This week it’s back to the Ladybower Reservoir for a walk in the sun and an ice cream. Although I like this shot it will never compare to the missed opportunity of a Lancaster Bomber flying over a clearing in the trees. Whilst taking a quick break after walking most of the length of the [...]
My last day off, so it’s off to Fountains Abbey in Yorkshire to make the most of the sunshine. This shot was taken whilst exploring the Abbey, although I regret not taking the time to revisit this part later in the day when the sun got a bit lower and the shadows longer.
I’ve got some time off work, so this week I spent a day climbing around at Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire. Whilst at the top of one of the largest rock formations, I decided to take some shots that I could later stitch together into a panoramic image using Photoshop. This finished image is composed of [...]
This photo marks my first official week of business trading as Andy Ogden Photography. Prior to this I’ve not done any chargeable work, so it was quite exciting. Armed with newly printed business cards and with my girlfriend taking orders I spent the day taking photos of dogs on an agility course. The event was [...]
Trying to keep up the quality of my 52 shots despite a busy spell of late. Decided that since the forecast was so good, a drive out to Spurn Point would be a good option to combine some photography with time out in the glorious sunshine. I’m loving the black and white shots lately, so [...]
One of my favorite shots so far during this 52 project is a black and white shot of Waltham Windmill taken for week 5. For months I’ve been planning to visit the mill at Wrawby and finally made it there yesterday whilst the weather was turning. Behind the mill the skys were grey but in [...]
A few months back I wrote a post entitled 10 Beautiful Landscape Photos, showing pictures that I aspire to in my own photography. One of those pictures was taken at sunrise in a Lavender field, with the purple rows looking amazing in the early morning sun. Ever since I’ve wanted to go to a Lavender [...]
I’ve got lazy lately and so this week I decided I needed to make more of an effort. Last time I did that it was off to Flamborough, but this time I wanted some Landscape shots unlike anything I’ve done before. So after talking with a work colleague I decided that the Peak District was [...]
I’m finding myself struggling to come up with something different every week lately. So on Saturday evening I had to come up with something quickly and decided to try and get a night shot of the dock tower, taken from the humber bank. Unfortunately the dock tower isn’t as well lit at night as I [...]
So I’m up to week 28 of my 52 project and I’m struggling! I’ve been lucky enough to land a couple of paid portrait shoots scheduled to take place over the next month, which has resulted in me going nuts over my website. A couple of weeks ago I added pricing and ever since I’ve [...]
Since the Olympic Torch visited Grimsby this week, I could hardly let the opportunity go by, so my girlfriend and I went to the torch welcoming event at Meridian Park in Cleethorpes. The last torch was carried into the venue by 92-year-old World War II veteran Jack Andrew. Unfortunately the professional photographer and TV crews [...]
It’s been a busy week as I’ve had photos to edit from a kids shoot I did last week and on top of that I’ve finally sorted out some prices and got them up on my site. I’ve got my first paid shoot at the beginning of August, so I’ll be registering as a sole [...]
Inspiration can be found in the strangest of places, for example whilst shopping at Tesco. I’ve spent most of my spare time this week working on my website, then my Saturday afternoon doing a shoot of a friends kids. So I managed tor each Sunday without having given my 52 photo the slightest thought. As [...]
*** DISCLAIMER: No Bees were harmed during the taking of this photo *** I found this dead Bee on my window sill the other day and decided the opportunity was too good to miss, even though I did a macro show 2 weeks ago for week 22. I used my 18-55mm with my reversing ring [...]
This weeks shot sees my first attempt at split toning/cross processing. I’ve seen lots of photos over the last year that use this effect but just didn’t know how it was achieved, after reading a magazine article on cross processing I finally knew what to look for and so starting hunting out some tutorials. I [...]
UPDATE: Thanks to steb1 on the BBC Springwatch group on Flickr, I can now identify these as the common garden spider or Araneus Diadematus. It’s 9:23 on Saturday morning as I type this, which means I’ve actually managed to finish my 52 shot early for a change!! I was planning to do some more light [...]
Left this one a bit late… I’ve had it easy the last few weeks as I’ve been out getting used to my new Sigma, but this week I’ve mostly been indoors due to the rain and haven’t really felt inspired. This took longer to set up due to the need for lighting and actually arranging [...]
The original plan was to take a suitable shot during a day out at Warwick Castle, however the fact that it’s a tourist attraction pretty much put that idea out of the window straight away. Despite having my new Sigma 10-20mm lens on quote a lot, I wasn’t able to take a tripod with me [...]
This weeks photo was always going to be a landscape shot, as this week I purchased a second hand Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM lens from MPB Photographic. So far I’ve only taken shots of sunsets, which set the theme for this weeks image quite early on. I’ve been looking out of my window [...]
We’ve had lots of fog recently here on the East coast and I’ve not taken advantage of it before today. I decided early on yesterday that if it was foggy when I woke up this morning I’d jump in the car and go hunting for a good shot. I went out towards Caistor in the [...]
I’ve had image like this in mind for a while now and so I asked my girlfriend if she’d help me out. I offered to buy her a pair of false lashes and any makeup she needed, so I got a funny comment of a guy on the market when it was me that picked [...]
I decided I need to make an effort and push for soothing a little more this week, so planned a day trip to Flamborough Head for some coastal shots. I went there once on a Geography school trip and remembered that there were some great features such as arches and caves in the rock caused [...]
Trying not to be lazy this week and just paste in the comment from the Flickr upload, but then last weeks posts were a bit of an afterthought. This weeks shot was opportunistic, and was a backup backup shot, just incase the snowdrop pictures I had planned didn’t work out. I’m over snowdrops now, they’re [...]
Nothing fancy this week and the title says everything. I had no particular image planned this week, other than to try and use a shot from a couple of days in York. So whilst trying to decide what to have for breakfast I took the opportunity for this natural light portrait of my girlfriend Kristina. [...]
I did so well 2 weeks ago, and then I go and completely forget to write a blog post for last weeks 52 upload. I’m writing this on Tuesday, 2 days after uploading week 8′s photo, so this is a record for late blogging… oops! Well here it is, it’s the edit I planned, but [...]
I’m actually posting this blog post within 5 minutes of uploading the 52 image!! (First time for everything) Guess what… this isn’t the photo I wanted for this week. It seems my 52 is fast becoming a range of last minute ideas, but I hope the quality isn’t suffering as a result. This week I’d [...]
Another massivly late blog post to accompany the weeks upload… ooops! I really need to get into the habit of writting these posts at the same time as I upload. Problem is that by the time I’ve finished editing the image and written the comments ready for upload, I’m usually feeling a little guilty over [...]
This isn’t the photo I planned to upload this week, but despite that I’m really happy with it. My plan was to take a photo of some railway track with my girlfriend out of focus in the background balancing on the rail. Dangerous? Illegal? Well not not really, as there a section of disused railway [...]
Due to a heavy week at work I’ve not got round to posting the details of week three, although the photo was uploaded on schedule on Sunday the 15th to keep this project on track. I got the photos taken nice and early started work on the edit in the afternoon, but by 11pm I’d [...]
Left this a bit late, must try harder! Over the last year I’ve found a few great projects from people doing 52 or 365 projects consisting primarily of self portraits. I’ve added a couple of these to my contacts on Flickr so that I see see where these projects lead the twisted minds that are [...]
Here goes… Having followed various projects during the last year and spent far too much time thinking about what I could do, I’ve decided to take the plunge. I’ve just viewed the last photo by Mr Flibble in his epic 730 project, so I figure I could at least manage a photo a week for [...]