To be taken once daily

Day 121

2008-01-09T16:26:00.001Z

clock
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

We got a new clock for the living room recently and I finally got round to putting it up on the wall. I tried to be creative with the lighting but I'm not to sure if it works.

I enjoyed taking the shot though.

Day 120

2008-01-09T16:23:00.005Z

Day 120
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

A shot of the new building work going on near the Parkinson building at the University of Leeds.

Day 119

2008-01-09T16:23:00.003Z

Day 119
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The afternoon sky in Stanningley.

Day 118

2008-01-09T16:23:00.001Z

Day 118
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The newest addition to the McGraham family a Syrian hamster called Hamish.

Day 117

2008-01-09T16:22:00.003Z

Day 117
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The sizeable amount of Christmas presents we luckily received but still have to sort.

Day 116

2008-01-09T16:22:00.001Z

Day 116
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

After a noted absence of about 2months, I'm back to my 365 project. This shot was taken during the snow we had in the New Year/Post Christmas period.

Day 115

2008-01-09T16:20:00.001Z

Day 115
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Sunset over the university of Leeds campus.

Day 114 - festive briggate

2008-01-09T16:19:00.001Z

Day 114 - festive briggate
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

A shot of Briggate taken on the November Leeds Flickr group monthly meet.

Day 113 - Roger Stephens Building

2008-01-09T16:17:00.001Z

Day 113 - Roger Stephens Building
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

I took this with the back up camera I'm using at them moment, my old Fuji F10. It's not bad but I have little control over exposure which is quite frustrating.

Day 112 - Yup it's definately dead

2008-01-09T16:16:00.001Z

Day 112 - Yup it's definately dead
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Yesterday I made the call to arrange for collection of my camera for repair and the packaging to send it back came through today. Hopefully it'll be mended soon.

Day 111 - Wine

2008-01-09T16:14:00.001Z

Day 111 - Wine
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

As one of our many house warming presents we were given this gigantic 3 litre bottle of wine from Steve and Lynn. Unfortunately the angle at which I've taken the photo gives you absolutely no idea of how big it is.

Thanks very much for this guys, we loved it.

Day 110 - The day my camera died

2008-01-08T12:56:00.001Z

Day 110 - The day my camera died
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

This was the shot I took just before my camera died.

Day 109 - Civic Hall

2008-01-08T12:55:00.003Z

Day 109 - Civic Hall
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

I caught this shot of Civic hall the day and was struck by the night blue autumn sky, I think it comes across well in this shot.

Day 108 - Motorway by night

2008-01-08T12:55:00.001Z

Day 108 - Motorway by night
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

I actually took this shot while my 400d was in for repair, I was quite impressed that my little Fuji F10 was capable of this. This is try up to a point, then I started getting upset as I couldn't do an exposure shorter than 3 seconds.

Day 107 - Autumn car park

2008-01-08T12:52:00.001Z

Day 107 - Autumn car park
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

My attempt at trying to capture the feel of Autumn in black and white. I really would like to learn to master black and white better.

Day 106

2008-01-08T12:46:00.001Z

Day 106
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

I thought I'd try something different in black and white so I shot this memorial statue in Leeds General Cemetery.

Day 105

2008-01-08T12:45:00.001Z

Day 105
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

We got a copy of the first season of Flight of the Concords as we missed most of the episodes on TV. Cracking stuff.

Day 104

2008-01-08T12:43:00.001Z

Day 104
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

A day out in the town to see the Scotland match who'd have thought I'd have bumped into my old boss.

Day 103

2008-01-08T12:42:00.001Z

Day 103
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

A random shot of the campus in Autumn at the University of Leeds.

Day 102 - University of Leeds

2008-01-08T12:41:00.001Z

Day 102 - University of Leeds
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

A random shot of the campus in Autumn at the University of Leeds.

Day 101 - Music room

2008-01-08T12:40:00.001Z

Day 101 - Music room
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The front room which is our music room in our new house.

Day 100 - Study

2008-01-08T12:39:00.001Z

Day 100 - Study
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

A rather untidy shot of the yet to be organised newly decorated study aka My Man Cave. It looks a bit tidier now though.

Day 99 - Dining room

2008-01-08T12:36:00.001Z

Day 99 - Dining room
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

This shot was taken of the dining room just after we'd had it decorated and got it all sorted.

Day 98 - Kitchen Goodies

2007-11-27T12:42:00.003Z

Day 98 - Kitchen Goodies
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Gillian's mum and Dad kindly got us these kitchen storage tubs and a banana tree as well as all the other great stuff they've got us recently.

Thanks very much.

Day 97 - Distant sky

2007-11-27T12:42:00.001Z

Day 97 - Distant sky
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Saturday night we stopped off at Gillian's mum and dads before going home. The sky behind the trees near their house looked amazing but alas I was unable to capture it front a decent view point. I'm thinking that maybe I could crop out the middle of the shot, I think I should definitely revisit this at some point.

Day 96 - Berries

2007-11-27T12:41:00.005Z

Day 96 - Berries
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

I was just playing about talking shots outside the house in which we were staying when I captured these berries. I really like the colours in this picture.

Day 95 - Lower Largo

2007-11-27T12:41:00.003Z

Day 95 - Lower Largo
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

On the way to Dundee we stopped in at Lower Largo where I managed to capture this cracking shot of the sea.

Day 94 - Roaring fire

2007-11-27T12:41:00.001Z

Day 94 - Roaring fire
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

One of the novelties of our accommodation was that we had an open fire. Here's a proud picture of one of the roaring fires I built.

Day 93 - Gilly at St.Andrews beach

2007-11-27T12:40:00.005Z

Day 93 - Gilly at St.Andrews beach
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

We took a trip to St.Andrews and I managed to capture this shot of my lovely girlfriend on the beach. I really like this shot, I definitely need to play with Black and White more.

Day 92 - Watching the world go by

2007-11-27T12:40:00.003Z

Day 92 - Watching the world go by
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

We took a walk along the Fife Coastal Trail from Elie to Anstruther. It was a lovely day with a perfect sky, along the way I caught this great shot of a couple sitting on a rock.

Day 91 - Neil in a bunker

2007-11-27T12:40:00.001Z

Day 91 - Neil in a bunker
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

We had a relaxing day on the Sunday and played amongst other things some golf. Here's a shot of Neil trying to get out of the bunker on the driving range.

Day 90 - Fireworks

2007-11-27T12:10:00.005Z

Day 90 - Fireworks
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

On the first day of our holiday in Fife we went to a Fireworks display in Elie not long after we arrived. After a long drive I couldn't be bothered to take my tripod with me to the beach so most of my shots didn't turn out. However I did manage to catch this shot which I'm quite pleased with.

Day 89 - Our (new) Street

2007-11-27T12:10:00.003Z

Day 89 - Our (new) Street
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The sky looked quite cool so I thought I'd attempt to capture the mood of our street after a night out. Considering we'd been out for the evening and I didn't have a tripod this shot's OK but it's not particularly interesting.

Day 88 - Crazy clouds

2007-11-27T12:10:00.001Z

Day 88 - Crazy clouds
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

This shot was somewhat of a last minute shot as I hadn't taken anything for the day so I quickly tried to grab these amazing clouds at dusk. Unfortunately I didn't have a tripod so the ISO is up full whack and the shot's pretty noisy.

I'm glad I managed to capture the the wild shape of the clouds at dusk.

Day 87 - Roger Stevens at Dusk

2007-11-27T12:09:00.001Z

Day 87 - Roger Stevens at Dusk
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Last night there was a cracking night sky which unfortunately I was too late to get out of the office on time to shoot. I did however try to capture the atmosphere of dusk in front of the Roger Stevens at it came out pretty good.

Day 86 - Tree

2007-11-27T12:08:00.003Z

Day 86 - Tree
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Some friends of our kindly sent us a Hawthorne tree as a house warming present. Like the all the other gifts we have had this is wonderful and a superb idea. Thanks very much Fiona and Pete.

Day 85 - Autumn Leaves

2007-11-27T12:08:00.001Z

Day 85 - Autumn Leaves
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

My second and possibly better attempt at capturing the colours of Autumn. I took this first thing in the morning while walking through the car park at work. The weather conditions were great so it made the shot fairly straight forward.

Day 84 - Plant

2007-11-27T12:07:00.001Z

Day 84 - Plant
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

This is the first of a number of house warming gifts we have received. This was from Neil and Suzanne in Australia. It's a lovely plant cheers guys, hopefully we'll see you soon.

Day 83 - The History Boys

2007-11-01T14:38:00.001Z

Day 83 - The History Boys
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

On Saturday we took Gillian's mum and dad to see the History Boys at the Grand for her mum's birthday. Having already seen the film I was looking forward to the original stage version and it didn't disappoint.

Day 82 - Evening Sky

2007-11-01T14:37:00.001Z

Day 82 - Evening Sky
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

I tried to capture the evening sky in our front garden. I don't know whether I like this or not as it was taken in a hurry.

Day 81 - Spooky

2007-11-01T14:36:00.005Z

Day 81 - Spooky
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Taken as part of the speed shoot for the Leeds Flickr Group October click n sup. The shot was taken whilst attending the night event at St Johns Church on New Briggate.

The shot captures Mad Paul's camera set up for light writing shenanigans with the mag light torches provided for viewing the church.

Day 80 - Town Hall, again

2007-11-01T14:36:00.003Z

Day 80 - Town Hall, again
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Back to normal and back to work. I tried to take the town hall again, the result is better but the exposure still isn't quite right.

Day 79

2007-11-01T14:36:00.001Z

Day 79
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Although not actually taken on Day 79 this shot highlights the progress we have made since moving in. This is the newly decorated upstairs front room, gonna put my musical junk here.

Day 78

2007-11-01T14:35:00.001Z

Day 78
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Although not actually taken on Day 78 this shot highlights the progress we have made since moving in. This is the spare bedroom.

Day 77

2007-11-01T14:34:00.001Z

Day 77
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Although not actually taken on Day 77 highlights the progress we have made since moving in. This is the newly decorated spare room.

Day 76

2007-11-01T14:33:00.001Z

Day 76
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Although not actually taken on Day 76 this shot highlights the progress we have made since moving in. This is the dining room ready for decorating.

Day 75 - Moved In

2007-10-31T10:27:00.001Z

Day 75 - Moved In
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Day 75 , the big move day and everything went swimmingly thanks to plenty of help from our family and friends. Surprisingly we were finished getting stuff in by about mid afternoon.

This left plenty of time to go for a pint with our friends and watch England lost the Rugby.

Day 74 - White Van Man

2007-10-31T10:11:00.001Z

Day 74 - White Van Man
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The Friday of the weekend we moved I went over to Hyde Park to pick up a van for the move. It was virtually brand new with only 4000 miles on the clock and was great fun to drive.

Whenever I hire a van I always feel sad when I have to return it.

Day 73 - Autumn Garden

2007-10-31T09:53:00.001Z

Day 73 - Autumn Garden
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

Just before we moved house I took this shot of our old garden. The garden had quite a few trees in so this provided a great opportunity to try and capture the wonderful colours of the fallen autumn leaves.

Composition wise I think there's a bit too much going on here but I feel I've captured the colours of the autumn leaves quite well.

Day 72 - Richard Thompson

2007-10-31T09:46:00.001Z

Day 72 - Richard Thompson
Originally uploaded by Roger.The.Dodger

The 17th and 18th October this month were exceptionally folkadelic with 2 folk gigs on 2 consecutive nights. On the Wednesday we went to see Richard Thompson at the Irish Centre which was amazing. I've heard much about his playing but have never seen or heard him before and he just blew me away.

I didn't get any shots but Gilly got this cool shot of the man himself in action.

How do you top that? Well try Davy Graham the following night at Leeds City Varieties. Once again an amazing night with brilliant support from John Smith a musician well worth checking out who has some amazing and original techniques as well as a stunning voice.

I also must mention the support at the Richard Thompson gig which came from Diana Jones it's not often a person with just an acoustic guitar and evoke such emotions but she was amazing.

Missing in action

2007-10-31T09:23:00.000Z

As most of you are aware we moved house recently so we've both been pretty snowed under with moving, decorating and unpacking. The move went exceptionally smoothly, largely thanks to all the help and hard work of family and friends so thank you all.

I've a confession to make that some of the shots I've taken recently weren't shot on the actual day they were supposed to have been taken. However it's only a handful of shots and there is still plenty of good material taken on the right days.

Hopefully most of the work should be posted up here by the end of today so keep an eye out for the long overdue update.

Day 71 - Decorating

2007-10-16T21:15:00.001+01:00

Day 71 - Decorating
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

The house is currently being decorated so I thought I'd try and document this change. A quick and dirty shot.

Day 70 - Self Portrait

2007-10-15T21:20:00.001+01:00

Day 70 - Self Portrait
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Today's shot was taken while I was playing with my camera at work. I fashioned a make shift tripod out of 2 stacked coffee jars on my desk. I'm quite pleased with the end product.

More of Elie Beach

2007-10-15T12:11:00.001+01:00

More of Elie Beach
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I was going through my flickr stream and found another old shot of Elie Beach. I gave it a crop and a frame and it looks much better. People seem to like it too which is cool.

Day 69 - Telecom Hell

2007-10-14T21:22:00.003+01:00

Day 69 - Telecom Hell
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I'm afraid I'm going to have to have a rant, the state of the consumer tele communcations market is a complete joke and I'm totally fed up with it. Since we moved into our current house we've NEVER had a decent Internet connection. I spent hours on the phone with Onetel doing line tests and still didn't get a better service. Eventually we agree to part company with Onetel and they agreed to ignore any penalty fees I then tried TWICE to connect to Pipex for Internet and phone and they screwed up the order on both occasions. After having to phone up Ontel and beg them for a second MAC key without incurring charges I gave up trying a third time.

A couple of moths ago our contract came to an end with Ontel so I decided to switch again to Pipex (despite the previous cockups they still had the best deal and I was willing to give it one last shot). Due to the fact we had a didn't have a BT line we could move the phone over but I decided it would be just easier to keep this with OneTel.

Fast forward to last week and I phoned OneTel to arrange getting our line transferred to our new house. To my surprise they wanted in excess of £100 to do this, unsurprisingly I declined their wonderful offer. I phoned up Pipex to find out what I had to do to transfer my current ADSL and get phone with them as well. They (surprisingly for a call centre) were very helpful and explained I needed to speak to BT first and get them to put in a new line (as they basically have a monopoly on the infrastructure).

I remembered having to do this when we moved last time, I basically had to take a line out with them and then cease the contract to enable stuff with my new provider. It now turns out they have extended their contract period to 12 months and they penalty clause is £70.

I'm basically being shafted as I've I transfered everything over to BT I will have to keep paying for Pipex for 11 months and if I go totally with Pipex I'll have to shell out £70 to BT.

I'm absolutely raging as I'm being totally exploited as a consumer and financially screwed whatever I go. I can understand the business reasoning on BTs part but this isn't my concern, all the deregulation of the utility markets has done is made the consumer suffer.

Broadband and telecoms in this country is a joke and really needs sorting.

Day 68 - Slowly Moving

2007-10-14T21:22:00.001+01:00

Day 68 - Slowly Moving
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I'm rather pleased we can now see our floor in the dining room of our current house. We have spent all weekend shifting stuff from house to house. Its been going really well but we're knackered as we've barely stopped.

The sight of and colour of cardboard is becoming very familiar but hopefully not for too much longer. Most of the boxes have been moved, we've just to move solid furniture.

Day 67 - Dream Theater, Manchester Apollo

2007-10-14T20:23:00.001+01:00

Day 67 - Dream Theater, Manchester Apollo
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I've a confession to make, I didn't take this on Friday, in fact the first pictures I've taken since Thursday have been taken today. We're mega snowed under with the move at the moment as we move in next week so I've barely had a chance to pick up a camera.

Despite the fact we're busy trying to move house we managed to get away to Manchester for the night and see Dream Theater at the Apollo. The gig was brilliant with the band playing an excellent set but like a lot of gigs (predominantly millionaire American rock bands) we weren't allowed to take pictures, this was strictly enforced.

However despite this slight annoyance we had a fab time, Symphony X supported, a band who I was eager to see. Like any gig though the sound for the support act was awful which really didn't do Symphony X any justice. Despite the poor sound though I thought they put on a great show.

A fab night and more importantly a welcome break from box shifting.

BridgeWater Place

2007-10-14T09:50:00.001+01:00

BridgeWater Place
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I was originally going to use this for my photo of the day however I came up with something better so I didn't bother. I've decided to upload the shot though as everybody with a camera in Leeds ends up taking a shot of BridgeWater place (the tallest building in Leeds) at some point.

Leeds City Markets

2007-10-14T09:40:00.001+01:00

Leeds City Markets
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I took this shot a while back on the Leeds Flickr September speed shoot and a lot of people seem to like it so I thought I'd share it with the rest of you.

Day 66 - Winding Way by Night

2007-10-11T21:38:00.001+01:00

Day 66 - Winding Way by Night
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

My original shot for the day was going to be a boring shot of Bridgewater Place until I snapped this. I wanted to try and capture the nice evening sky on our street so I popped my camera on top of my car and took a couple of shots.

I'm really pleased, I didn't expect the sky to come out quite like this.

Day 65 - Town Hall from Park Square

2007-10-10T21:00:00.001+01:00

Day 65 - Town Hall from Park Square
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Today we went to meet a friend at Park Square where I've never actually been before. I quite liked the view of the town hall from there so took this shot.

Day 64 - Mitch Benn and the Distractions

2007-10-10T20:54:00.001+01:00

Day 64 - Mitch Benn and the Distractions
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Last night we went to see Mitch Benn at The City Varieties as it's a theater I couldn't get a picture of the show so here's a shot of the new cd instead.

As ever a brilliant gig, and I'm totally in agreement with him about murdering James Blunt, perhaps they could turn the idea into a reality TV show.

Day 63 - Decay

2007-10-10T10:47:00.003+01:00

Day 63 - Decay
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I was given the task of setting the theme of the week this week in the Leeds flickr group, I chose decay. I had a shot of this crumbling house along Alwoodley Lane, it's not quite what I had planned but is OK. I tried snapping in black and white but couldn't get the look I was after.

I'm going to have to come back and shoot this one when I've more time as everything is pretty crazy at the moment with the house move.

Day 62 - Cleaning

2007-10-10T10:47:00.001+01:00

Day 62 - Cleaning
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Packing it seems is not the only order of the day but also cleaning and ridiculous amounts of it. It would seem the previous tenants are unfamiliar with even the most basic of concept of a damn cloth so we have have quite a bit of cleaning to do.

I promise tomorrow's shot won't be able moving.

Day 61 - Packing

2007-10-10T10:43:00.001+01:00

Day 61 - Packing
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Getting the house keys is great but we've not actually moved yet and still have plenty of packing to do. We're starting to getting pretty familiar with the sight of cardboard.

Day 60 - House Keys

2007-10-10T10:41:00.001+01:00

Day 60 - House Keys
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Friday night and in need of a shot for the day. How about a picture of the keys for our cool new house.

Day 59 - Champagne

2007-10-05T07:59:00.001+01:00

Day 59 - Champagne
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Yesterday we got the keys to our new house so we celebrated with some champagne.

Now all we have to do is move.

Day 58 - Apple Crumble

2007-10-04T00:15:00.001+01:00

Day 58 - Apple Crumble
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

Today Gilly made a very tasty apple crumble. I took this shot of her having a mad moment taking it out of the oven. It kinda begs a caption competition.

By the way she's not really mad.

Day 57 - Town Hall

2007-10-04T00:13:00.001+01:00

Day 57 - Town Hall
Originally uploaded by
Roger.The.Dodger (formerly dodgeMc)

I tried capturing the town hall today but the sky was far from what it was yesterday. Despite the sky being totally washed out I quite like the angle of the main clock tower.

Day 56 - Civic Hall

2007-10-02T09:10:00.001+01:00

Day 56 - Civic Hall
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Walking home yesterday I was stuck by the nice autumn weather and the shadows cast by the evening sun. I've tried to capture that with this shot of the Civic Hall and I'm fairly pleased with the results.

Mosaic Greetings

2007-10-01T13:00:00.001+01:00

mosaic greetings
Originally uploaded by Zenith Phuong

At Thursday night's flickr meet I was chatting to fellow group member,
Zenith Phuong who decided to take a few shots of me. I'm not normally one for photos of myself but I really like this.

Check out Zen's work it's brilliant.

Day 55 - Monkey

2007-10-01T12:43:00.001+01:00

Day 55 - Monkey
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Sunday night after coming home from a trip to my parents I needed to do a quick last minute shot for Sunday so I took a completely random shot of a drunken monkey.

Day 54 - Hawrich Redoubt Fort

2007-10-01T12:41:00.001+01:00

Day 54 - Hawrich Redoubt Fort
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

On Saturday we were down south visiting my parents and popped out to Harwich where we stopped in to look at the Redoubt Fort. Unfortunately it was closed as it's out of summer season so I took this picture from behind bars.

Day 53 - Friday Not

2007-10-01T12:39:00.001+01:00

Day 53 - Friday Not
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I tried to experiment with light metering by a shot with a more accurate exposure. Alas I forgot to actually take anything else that day so all we have is a test shot of the work car park.

Next Friday I will hopefully submit a better shot.

Day 52 - Greetings Card

2007-10-01T12:20:00.001+01:00

Day 52 - Greetings Card
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Thursday nigth was the monthly Leeds Flickr meet, the theme for the speed shoot was "A stylish greetings card". Above is my interpretation of the theme taken in the Victoria Quarter in Leeds City Centre.

Day 51 - Casanova

2007-10-01T12:18:00.001+01:00

Day 51 - Casanova
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I thought I try and capture the evening sky(again). We're moving soon so I thought I'd capture the great view whilst we're still here. I'm pleased with results but confused as it looks better/worse depending on the computer I'm viewing it on. I'm slowly coming to the conclusion the colours on my work monitor aren't that good.

Day 50 - Alwoodley Sky

2007-10-01T12:15:00.001+01:00

Day 50 - Alwoodley Sky
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Day 49 - More Candles

2007-09-30T21:07:00.001+01:00

Day 49 - More Candles
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

I was kindly given tripod by Gillan's mum and dad this weekend so I thought I try another still life shot indoors. The tripod is brilliant, thanks very much Liz and John, hope you like the photo.

Day 48 - Countryside near Brough

2007-09-25T11:54:00.001+01:00

Day 48 - Countryside near Brough
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

On our way back to Leeds on Sunday we took a slight detour in an attempt to try and get a photo. This shot was taken on a country ride just outside Brough, the shot's not too bad for a last minuter but I really need to get the hang of editing skies in photoshop.

Cloisters, University of Glasgow

2007-09-25T11:50:00.001+01:00

Cloisters, University of Glasgow
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

I took this shot without a tripod and I'm quite pleased with results. Hopefully the shot conveys the beauty of the architecture on the university campus.

Day 47 - Glasgow Art Galleries

2007-09-25T11:48:00.001+01:00

Day 47 - Glasgow Art Galleries
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

On Saturday we were out in Glasgow for a lovely Italian meal, after the meal I was lucky enough to be able to take a quick tour of the university campus. I took a few shots, mainly of the building but most of these weren't brilliant as I forgot my tripod. I did however manage to a nice stone bench positioned just at the right level to sit my camera on and take a picture of the art galleries by night.

I really think coloured lighting makes city architecture look even better at night.

Day 46 - Friday Night

2007-09-25T11:44:00.001+01:00

Day 46 - Friday Night
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Friday night and as usual I'd left it till the last to get a picture. I decided to go and shoot out in the street and capture the beautiful night sky. Unfortunately after 2 shots my camera battery died so you all I was left with was this basic street scene.

Day 45 - Alabama 3

2007-09-21T15:59:00.001+01:00

Day 45 - Alabama 3
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Last night we went to see Alabama 3 at Leeds Met, as ever they were amazing. They played a fair bit of new stuff as well as plenty of old classics.

I'm looking forward to getting the new album.

Day 44 - Clothworker's Centenary Concert Hall

2007-09-21T15:58:00.001+01:00

Day 44 - Clothworker's Centenary Concert Hall
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I tried taking a shot of the Clothworker's Centenary Concert Hall at the University. It was pretty overcast so there's no real sky in the shot. I had a dabble at trying to modify this but didn't really get that far. I'm definitely going to have to start reading up on how modify skies in Photoshop.

Elie beach

2007-09-20T16:38:00.001+01:00

Elie beach
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

I found this old shot I took at Easter on the beach at Elie and it suddenly struck me how good this would looked cropped. I've shopped with a crop and few tweaks and am very pleased with results.

We're looking forward to visiting this part of the world again in November, I can't wait to take more photos.

Day 43 - More HDR

2007-09-20T09:10:00.001+01:00

Day 43 - More HDR
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I decided to have another stab at HDR. After uploading this shot from my laptop and looking at it on a higher res screen I can now see the image is incredibly blurred. My tripod really is fair too flimsy and doesn't tend to stay in position when I adjust the camera.

I really must buy a decent tripod.

Day 42 - Sunset

2007-09-17T19:56:00.001+01:00

Day 42 - Sunset
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I had another go at trying to capture the sky at sunset. I feel today's attempt is better than yesterdays.

Hopefully no more sunsets tomorrow.

Day 41 - Headingley Sunset

2007-09-17T07:42:00.003+01:00

Day 41 - Headingley Sunset
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Sunday evening we popped over to Headingley and I saw this beautiful evening sky. This shot was rather awkwardly composed from window but I'm reasonably happy with the result.

Day 40 - Street Musician

2007-09-17T07:42:00.001+01:00

Street Musician
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Whilst in town on Saturday I noticed this guy playing just off Briggate in Leeds city centre. Most of the street performers are fairly familiar but I'd never seen this guy before, I found it hard to catch him with his head turned so I could get the expression in his eyes, too many people distracting him and getting in the way.

I'm pretty pleased with the result for a first attempt at street style photography.

Day 39 - Telegraph pole

2007-09-15T13:36:00.001+01:00

Telegraph pole
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

I took this shot on impulse yesterday whilst walking to the bus stop. Looking up at the sky on a sunny day I've observed this telegraph pole before and thought it would make a great shot. I really like the way the pole stands out against the blue sky and the connecting wires intersect it.

After a few days of talking shots that I've not been particularly pleased with I'm really happy with this picture.

Day 38 - Robert Peel Overlooks Leeds

2007-09-15T13:27:00.001+01:00

Robert Peel Overlooks Leeds
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

For todays shot I decided to go over to Hyde Park and get a shot of the Robert Peel statue with it's classic John Peel tribute graffiti. Alas the graffiti has gone and the statue has been restored to it's former glory.

Instead here's a shot of the statue overlooking Leeds instead, shame its not got a traffic cone on top but I'm sure it will soon as it's freshers week next week.

Day 37 - Raw test

2007-09-15T13:22:00.001+01:00

Raw test
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I decided to try experimenting with RAW file format photography. I took a number of images and spent some time tinkering with them in the raw file editor but found that all I was really doing was adding a great deal noise to the shots.

This is a technique I'm going to have to do more reading on as I feel it may take some time to grasp.

Day 36 - Padlock

2007-09-11T22:06:00.001+01:00

Padlock
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I tried experimenting with in camera Black and White photography settings. My overall aim was to try and produce an image with distinct textures and tones which you see in good black and white pictures.

I feel I made a good start with this but couldn't quite get the desired effect, some more research is required I think.

Day 35 - Parkinson Building Clock Tower

2007-09-11T22:02:00.001+01:00

Parkinson Building Clock Tower
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Another day and another clock tower although this one is somewhat larger than the one in Fulneck. For the unfamiliar this shot is of the Parkinson building at Leeds University a familiar local landmark that can be seen across the Leeds skyline.

Day 34 - HDR Test

2007-09-09T17:39:00.003+01:00

HDR Test
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

It had to happen sooner or later I suppose so for todays shot I decided to give HDR a whirl. I was kinda tired after having a fairly late night last night so I quickly nipped out and took a few shots of our street to use.

I pretty pleased with the overall result but from this quick experiment I can see that HDR is one of those things that's easy to do but hard to master. I'm definitely looking forward to using this more.

Day 33 - Moravian Church Clock Tower

2007-09-09T17:39:00.001+01:00

Moravian Church Clock Tower
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

This weekend saw the Heritage Open Day for a number of venues across the City so on Saturday we decided to visit the Moravian Settlement in Fulneck near Pudsey. The tour gave an informative insight into Movarian life around the world and in Leeds.

I only took a few shots so here's a simple shot of the Church Clock Tower.

Day 32 - Bucking Bronco

2007-09-09T17:38:00.001+01:00

Bucking Bronco
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today there was a festival for staff at the University of Leeds, it was the first time such an event was held. It was a great day and thanks must go to all the people who worked extremely hard to organise the event.

There was loads to do including this bucking bronco ride which my colleague was particularly good at, I think this photo kinda gives you the idea.

Notoriety

2007-09-07T13:43:00.000+01:00

This week I've been lucky enough to be featured on the blogs of both a successful writer and a fellow photographer.

Leeds based and all round good bloke Steve Mosby dedicated a post on Monday to my photography and the new blog project. Steve is the author of 3 superb crime novels with a 4th in the pipeline, I highly recommend reading his work as well as his blog. Steve's books encompass the crime genre with cracking sense of social satire and sci-fi futurism (is that a word).

Later on that same day, Eric Tan identified himself as the man in a great candid I caught at the recent West Indian Carnival.

Eric blogged the shot along with his brilliant set of the carnival and kindly added some links to my sites.

Cheers for the mentions guys.

Day 31 - Motorway

2007-09-07T13:42:00.001+01:00

Motorway
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

For day 31 I decided to try a shot I decided to try and shoot a slow shutter speed shot of cars on the motorway bridge just next to the university campus. A particular problem I found in taking this picture was that my tripod wasn't high enough to position the camera over the motorway railings (damned health and safety).

To get round this I ended up balancing my camera on top of the surrounding wall and railings instead. I doing this I was able to steady the camera for using a slow shutter speed but unable to get a good angle of composition.

Walking past the site this morning, I think I found a few better spots to shoot from so I may try this one again in a wee while.

Day 30 - Dalek

2007-09-07T13:32:00.001+01:00

Dalek
Originally uploaded by dodgeMc

Today I plumped for a quick and dirty shot of a Dalek.

what else can you say?