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365+ 84 Selective Sunshine

365+ 84 Selective Sunshine #365positive #365project #photography

What is there not to love about the Spring?

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365+ 83 Familiar Places

365+ 83 Familiar Places #365positive #365project

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365+ 82 Just after sunset

365+ 82 Just after sunset

Well, that’s Monday out of the way! Only 2 days till Humpday!

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365+ 81 The weekend be like...

365+ 81 The weekend be like... #365positive #365project #Photography

Behind you! Don’t you just love that Sunday night feeling, the promise of a new week and all the treasures it will bring in literally a few hours?… Na, me neither! Also, I know I’ve missed a few posts on my WordPress site, they are there on my website so if you fancy, take a trip over to focalthingy.com/365positive to catch up!

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365+ 76 Not Overthinking

365+ 76 Not Overthinking Just looking up #365positive #365project #photography

Just looking up!

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365+ 75 S.O.O.C

365+ 75 S.O.O.C #365positive #365project #Photography

Who doesn’t love an acronym? Aren’t they just so much fun especially if you use them around people who haven’t got a clue what they mean. T.B.H., (To Be Honest) if you do that then you’re a bit of a K.N.O.B. (Knowledgeable Nice Observant Being) and should receive a S.L.A.P. (Specially Lauded Award for Precociousness) And, for the rest of us, SOOC means Straight out of camera, basically an image…

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365+ 74 The 1980's called, they want their rubbish studio photographer back...

365+ 74 The 1980's called, they want their rubbish studio photographer back... #365positive #365project #photography

Vision, time, planning and preparation. Absolutely none of that went into this shot whatsoever. The cat hates me, Reece has now got an unhealthy obsession about the size of his hand and Sandie’s sad that it’s only another couple of weeks before the “Lockdown Tree” is dismantled. All in all, not the best Mothers Day shot I’ve made but I’m sure it’ll remain one of the most surreal..

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365+ 73 Memento Vitae

365+ 73 Memento Vitae #365positive #365Project #UnusAnnus #Photography

Today was a great day, Kayleigh, our daughter turned 18 years old so that’s it, Fatherhood done and dusted right? To be honest, I’m quite lucky that I’ve got two kids who actually quite like me and only roll their eyes occasionally. They both make me very, very proud and for me to actually get some portrait shots of Kayleigh without the usual scowl that usually rests on her face when Dad’s about…

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365+ 72 Bugger!

365+ 72 Bugger! #365positive #365project #photography

The moment I’ve been waiting for, everything came together. The light was changeable but great for moments, the farmer had put in his usual hard work on the soil and the recent rain had added some texture and shading to the scene. Perfect for me to recreate Mud! using the Hasselblad. For those who know me know that Mud! was, I suppose, a signature image that I was lucky enough to have featured in…

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365+ 71 Todays blog is going to be a very positive post...

365+ 71 Todays blog is going to be a very positive post... #365positive #365project #Photography

That is all.

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365+ 70 It's never just a grey day...

365+ 70 It's never just a grey day... #365positive #365project #photography

Someone asked a question on Twitter earlier regarding black and white and colour photography. It was a simple “which do you prefer?” question but it did get me thinking. I love to look at and shoot both but when it really comes down to it I do think I prefer colour. I’ve found that in my photography I like to try and use the colours of a scene to draw you, the viewer in. Yesterday’s shot is a…

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365+ 69 In Our Time

365+ 69 In Our Time #365positive #365project #photography

Every single image ever taken is a document. A document to that particular moment in time in that particular place. Sure, some can be manipulated and things removed. That’s a skill as old as photography itself but fundamentally, when that shutter clicked shut that moment was frozen on whatever medium the photographer chose to capture those photons on and will remain so for as long as the image…

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365+ 68 For Mum!

365+ 68 For Mum! #365positive #365project #Mum

Also for my Wife, Daughter, Sister, Nieces, Aunts, Cousins and Friends! But mainly, for you Mum! Please, get well soon! I love you! XX

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365+ 67 Meine Kamera ist Kaputt

365+ 67 Meine Kamera ist Kaputt #365positive #365project #photography

My camera died today, it’s kaputt, buggered, broken. Or, to put it simply, it’s fucked! This was the last image it made before I got the great big ERR! and the rear curtain decided to become a permanent thing. It’s okay though, sometimes things break. It’s not the end of the world. With some love, time and effort things can be mended. X

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365+ 66 The Belt of Venus

365+ 66 The Belt of Venus #365positive #365project #photography

I love the rabbit holes that I can descend into once I’ve chosen an image for the day and then have a look about to make sure that my writing is clear and concise… Sometimes. The Belt of Venus is the pink glow that sits just above the opposite horizon from where the sun is about to rise or has just set. The slightly darker blue beneath the belt is actually the earth’s shadow that will eventually…

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365+ It's Late (Late)

365+ It's Late (Late) #365positive #365project #photography #roadworker

My intention was to get Mars in conjunction with Pleiades over a closed A303 but something drew me to the guys carrying out a Friday night shift and as I stood on the bridge watching them I cast my mind back to the time I was doing pretty much the same as them. There’s something surreal and otherworldly working on what would be a busy road in the dead of night. It’s like you’re an inch in front…

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365+ 64 The woolly one!

365+ 64 The woolly one! #365positive #365project #photography

A day beating keys and meeting Teams in the Home Office today with no chance to get out and shoot so one from a couple of days ago on Mere Down. Those lovely greens in the late afternoon sun. A promise of spring! Love it!