Day 5: 15-Oct-2013

50mm lens and some metal benches outside of the Theatre Royal - and hey presto! ;) A bit of abstractness achieved with shallow depth of field.

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[Camera used: Canon EOS 600D w. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens]

It's getting to that time of the year when it's dark outside by the time I leave work (especially since I never seem to leave on time), so I might have to try and get up earlier (the horror!) so I can get outside whilst there's some daylight. Another alternative is actually leaving my desk during my lunch break, for once, and go outside. There will probably a combination of the above - we'll see how things pan out :)

The last couple of weeks have been a bit hectic with different shifts, having water leak under the bathroom floor fixed, and having the bathroom and kitchen floor replaced. So didn't really get around to starting on 01-Oct, but I didn't want to leave it until November, so decided to start a couple of days ago. There's no theme as such to this - just me taking a photo every day for the next 30 days and putting them on here. Will aim to do it more regularly (like at the end of the day) rather than in bulk.

So, here we go :)

Day 1: 11-Oct-2013

This blue house amongst all the brick ones caught my eye whilst I was walking to catch the bus on Friday on my way to work. Actually had in mind to go photo something else - so I will save that for later in the month.

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[Camera used: Canon EOS 600D w. Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens]

Day 2: 12-Oct-2013

Love my 50mm lens and the shallow depth of field - what else can I say? :) Oh, and despite my geekyness I still rely on the old "pen and paper" for list-making for certain things. That particular one is one of the to-do lists for my galleries (photos and portfolio), both of which still have many more photos to be uploaded to them.

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[Camera used: Canon EOS 600D w. Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens]

Day 3: 13-Oct-2013

This is the view out of my lounge window. I'm sure there are more exiting views, but I love how the light hits the back of the buildings one street up. It's also a nice view to just sit and watch the clouds drift by - especially on summer evenings.

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[Camera used: Canon EOS 600D w. Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II lens]

Day 4: 14-Oct-2013

The Samuel Hall, a pub in Sherwood. It is in part of what used to be the Sherwood bus garage. Took this whilst waiting for the bus this evening after having missed my stop on the way home (probably because I paying more attention to my phone than where the bus was going).

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[Camera used: iPhone 4S]

So the re-design of my website, galleries, and blog is finally finished :)

Had a weekend of geekyness, and despite suffering from a work "hangover" and having spent the best part of the weekend in front of my computer I feel refreshed. Most likely because even though the weekend was spent at my computer I was doing something I really enjoy and it was productive at the same time. 

I love my job, but it's sort of wearing me out at the moment. But then I suppose it has to do with how I approach it as well. Also, can't do it all on my own.

Anyway, the re-design is done - and there is now one theme running across my website, galleries and blog. I'm pleased with the look of the site, and the fact I've managed to wrangle a WordPress theme and a ZenPhoto theme into submission and made them look the same. There is a sense of accomplishment certainly, and it has made me realise again how much I enjoy the coding part of web development (not using no WYSIWYG editors here).

An ongoing project will be to upload photos taken with my DSLR (Canon 600D) over the last 9 months. And there's quite a few of them.. As I'll be doing it in my spare time, it might take a while to get it all sorted.

Another project is to make my site to look better on mobile devices, i.e. make it more mobile friendly. The galleries part of it looks ok atm (although not centred on the page), but the website and blog not so much. So I guess I'll have to go digging round in the WordPress files to sort that one out.

Will also try to update this blog more often (and with other things than my ranting/waffling when I'm tired ;P). One thing I've thought of is to do a 30-day challenge type thing and take a photograph a day and post them on here. Since it's October 1st tomorrow it would make sense to start then, and it'll have to be a 31-day challenge (otherwise it'll bug me that it doesn't last the whole month).

Time for some lunch now before going to work for the late shift. Geared up for another week at work - bring it on!