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There are three - well at least three unusual things about this picture. 1. I took this picture before 07:30 this morning. 2. My Daughter was up and about before 07:30. 3. I didn't use a flash - and wish I had.

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Thomas is old enough to start driving soon. After much debate we have decided to insure him to drive our old car - this seems the most cost effective option. I was delighted today when he announced that he wanted to clean it. This was not just a case of a quick bucket of water and a sponge as the red paint had faded badly. He would need to cut and polish the bodywork. Somehow or other I got roped in to helping but by the end of the day we had a nice shiny clean car. It was obviously dark when we too the picture but at least you can't see the bits we missed.

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Once again approaching midnight I find myself desperately looking for something new to photograph. If you analysed people doing the 365 project I think you could glean lots of interesting information about the individuals. For me, the fact that I normally leave my picture to the last minute is reflective of most things that I do. I always complete the task but it is pretty much to the wire. I am going to try and set myself an earlier deadline to remove some of the end of the day stress but know I won't stick to it as it's not a 'real' target...

Also, if you look at the books in the rather poor picture you will see that I am not good at throwing things away. Ho hum, anyone know a good therapist!!

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A better day for us - no emergencies, almost like being on holiday, except for the five hours of gardening. We went down to De Bradlei Wharf this evening to take a picture for the website. I planned on using one of the blue shutters as a background - sadly they had a special sale evening so the place was still open. The picture will have to wait another day.

For my daily shot I ended up at Russel Gardens, I have done two edits one colour one black and white and to be honest I don't really like either :-(

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Another throwaway... this project doesn't get any easier. I have a week off work so imagined this week would be a breeze. No chance - Monday we ended up at the vets with Marley and a poorly leg then today Thomas broke a tooth, so it was an emergency trip to the dentist.

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My daughter is a member of a dance club and it was their annual show tonight - to be honest I wasn't looking forward to it. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised - 300 plus performers and an audience of over 800. The standard was incredible - great dancing and very impressive costumes. Photographically however things were not so good - very back row of the balcony behind a pillar, meaning I couldn't see the centre of the stage. I suppose we ought to buy our tickets earlier next time! 200mm lens @ 2.8, ISO 3200 all I managed were some very blurry pictures. This is probably the best of a bad lot.

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Very little time for a photograph today as I have been working on my website. The set up was really easy but posting multiple images to wordpress is a bit of a nightmare...

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A good day today. This morning we had a portrait session with Jamie-Lynne - fortunately the rain stopped and we were able to get some good pictures. We chose Kearsney Abbey as venue - it is a great place, loads of space and infinite options. My job was easy today the pictures can tell the story.

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I wanted to experiment with the D90 today, I haven't really had much of a chance to play with it. We are doing a portrait session tomorrow so I thought it would be good to familiarise myself with its settings. Lucky I did because I am finding it difficult getting used to the slow flash synch. Anyway, fortunately for me both Hannah and Bob were prepared to model.

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