12-DEC-2009
Ground Control To Major Tom
13-DEC-2009
Nicky Demonstrates The UK Pbase Meet Photo Technique
13-DEC-2009
A Good Friend
It was great to be with so many good friends in Norwich this weekend. Thank you to Ray and everyone else! More pics to come!
02-NOV-2009
Early Morning Walk With The Dogs
02-NOV-2009
Autumn Glory
This is over-processed but I feel it is true to the feel of how the trees look
in the late autumn early morning sunshine while the last of their leaves are still there
30-OCT-2009
Mandy & Lisa
I don't like taking portraits with a single flash but it was a rare opportunity to take some pictures
of my friend Mandy. Many thanks to Lisa for being my assistant and helping keep the subject still!
24-OCT-2009
Colour In The Rain At Kew
31-AUG-2009
Nicky and Bev's Sunflowers
Thank you to Nicky for
her map on yesterday's PAD showing the sunflower field in her area.
I just had to go and take a look! And the sun came out just as I arrived!
28-AUG-2009
Here,There And Everywhere
To lead a better life I need my love to be here...
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with a wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there
There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speaking but she doesn't know he's there
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there
To be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere
The Beatles
27-AUG-2009
Blowin' Free
I thought I had a girl
And all because I seen her.
I thought I had a girl
And all because I seen her.
Her hair was golden brown (yes it was)
Blowin free like a cornfield.
She was far away
I found it hard to reach her.
She told me you can try
But its impossible to find her.
In my dreams everything was all right -
In your schemes you can only try.
Blowin Free - Wishbone Ash
27-AUG-2009
Hopper
I only saw one of these, so I can't enter the Thursday challenge! LOL!
I was hoping to use the lyrics of the Free song 'Little Bit of Love', too!
Why IS the challenge mid-week when most of us are busy in the middle of the working week? Hmmm ...
Ruth & Russell
Ruth & Russell were the lovely couple for whom I shot some pictures of their blessing ceremony on Sunday.
I think I might be catching the wedding photography bug!
23-AUG-2009
Riders On The Shore
Sounds like a song title!
Seams Adjustment
I went to a WW2 re-enactment event today. Sadly, due to circumstances beyond my control I was limited to taking very few pictures.
Watching the film 'Battle of Britain' last night and taking in the scenes today made me realise firstly,
how close Britain came to being over-run by the Nazis in 1940. Only the bravery of the RAF with their Spitfires held the line.
And secondly, I realise how lucky I am not to have been called up to fight a war, and be left with the physical and mental
scars as a result. They were not a special generation but rather ordinary men and women called upon to do something special for us all.
I guess this picture celebrates the thought that with the distance of time, we can look back and enjoy some of the lighter moments of that period.
And that means freedom won through.
Serious? The hell I am!
Have a great weekend everyone! And don't get too serious until Monday!
26-JUL-2009
Bev and Team!!
I stepped out of my comfort zone (I wasn't alone) to join Bev on a model shoot today at Southwold.
Thanks, Bev! It certainly made me realise how much work there is for the photographer in getting great portraits/glamour
shots - which you make look easy!
21-JUL-2009
Big Sky
As any native will tell you, one of the many great things about Suffolk is the huge skies!
And now I have found something to put in front of my sunsets - so watch this space!
17-JUL-2009
Me and My Twin!
Thanks to Nicky for this SP idea!
06-JUL-2009
Storm Cloud and Dead Tree
02-JUL-2009
Bridge Over The River Stour
02-JUL-2009
Horse Chestnut Reflection
28-JUN-2009
The Picnic (With Apologies to Henri Cartier-Bresson!)
20-JUN-2009
Cake, a G&T or Broken Window ????
I'm just back from a lovely friendly weekend in Bath with Ian York, Ray Pettit, James Ross (& Fiona),
Lee & Margaret Rudd, Ann Courteney, Cathryn Gallagher, Barbara Heide, Lisa Brabank and Nicky Thurgar.
I'll hopefully catch up with commenting and uploading more of my pics from Bath early in the week.
Many thanks to all who came especially those who travelled so far!
19-JUN-2009
Here Comes The Weekend!
Looking forward to a great weekend in Bath!
14-JUN-2009
Foxgloves, Scots Pines & Big Clouds
All you need is .......
Er, I liked the texture of the wood!
06-JUN-2009
Suffolk Poppies
Back home after a day out shadowing Bev Harrison while she shot a wedding. It's intense, hard work!
There are a few more poppy fields around this year. They are so spectacular but it's getting hard to come up
with an original poppy shot!
After The Finish!
I had a wonderful day today taking part in a 33 mile charity cycling event through London and crossing
14 of the Thames bridges en route.
Many many thanks to all of my friends who have encouraged and supported me in achieving what is a first
(but hopefully not a last!) for me.
Special thanks to Ray, Gail and Mark for cheering me on the day and sharing a celebratory drink very shortly after this
shot was taken.
24-MAY-2009
Birthday Girl Under The Brolly!
Happy Birthday for tomorrow (Monday), Bev!
Thanks for a fun day today! It's always good to see you and Cazi!
09-MAY-2009
Reflections
It's been a tough first day back at work today, which has led me to reflecting on life's bigger picture.
And like in this shot, it seems there are too many angles to make sense of right now.
09-MAY-2009
The Citizens of Bath ...... (View At Original Size)
.... are a friendly lot!
These guys were celebrating their mate's 30th birthday and very kindly posed for my photo - thanks guys!!
I was in Bath to check out cafe's and bars ready for the Pbase meetup in June - please
#click here# to learn more!
All Pbasers are welcome - please register your interest on the forum. I'm hoping we see friends old and new!
08-MAY-2009
Passion & Focus
Starting out on a new phase of one's life, it's inevitable that some experiences are positive and some...
well are 'learning opportunities'!
It was with a little uncertainty that I arranged this week away - what would I do with myself all week?
Shouldn't I be working instead?
The prospect of spending time with my furthest-flung daughter and the chance to recharge my batteries
made the decision easier in the end.
It seemed a great opportunity to revisit old haunts from holidays when the children were small and we came each year to Cornwall.
But also (surprise, surprise) I arranged to meet with Pbase friends, old and new. I had a super day out with
Ann,
Lee and Margaret - despite the fact that our Challenge theme was ignored by the Suffolk office of T.I.T.C. LOL!
But then I was also kindly invited over to see the famous Alstead-Mingay establishment.
Although I already knew Linda, I was a bit unsure about imposing myself on
Linda and
David who I had not met before.
But I needn't have worried! What wonderful conversationalists and hosts they are. I took to David immediately!
We covered all sorts of topics during our demolition of five bottles of wine (well, OK 4 and 3/4!)!
From Ukeleles to Asteroids; from Beatles songs to organic gardening!
I'm sure some of those empties were from their previous revelry but Linda won't have it!
I picked up many interesting points of debate and information before the (cough, cough) second glass caught up with me!
But what came across so strongly was their passion for life, their home, their garden, their animals,
their photography, the world at large and of course each other!
And they channel this through their ability to focus on their goals and on the here and now - something I so sadly lack.
I learned so much from these special people - but I need to act upon it!
David and Linda's passion and focus is warm and positive and genuine - unlike the more malicious way these
attributes are applied by the Cornish seagulls who attacked me and stole my Cornish Pasty yesterday! Look at the evil in their eyes in this pic!! LOL!
And finally .... I have no idea how Linda has managed to write her long, lucid, interesting PAD commenteries every day for so many years - I'm exhausted! (or maybe it's last night catching up with me? ...... )
06-MAY-2009
Ann in The Posh Fish & Chip Shop
Finally home after a lovely relaxing day out with Ann, Lee & Margaret in Launceston, Cornwall.
We enjoyed the bracing Cornwall air, some sunshine and top quality Fish n Chips!
Thank you so much, Guys!
04-MAY-2009
Making Fronds Along The Way!
I'm on my journey to Cornwall today. After seeing my son in Bristol for lunch, it was
time to gloat on the Northbound holidaymakers queuing from Bridgwater upwards on the M5!
Then I got intentionally lost around Dartmoor and found some bluebell woods.
I am sitting on the top of Dartmoor uploading via mobile broadband modem - I still think that's pretty amazing!
26-APR-2009
Miss Bella A Go Go
Sunday Night and finally back home from a wonderful weekend in Dublin's fair city.
Many many thanks to Maire for being the perfect hostess, and ably supported by Mairead.
It was special to join good friends Nicky, Ann, Cathryn, Ray, Peter and Stuart (and wife Barbara) and
great to meet, for the first time, Barbara Heide and her friend Liza.
Sleep is creeping upon me, so I will get to processing, uploading, proper credits and links during the week.
Miss Bella A Go Go? Oh she's someone we bumped into on the train - a warm, gorgeous, bright, confident young woman.
Oh, and she happens to be a belly dancer and burlesque performance artist!
24-APR-2009
Sun Rising Over Canola (Oilseed Rape)
The camera didn't capture the colours that my eye saw, and the processing isn't right either.
I will have another go at this one when I have more time - but now I have a plane to catch to the Emerald Isle!! ;0))))
earlier the same morning:
24-APR-2009
Early In The Mornin'
Just A Little Lovin’ sung by Dusty Springfield
(barry mann / cynthia weil)
Just a little lovin’
Early in the mornin’
Beats a cup of coffee
For starting off the day
Just a little lovin’
When the world is yawnin’
Makes you feel wake up feeling
Good things are coming your way
This old world
Wouldn’t be half as bad
It wouldn’t be half as sad
If each and everybody in it had, yeah
Just a little lovin’
Early in the mornin’
That little extra somethin’
To kinda see them through
Nothing turns the day on
Really gets it dawnin’
Like a little bit of lovin’
From some lovin’ someone like you
21-APR-2009
Spring Sunset
Try as I might, I couldn't align the back-lighting in such a way that I could avoid a twig dissecting the image.
18-APR-2009
Ceremonial Sikh Swordsmen
16-APR-2009
One Year Wiser!
A quick SP as I had 10 mins to spare on my way to an appointment. I am squinting because the sun peeped through the mist at this point!
13-APR-2009
Graveyard In The Sunshine - NO Vignette
Any preferences between Vignette or not, black or white??
13-APR-2009
Graveyard In The Sunshine - Black Vignette
13-APR-2009
Graveyard In The Sunshine - White Vignette
(Processed using Photoshop 7)
04-APR-2009
When You've Been On The Edge, It Feels Good To Take A Step Forward!!
05-APR-2009
A Quiet Sunday Morning In The Harbour
04-APR-2009
Ramsgate Reflections
After an evening with Ade Reilly and Neil Hanson, it's a weekend with
Nick Powell,
and it's apparent I need a 70-300 lens in my camera bag!
29-MAR-2009
Blue Sky Thinking - Mirror SP
29-MAR-2009
Sun Shines thru Sea Shore Shell
15-MAR-2009
Frog Foto (Best Viewed At Original Size)
Sometimes, only a Canon 100m f2.8 Macro USM will do!
The best the 'bridge' camera could do given that the subject would leap off if I got too close! LOL!:
These Ladies Love Food
were so enthusiastic about the wonderful local food they sell that I asked them to pose
Er, the oranges apparently are NOT locally grown ha ha!
The Difficult Second Album
24-FEB-2009
Ready Steady Go!
Our new Asda (Walmart) takes shape!
22-FEB-2009
My Aunt's Hibiscus
My Aunt was 90 last Thursday. That's far from a Waine record - her own Aunt died within 6 weeks of 100!
The Hibiscus nearly didn't make it this far as it had appeared to be dead but my Aunt saw one tiny green shoot
and gave it one more chance. She obviously has green fingers judging by this spectacular bloom.
14-FEB-2009
No One Came From Miles Around
A pat on the back goes to anyone who can name the Band and Album this song title comes from!
15-FEB-2009
Marmalade
Not made by me, but I was given a pot - and it's yummy!
15-FEB-2009
Old Sea Dog Discovers Treasure
Just back from an all too brief visit to friends near Bournemouth.
It was actually quite mild walking along the beach today - a pleasant change.
I have a v hectic week ahead so I may not get onto Pbase very much. I really do appreciate your comments.
But I apologise for not keeping up with returning the favour!
Have a good week everyone!
11-FEB-2009
Ocean Village Lines and Reflections
Although Fibonacci is about numbers, it is my understanding that that sequence
of numbers when expressed as squares creates a spiral or nautilus-type pattern.
This is said to be the simple basis of artistic and photographic composition
because it is the pattern that best retains the attention of the eye and brain.
So in this picture, my eye is drawn to the quay wall then the boats followed by the buildings then
the reflection and around again.
11-FEB-2009
Road Trip
Ten hours of driving for a three hour meeting today.
I stopped for a coffee/phone/email break this morning and it was so hot in the
car that I had to open the window!!
Five miles down the road I hit fog and snow!
Favourite personalised number plate today: 'M3EEE' ! ;0)
Still one hour from home - better hit the road again!
10-FEB-2009
There's More Than One Way
08-FEB-2009
Enlightening
Taken on a brief but very chilly walk before joining Bev and family for a wonderful Sunday lunch.
Thanks Bev!
Attempting the impossible
As seen on the BBC programme,
QI
01-FEB-2009
It Must Be Winter If London Has Snow!
There is a strong suspicion that the British media don't worry about bad weather until it affects London.
Then it's a NATIONAL crisis. I can hear tomorrow's news reports already 'Snow chaos', 'Britain in icey grip' etc etc !
Enjoy the snow everyone, wherever you are!
I'll be setting off early for a business meeting with a shovel on board!
31-JAN-2009
Snowdrops Before The Snow
31-JAN-2009
Happy Pigs
These two were rooting around in their paddock and we too friendly for me to get anything but a close up shot.
I know it is heavily processed and breaks the normal rules of composition but I would like to see it enlarged on a big canvas.
25-JAN-2009
London In The Rain
Another rainy but enjoyable day in London with Pbase friends, Gail, Nicky, Bev,
Mark and Ray. A few other pics below (creative juices are just not flowing at present!)
06-JAN-2009
Journey To The End Of The Line
Whilst heading back on the Tube from a London meeting, I noticed the changing pattern of
sun and shade as the train sped along. The seven carriage train was empty apart from me!
04-JAN-2009
Recorders Incorporated
Rose Atkinson is a member of an international recorder orchestra called Recorders Incorporated.
Tonight they performed at St. Peter's by the Waterfront in Ipswich.
They came from from all over the UK, Germany and the Netherlands and rehearsed in the venue prior to the concert.
The theme of their Concert was 'Something Old and Something New' They will be playing music by Brumel, Maute, Schnabel and Wylkinson.
Thanks for inviting me along, Rose. It was very enjoyable - I had not realised what an amazing range of sounds could be produced by such a simple instrument.
The whole concert was of a very high standard and showed how much hard work was put in by you all.
03-JAN-2009
Birds on Ice at Sunrise 1
03-JAN-2009
Birds on Ice at Sunrise 2
