365 days of 2011

Gary eats a Tie fighter (cookie)

And swiftly dispatches Daft Cookie-Monster in the process

Actually it’s the ‘H’ from Christmas; Lanie made some Christmas cookies tonight.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 17, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Cookie, Eating, Flash, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, SB-700 Speedlight, SB-900 Speedlight, Self Portrait, Tie Fighter | Leave A Comment »

Sparkles

I promised some pictures of the sparkles (when the sun finally came out again)

When we reorganised our office area Ginger put lots of glass and crystal beads in the windows. However, there was a problem, getting sparkles like this all over my monitors required the installation of the ‘anti-sparkle screen’.

Pretty sparkles on the wall

Posted by Gary Allman | December 16, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Colour, Colours, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Rainbows, Self Portrait, Sparkles, Spectrum | Leave A Comment »

An afternoon in bed

I thought I was feeling better

Unfortunately not.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 14, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Artificial light, Available Light, Colour, Gary Allman, Ill, In Bed, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait, Sick, Unwell | Leave A Comment »

Gary and the Christmas tree

The erratic focusing on the camera is starting to annoy me

The camera software tells me the camera focused on my chest. So why is my hand in the primary focus zone? Sigh. I can’t wait to get this project finished and run some detailed focus tests.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 13, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Off Camera Flash, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Blue, Christmas Tree, Colour, Nikon D7000, Photography, SB-700 Speedlight, Self Portrait | Leave A Comment »

Today’s photograph was picked by Ginger

Ginger said this picture is me.

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It must be the slight smile.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 12, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Artificial light, Available Light, Colour, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait, Wall | Leave A Comment »

Apple, cheese and crackers

Yum

Posted by Gary Allman | December 11, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Body Part, Home | Tags: 365 Days, Apple, Artificial light, At my desk, Available Light, Cheese, Colour, Crackers, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait, Snack | Leave A Comment »

Gary, Tubby and Sprinky

Half past eleven and I’m still at my desk

At least I have a drink on hand.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 10, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Artificial light, At my desk, Available Light, Colour, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait | Leave A Comment »

Gary with our blue Christmas tree

Are you wondering why the tree has a blue Santa hat?

So was I. Lanie decorated the tree, I’m sure she knows.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 9, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Leave A Comment »

This was going to be a picture of me and the anti-sparkle shield

but I didn’t like that shot.

It’s still there though – but only just visible in the background (yes the anti-sparkle shield is a huge curtain).

Posted by Gary Allman | December 8, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Artificial light, At my desk, Available Light, Black and White, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait | Leave A Comment »

Day 341

Oh dear another at the desk picture.

I wonder what I have more of, pictures of me sitting at my desk, or me in front of ‘the wall’.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 7, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Artificial light, At my desk, Available Light, Colour, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait | Leave A Comment »

Not so good

I’m not very well, let’s hope I get better quickly

Last time it took me six months to recover – not a prospect I want to consider.

Posted by Gary Allman | December 6, 2011 | Categories: Around the house, Home, Remote Shutter Release, Tripod | Tags: 365 Days, Artificial light, At my desk, Available Light, Gary Allman, Nikon D7000, Photography, Self Portrait | Leave A Comment »

Washer repair man

Turns out the water on the laundry floor wasn’t a backing up drain after all.

No, the water was pouring out of the bottom of the washer instead. Today I learned how to replace a ‘tub seal’ which involved dismantling the washer and removing the washing tub to gain access to the seal. Here you see me in the process of putting it all back together again.