365/344: 29 January 2011: It’s Saturday morning, so it must be Silloth

Unlike last week’s freezing fog, this morning we have gorgeous sunshine. Went down to South Beach to take some photos of myself for my course, and thought I’d catch the sun on the dunes as well. Love the colours in this one.

365/337: 22 January 2011: Silloth again

The usual Saturday trip to Silloth with youngest daughter for keyboard lessons. As always I took the camera – but this time without much hope of a shot because it was thick freezing fog. But then I thought – “Damn it! just take some photos”, which i did, and proved to myself again that you can a get a picture from almost anything if you set your mind to it. Would have been happy to show these more or less as they came from the camera, but decided to have some more Lightroom fun with them.

 

365/323: 08 January 2011: Solway Sunrise (for a change)

The Solway is famous for its sunsets but the view across to Criffel can look pretty stunning at sunrise as well if the weather is right. This was taken on the beach about 2/3 of the way to Skinburness. Very icy – had thought to walk across the pebbles but they were all coated with a thin sheen of ice - twisted my knee and nearly broke an ankle.

365/302: 18 December 2010: Yet more snow

Risked the snowy roads to Silloth today for youngest daughter’s keyboard lesson. Don’t very often get to stroll along a seafront in snow, so took the camera for a walk. Weather was more than a bit grey and gloomy which meant little point in looking for shots with lovely skies so tried a couple of experimental shots.

365/78: 08 May 2010: Sunny Silloth

This is one of those things that just cries out to be photographed on a sunny day with a deep blue sky. What you can’t see in this photo is the delightful north-easterly that made it feel like winter all over again.

365 Challenge Days 61-64: 21-24 April 2010 : A bit of a mixture

21st April and its Work Life Balance day at work – encouraging us to be a little bit fitter, a bit less stressed, and generally better off all round. Did the site comms team a favour and saved the company some money by doing the pictures for the newsletter. Here are a couple of my colleagues discussing spinning as a hobby:

Immediately the work life balance event was done it was a trip to head office, followed by my first night away for quite a while. Next day (22nd)  in the office, then the drive home – this one jumped out at me as it was sitting on the table after dinner. How did we live without these things – and how, exactly, do they relate to work-life balance?

Onwards and upwards to picture 63 and 23rd April. Bought these two at the hippie market in Ibiza in 2005. Not sure that i recall making enamelled geckos as a trademark talent of hippiedom, but who’s complaining. They’re mounted in the stairwell, and every time I see them I reminded of a rather pleasant family holiday which seemed to consist largely of sun sea and sangria. And after all .. that’s the point of a holiday souvenir.

And finally bang up to date again with picture 64 on 24th April. Spent a half an hour scouting out bits of Silloth for one of my photo degree projects. The good thing about digital cameras is that you can use them as the equivalent of an artists sketch book without spending a fortune on film and developing. This looks like a nice idea for when the sky is bluer and the air less hazy.

One thing I’ve noticed is that it’s not taking the photo every day that is causing me issues, it’s remembering/having the time to post them.

365 Challenge Days 50-52: 10-12 April 2010 – A sunny weekend

Typically the weekend after the Bank Holiday has been delightful, so I thought I’d go for a series of images to capture a delightful spring weekend.
First up from Saturday morning (10 April) on the dunes near the entrance to Silloth Dock. this is one of a series that our youngest agreed to model for as part of my degree – the first lesson in fact.

Think she liked it – its her Facebook avatar now.
Next up – Sunday afternoon (11 April) – and a stroll around Siddick Pond with Marion. Lots of bird life and signs of spring everywhere. Not sure if this is Alder or Willow (the former I think) – but either way I was taken by the colour against the blue sky.


And finally for this entry – one taken in the garden after work this afternoon. (12 April) Never quite sure why this combination works so well on flowering redcurrant. it would look pretty awful as a colour scheme in the living room.

365 Challenge Day 49 – 09 April 2010 – A Solway Sundown

Can’t really call it a sunset as the sun was behind the clouds out of shot.  Still decent views available from Silloth, in spite of the best efforts of the wind farm down the Solway.

Didn’t look quite like this when I took it, but it’s amazing what a little tweak in the contrast can do. Have left the watermark off this one because it spoiled it completely.