such a wide lens, but looking forward to taking it with me on a trip to London or something. And will definitely take it if (no, I should say when) I go on holiday to New York in August/September (money permitting) :D
Had a wander around town on Saturday, mainly because the weather was nice, but also to test out the geotagging app I'd downloaded earlier in the week.The geotagging app, called Geotag Photos Pro, worked a treat. I've just uploaded my file and have geotagged the photos I took on my DSLR on Saturday :)
As it was nice weather on Saturday the fountain on Old Market Square was full of children running around playing in the water (like it was summer or something). This little girl was definitely enjoying herself.
Playing catch-up on these a bit atm, because this week (3rd-9th March) is actually week 10. The week 10 photo will come tomorrow. This one is an exception to the rules of my fifty-two week challenge as it wasn't taken during week 9. I had planned to go to Nottingham Light Night on the Friday that week (on the 28th Feb.), but as I spent the day knocked out with a migraine it didn't happen. This was in fact taken as I was waiting for the bus on Monday morning. It was a lovely morning (despite it being Monday), and I love the reflections you get off the bus stops at certain angles.
Saturday last weekend I had a wander around town and tried out my lens. I got the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM as a bit of a "spur of the moment"-purchase when buying a flash gun (the Canon Speedlite 430EX II) since Canon was doing a winter sale cash back offer. I already love my Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens, so buying the 40mm one seemed like a good idea. It might be my imagination, but the photos taken with the 40mm lens seem sharper than those taken using the 50mm lens. Either way, I am well pleased with the new lens - and it's taken me a while to decide on which photo to post for last week. The photo below is down Market Street towards Old Market Square.
Ok, so the plan initially is to add a week a day (or something along those lines) to catch up by the end of this week. Then after that it'll be a weekly post. So this photo was taken one morning on my way to work, on 03-Jan-2014. Not looking very wintery, but I just love how the morning sun reflects in the puddles.