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My little helper... Whenever the camera comes out he likes to pose, sadly he usually struggles to keep his eyes open. I think he is trying to tell me something.

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It snowed here overnight - by UK standards quite a lot. The US branch of the family have told us that it was only a dusting but it was significant for us. When it snows here I always listen to local radio - the only time I do. I heard that the main road that runs from Dover to London was blocked and had been for a number of hours. Given that I didn't have too much to do I decided to set off on foot to find out what was going on. After a fair walk passing miles of queuing traffic I arrived at the cause of the problem. A lorry had partially gone off the road and got stuck. When I arrived on the scene the recovery teams were just winching it out. I took a few pictures and headed for home. I sent my pictures to a number of news agencies and one of them was used. Not big time but it made the walk worthwhile and I had recorded Jeremy Kyle anyway!

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Dover's hot night spot ... looks more junky than funky.

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My son is doing 365 this year so often we have a situation where neither of us have a picture or any idea what to do. Tonight we decided to pick an everyday object for each other as a subject. I chose a colander for Thomas he gave me a tatty old wine cooler.

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We had to pop to Deal today so I took the opportunity to take a few snaps. It was freezing and I didn't have a coat so it was literally a couple of very quick snaps.... and it was far to cold to do a Reggie Perrin!

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Little time for a picture today so back to the trusty fruit bowl.

So much to do this week.. first job is to dump the office furniture, the office will soon be the studio!

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What a strange couple of days I have had. Yesterday I was ready to finish the photo a day project - today I found out that I have lost my job. A bit depressing given the circumstances and the fact that I had been there for the last 29 years. I would like to name names and express my opinion but best I don't for the time being. I will document my experiences in the near future - it could be a whole new series for David Brent.

Anyway, after losing my nice comfortable well paid job I walked down to the Millennium Bridge to take a few pics before heading home...

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This was very nearly project fail for me. I completely ran out of time and ideas then noticed the cheese grater so ended up pretty much copying a picture I did last year. The colour comes from light bounced off a red biscuit tin lid and a blue plastic bag.

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I think doing this 365 project for a second year might not have been such a good move. I don't feel I am putting my heart and soul into it....

For anyone interested I put the camera on a tripod on a long exposure manually focused on the chair. I then used a torch to light the chair then sat down and shone the light on bits of my body and face.

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I managed a lunchtime walk today and took some pictures near the Dover cruise terminal. This one was taken in the entrance to the Admiralty Pier which was originally the passenger walkway of Dover Marine Station.

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I have not had a good evening. I couldn't get the Macbook to connect to my camera via USB. After accusing my son of messing something up he pointed out that I had the USB cable plugged into the power jack :-S I did feel stupid!

Today's picture is of Hannah's textiles homework - she is very artistic!

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A throwaway today, this was taken whilst taking Thomas out for some driving practice tonight.

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Like many others I am hooked on off camera lighting learning from the likes of Strobist and Zack Arias. Thomas and I managed to get to one of David Hobby's workshops the last time he was in London. I have been trying to build a small reliable set of flashes or strobes and had been picking up cheap second hand Cobra D650's. Initially these seemed fine but I am finding them unreliable and inconsistent so we are now always on the look out for used Nikon Speedlights. Over the last couple of weeks we have managed to pick up two excellent used SB28's from Grays of Westminster. Looking back I wish I'd gone for the Nikon's in the first place.

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The last Christmas chocolate!! http://apl666.blogspot.com/

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Once again demonstrating my action packed life I end up on a Saturday night taking pictures of fruit. In all fairness we have had a nice day but the weather has been awful again so photo opportunities were non existent! Anyway, today I present Bramley Apples - the finest of all cooking apples. I am optimistic that these will find their way into a pie tomorrow... http://apl666.blogspot.com/

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Short of ideas - well not the faintest idea for a picture today actually. I was moping around looking for inspiration when Hazel suggested dropping an orange into a bowl of flour. So that's what we did. The real bonus was that she hoovered the mess up too!!

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A few out of focus snaps from my drive home.

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I made it out this lunchtime and popped down to one of my favourite venues - St Margarets Bay. I only took a few snaps as the weather was horrible and even though my new camera is supposedly weather proof I didn't want to try it out. I wanted a longer exposure on the water - really must get myself a ND filter. I have also heard of people using glass from welding masks but I haven't got one of those either!

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A funny old day to day. I set myself a target to get out at lunchtime and take a picture outside - I failed miserably. I then lost my diary, there is nothing of any significance in it but you know how frustrating it is when you lose something. In the quest to locate the elusive diary I found my missing MP3 player - the one I thought I had left on the train and Hazel's posh umbrella which has been AWOL for ages. None of this has anything to do with my picture which is my favourite - lemon meringue.

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Poor old Marley has been under the weather for a couple of days but he still managed to pose for a picture.

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Not much time or inclination today - poorly wife, poorly dog and more snow. I did this in my usual slap dash way, gridded flash camera left set very low, fast shutter speed to kill the ambient light. What I should have done was increase the DOF and get the whole bloody glass in the picture but never mind the beer tasted fine. Cheers...

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The theme has had to take second place to the foul weather today.

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It snowed here again today and I managed to get out for a lunchtime walk. This is not the picture I wanted but it will have to do, the ups and downs of 365! This murder mystery business is not easy.

I am very proud to say that my son Thomas is attempting the project this year - his pictures are excellent! However, I feel sorry for the long suffering Hazel who now has two of us to contend with. that said we haven't seen her for a few days ......

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