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I cannot tell you what a gaff it’s been to reinstate this light after having our ceiling re-plastered. I think this was the fifth attempt. Failures I recall are:

1. Not cutting a hole for the rose.
2. Running out of arm strength because I was too stupid to remove the glass bowls.
3. Wiring it wrong.
4. Not having long enough screws to reach the joists through the new, thicker plaster layer.

And this wasn’t even the thing that got me electrocuted…that’s a WHOLE other story!!!

Photographically, an unusual angle can turn a relatively simple object into a thing of beauty. Different angles gave different exposures. Here’s some different views:

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In similar vein to the last pic, this one shows code. But it’s specific code. This is an email header: the writing on the envelope, the stamp, the ‘return to sender’, that gets you message from sender to recipient.

I’ve been working a lot with emails in the last couple of days, trying to find the best way to decode this complex structure.

The main challenge with this photo: not including any sensitive data!!

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I’m seeing a lot of this these days. I’ve seen plenty of attempts at photographing code and I do find something beautiful in it. Not always symmetry, but patterns emerge and individual characters blend together into broader ‘brush strokes’ that appear.

But it’s not just static either: this is the engine room of that increasingly interactive place, the Internet!

The photo? I’ve seen these done with ultra-shallow depth of field, but I quite like it being deeper. It’s not a better effect, just different. The odd patterns created by capturing a screen on a digital camera bring texture too.

Here’s a gallery with another pic:

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This is actually from a couple of days ago. I love sun-sets and sun-rises and am mostly of the opinion that they’re not worth photographing. They are beautiful, temporary, unique, ephemeral, and are better enjoyed in the moment. Plus, the photo never does it justice. However, occasionally I still try and capture it. On this particular day I wished I was atop a tall hill and could see for miles, but I tried to make the best of what I had: nice thirds, make a point of the telegraph pole, etc. not bad.

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Brownies

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Haven’t been very good at the photo-a-day thing. This rubbish snap kicks things off again and simply represents the fact that my amazing wife made her legendary chocolate brownies last night. Just one of about a million reasons why I love her.

Nomnomnom!

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We’ve been meaning to get some plastering done in our house for ages. Some of the previous renovations were a bit slap-dash! The impending arrival of baby Wintle has forced us to get a move on with the home improvements.

This photo shows the old and new. Capturing the colours and textures of the plaster was hard, so I opted for an abstract shot of some contrasts.

Quite pleasing! (Both the plastering and the photo!)

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Not a great photo but it documents Sunday.

A few years ago I went to watch loads of friends run the Swindon Half Marathon. The next year I heard that they had cycle marshals that patrol the route between static marshalling points. I figured that, if I was going to stand and watch, I may as well do something useful.

The half marathon is now one of the highlights of my year. A fantastic day out, well organised, and with a great spirit!

If you’re in Swindon, why not volunteer?

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Equipped

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A funny and trivial photo today. This isn’t about composition, lighting, effects, or depth of field. It’s all about taking coffee on your bike!

We went, with trepidation, to the National Childbirth Trust ‘nearly new’ sale today. I suggested not taking the car as parking would be a nightmare and it’s easy cycling and walking distance. I was hugely proud that my 32-week pregnant and very lovely wife agreed to walk. I took the bike in case we bought something big…I could dash home and pick up wife and shopping without having to park.

Why the coffee? Well, we were told that queuing was a large part of the event.

That my travel mug fits my bottle cage was serendipity of the finest kind!

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Cookies

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Today Sally made two big piles of yummy cookies. I liked the contrast between the colours of the chocolate and cinnamon versions. Sadly, the iPhone camera doesn’t give you much depth-of-field control, but Noir has spiced it up a bit.

And they taste even better than they look!!

Full mouth-watering gallery, including original image, below:

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Now, if you can just imagine that I had a tripod and an SLR and got a beautiful, long-exposure shot of trains moving in and out of the railway shed at Paddington that would be amazing!

In London today and there should have been loads of opportunity for great shots of city life, but I was busy doing other things.

I remembered to take a photo just as I was arriving home.

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