Days 15 - 22

Another update on my one-photo-a-day-in-April challenge – this time it’s days 15 to 22.

15/30 - Light UFO

A photo of a dimmer bulb on the lowest setting in my funky and old IKEA lampshade.

16/30 - the average person thinks they are more intelligent than average

Do you think more intelligent than the average person?

This was some graffiti from the side of a pub in Liverpool.

17/30 - colourful

A ball pool in the Student’s Union.

18/30

I hosted the 1st Come Dine with Me night with my friends on day 18. I served, from the top:

Starter
Chicken liver parfait with brandy
Mini sourdough bread
Mixed green leaves

Main
Coq au vin
Creamy mash
Green beans

Pudding
Chocolate fondant pudding
Home-made vanilla ice cream
Raspberry coulis

19/30

Another lamp shade shot, this time the shade in my bathroom.

20/30 - a sunset time lapse

A time lapse of 1062 individual photos taken over a period of 2 hours on Saturday night.

This is best viewed in full screen and HD!

I put it together using the fantastic – and free! – VirtualDub and the equally good and free Motion filter.

The 1062 images were all shot using AV mode at f/6.3 and ISO 100. The shutter speeds ranged from 1/320s at the beginning to 15s at the end.

The music is from Chris Zom and used under a Creative Commons license: chriszorn.bandcamp.com/

21/30 - Mark

This is Mark, whose wedding I am shooting in October.

I met up with Mark and his fiancée Abby at the church yesterday and I took a few test shots with my 70-200 because at the wedding I have to stand at the back. I was a little worried that I would be too far away to get any decent shots. But luckily the church is a lot smaller inside than it looks from the outside and my 70-200 gave me great reach at 200, as you can see from this shot. Mark was standing about 1m away from the alter so I have nothing to worry about.

22/30 - Rag Week

Apparently it's Rag Week at the uni. I really liked how the pink of this home made sign contrasted with the green grass so it became my photo of the day.