Day 077: A busy busy Day!!

Well its been a very busy day today!! Started off dropping Charlie at work.

Then headed to Livingston to meet Tom to help him with his college work, he has a number of portraits to be taken in 'different' locations. For my shot I was sat on the floor of a radio controlled car race track holding a Wii steering wheel! (The shot can be seen on Toms Large Format Blog http://largeformat.ifotou.co.uk/)

Tom then had a shoot lined up with Lacey Demure which I went along to help him out with at the Brickworks in Pumpherston. The shot can be seen on his 365 Blog here : http://my365.ifotou.co.uk/

After this I met the lovely Charlie for lunch and then met Judi and Jaclyn who I have worked with before.We decided to go along to the Brickworks where I was earlier in the day with Tom. We got a variety of shots but this was my fave just for comedy value (both the girls are dancers and I found this old Dancemat in the ruins, so thought a shot was in order!!)

Day 075: Devil Holly

Cannot quite remember why I took tonight's shot! Holly was running round i THINK with a tissue in her mouth which at the time was pretty hilarious:)

Anyways this was taken on the mobile hence the small delay, and the result was these evil eyes!! Not the best shot but made me giggle!!

Day 074: Dinner Party

We had Emma and Jon over for a long over due dinner at mine tonight.

Tomato Soup, Followed by Honey Mustard Chicken Pasta and then Emma made an Apple Pie to follow. All washed down with a nice vintage Red :) Hmmmmmm YUM YUM!!!

All that was left was the washing up lol!!!!

Day 073: Car Boot Sale

So today's image is from the Car Boot Sale that Charlie and I did.

It was a cold and blustery day but I think we made about £40. It was....an experience!! Everyone decends on you as you arrive before you even set up!! A little scary lol!! But a good day!!!

Day 072: ASDA - Sandpiper

Nothing superstitious about today's shot!!

Today's shot was taken in the evening whilst trying to get change from various establishments for tomorrows car boot sale.

Asda were my saving grace!! THANK YOU ASDA!!

Day 071: Money Money Money

SO been getting ready for the Car Boot Sale on Saturday.

Raided the piggy banks for loose change etc. Took some of the 10pence's and had a wee play.

This was shot about f3.2 handheld and lit from the halogen fire (hence a little movement)

Think i might try something like this again but light it differently and use the f1.8 lens and a tripod.

Day 070: Tree Line

So we arrived back in Scotland early hours of this morning!!

After a long sleep to catch up after being up for around 42 hours!! I went out to meet Charlie for lunch as a wee suprise.

This was taken close to where she works, have drive past it a few times and always been intrigued so thought I would finally shoot it:)

I have a thing for trees and think I might go back and revisit this place in the future, maybe when in full bloom.

Day 069: We'll Always have Paris!!!

Ahhhh we will always have Paris.

Todays shot was taken whilst on a Day Trip to Paris with Tom Alex and Scott. We just flew into Paris Beauvois for the day. After supping a pint at 5am in Prestwick Airport we then headed over the channel with Ryanair and arrived in Paris Beauvois where we headed into town and spent the day visiting the sites mainly some very quaint streets, the cathedral and of course some nice wee cafes.

One of which we seemed to become friends with a very nice french man who on seeing all our camera gear decided to recollect most of his photographic experiences to us. And took us on a wee tour to see a few interesting statues!!! This was shot down one of the little side streets!!
Made me think of a certain someone :)

This was the same show with the boys outside :)

Day 068: Sleeping Beauty

So Charlie had a shoot today. Medieval theme and (with her permission) i decided to get a few shots once she came home in her wee medieval dress.

She looked very cute :)

Oh and to the right Sleeping Beauty awakes.

Day 067: Black Bull Pre Paris

Myself and Charlie met up tonight with Tom, Scott and Alex tonight to run over things for Paris.

Had a nice wee drink and whilst sitting back decided to get this as the image for the day. Was back lit by the headlights from someones car outside.

Day 066: Echofela EP Launch

So tonight was the launch night of Echofelas EP for which I shot the artwork (will post something shortly on the other blog when its running)
Was a great night and took a LOT of photos lol! This was one of my faves from the night and shows three of the boys.

Evening was very enjoyable and wish the boys every luck with the new single. Below is a wee mail from Jenni (Fiance of Graeme in the Band) Please help out and help them get into the Charts!!!

Echofela (Graeme Mack, Barry Price, Adam Railton and Ross Kilgour) have been working really hard over the past year and on Monday (9th March) they released their first EP, entitled ‘Reflection of a Gentleman’ which features 5 original Echofela tracks.

This EP is available to download from:

HMV.com
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/digitalProductDetails.do?ctx=70000507;8;-1;-1;-1&productId=8469921
MTV Downloads
http://sib1.od2.com/common/framework11.aspx?shid=0170002E
MSN music
http://sib1.od2.com/common/framework11.aspx?shid=0170002E
Oxfam Music
http://sib1.od2.com/common/framework11.aspx?shid=0536002E
Tiscali Music Downloads
http://sib1.od2.com/common/framework11.aspx?shid=012B002E
Emusic.com
http://www.emusic.com/album/Echofela-Reflection-Of-A-Gentleman-MP3-Download/11401560.html

And if you’d like an actual CD rather than download you can get these from me for £3.00 so just drop me a wee email and we can sort it out.

With you’re help we can actually get the boys into the UK Charts and give them an even bigger chance of ‘making it’.

PLEASE HELP!! A few £££ from you not only gets you one of the catchiest musical masterpieces of the year but can help local lads hit the big time!! Go on!!

"The Presence of U2 with the drive of Coldplay!" - STEFAN BOOTH,ACTOR (Hollyoaks, The Bill)
"One of Scotlands finest new bands...simply stunning!" - JIM GELLATLY, XFM SCOTLAND
"One of the best bands to emerge from our shores" - RICK FULTON, DAILY RECORD
"Songs as catchy as the common cold!" - JAMES TRIMBLE, FALKIRK HERALD

Day 065: Wait for the Green Man

Took Charlie to work today and some wee little ****** crossed the road without looking. I beeped as I was close to clipping him and got the DIRTIEST look as well as being followed and attempted to be stared out at the lights.

Some people really need to learn to cross the road!

Day 064: Trading Standards

Don't you just hate the fact that when you get to the till the item never costs the same!!!

My two twirls ended up costing me £1.38 :(

Not chuffed!!

Day 063: Falkirk Wheel

Todays shot was taken whilst out for a drive this afternoon with Charlie's Uncle Gordon.

We drove in the back entrance and headed to the top of the wheel where the Firth and Forth comes in through a tunnel.

This was shot as 3 images and then composited together. There are a few others which I will put on the other blog (to be started very soon!!!)

I like the way the colours on the path on the right leading up to it have come out!!

Day 062: Got Milk

Hmmmm today's picture was a BIT of a moral dilemma.

Whilst I was out meeting Charlie for lunch I took wee detour on the way home just for an explore. I pulled into a side street round the corner from Asda and was just waiting when a Grahams milk lorry went by and a cage of milk came flying out of the side door. SO picture the scene about 30 lots of 4 pint milk strewn across the road and a cage in the middle of the road.

My dilemma was A) Jump out of the car and get a picture of all the milk and the cage in the middle of the road or B) Stop a possible accident by removing cage and get all the milk out of the road.

I opted for B. SO this is the scene after the cage was removed and the milk bottles tidied up (you can see a few blue lids if you look close).

So good photo??....maybe not ....I think the image of the milk and the cage would have looked cool. But good Samaritan and good deed for the day?? I hope so.......

PS Colin says a real photographer would have taken a pic THEN helped :(

Day 061:The Traveller Returns

Colin today returned from his travels in South East Asia :)

This shot was taken of Colin relaxing on the couch with a cuppa and using the flash off camera fired by the triggers and through the home made softbox.

I took a wee drive out and about this evening and took a few shots playing with the softbox just of the car and out near the Falkirk Wheel but they were not that succesful, plus this was my favourite shot of the day :)

Day 060: Medieval Charlie

I think the title of this post should really have been Blue Peter.

This evening was spent with me turning the box from the takeaway into a mini soft box (pics to follow) And Charlie making a dress for a future shoot.

The attached picture is of Charlie with her little head dress that she made and working on some plaits on the dress. Ever resourceful :)