January Projeck

One photo, everyday, in the bleak mid-winter; it’s not gonna be pretty. It will certainly test the low light capabilities of the 5D mk3 (and it’s weatherproofing).  Scroll down for latest picture then click on it to make it h- yeew-ge.

Wednesday 1st

View of Woolacombe from Morte Point.

Thursday 2nd

Chickens in the yard, Longlands.

Friday 3rd

Cleaned up lines of storm swell sweep onto Sillery Sands, North Devon.

Saturday 4th

At last some light! Baggy Point

Sunday  5th

It’s rained all day today. Morte Point

Monday 6th

Multiple European Longboard Champ, Ben ‘Skindog’ Skinner; Stormriding, Devon.

Tuesday 7th

Back to work today, with some nice winter sunshine to lubricate the grindstone.

Winesday 8th

Weak winter sun at the ‘tree by the river’.

Thirstday 9th

Woodland walk, Exmoor.

Friday 10th

Tribute to Kevin Beresford (photographer, publisher of the calendar of Redditch roundabouts and founder member of  the Roundabout Appreciation Society*). This is Mullacott Roundabout.

*As of 2013, the association is reportedly trying to attract more women members, by putting a windmill on the front cover of its calendar.

Saturday  11th

Not another bloody sunset? Sorry but you dont see many of them at  this time of year.

Sunday 12th

View of rainy Woolly from a cleaner, more sheltered & manageable place

Monday 13th

The rain soaked Red Barn. (Bit of a cheat today: was soo busy at work and then it rained all afternoon, so I re-shot yesterdays pic coz it was easy from my window and added another from Sundays walk on the beach above). Sorry, I wont happen again….

Tuesday 14th

Not often seen on bird feeders but this Nuthatch is enjoying some, umm, nuts. A timely reminder that the RSPB garden bird survey is just around the corner (25th/26th Jan) more details at their website: http://www.rspb.org.uk/

Wednesday 15th – half way.

Lunch date with my favourite girl (& her new 70D + 40mm pancake combo).

Thursday 16th

F yeew nice ones this morning before the wind came up #nobodyout

Friday 17th

Along with the sunshine, there has to be a little rain sometimes. Saunton

Saturday 18th

Woolacombe beach clean. Insert coins

Sunday 19th

Rainbow at Crow Point

Monday 20th

Exmoor winter sunrise.

Tuesday 21st

“See how they wheel and bank and glide, perfect, all in one”. Verity, Ilfracombe.

Wednesday 22nd

Hope springs eternal that spring might have sprung. Snowdrops, Georgeham.

Thursday 23rd

Fab day out on ‘the moor’ today, for more pix check-out my blog Winter Wandering on Exmoor

Friday 24th

It rained all day today but had a fun night out in Barney to celebrate Gary’s birthday. This is him as a tree, lonely & desolate, slowly getting older and older..

Saturday 25th

Shoe tree, Ilfracombe skate park.

Sunday 26th

Dramatic light over Baggy Point

Monday 27th

It rained all day again today, there was a brief respite as the sun set and the sky was a flame but I was sat in my car at the time coming home from work, so. Today it was down to the Esplanade and me hanging on to my tripod in the teeth of a strong onshore gusting wind to get this light trail.

Tuesday 28th

Tyre tracks at work today.

Wedsnesday 29th

It’s coming to the end of the January projeck and as traditional, it’s time, with dread, to attempt a self portrait. The much maligned selfie has connotations of gurning teenagers & bathroom underwear, so in an attempt to claw back the credibility of the selfie , I wanted to go back to first principles and this morning, at work, a few things came together and encouraged me to set up the tripod. Baggy point, my rake, some surf and a green bin; is a crap title but please be kind as I find this area of photography (portraiture) the most difficult..

Thursday 30th

Lunch at the Black Venus Inn today. (Place mat detail)

Friday 31st

Well that’s the end of the January Projeck; it’s been emotional and perhaps this last photo sums up the month & my experience. It was taken (hand held) in near pitch black this evening and shows a flooded road.. For the fotohogs of you out there here is the shooting information:

Canon EOS 5D mk lll, Firmware 1.2.3, Shooting date time 31/01/2014 18.47.51*, Mode Aperture priority AE, Shutter speed 0.8, Aperture 2.8, Metering Evaluative, Compensation 0, ISO 6400, Lens EF 24-70mm f/2.8L ll USM, Focal length 28mm. (* not adjusted for BST, so this equates to 10 to 6)( o’clock).

Which just goes to show that the star of the JP has been the Mark three, probably the second best camera Canon has ever made………

Kung Hey Fat Choi! Happy Chinese New Year!

Canon 5D mk3 w/ EF24-70mm f2.8 L ll, EF15mm 2.8 fisheye, EF70-300mm f4-5.6 L IS, & EF600mm f4 L IS ll (& iphone 4).