Engineer

27th April - Abstract

26th April - Boa

25th April

Damn. Missed a couple of days. Catching up.

Eyes

Earthbound Misfits

Hat 2

Bubbles

Smile

Freckles

Hat

Colour 2

Colour

Up to now it's been mono candids but when you get to take pictures of someone with eyes this blue it doesn't seem right to desat them.

Puzzling

Too busy

So I'm sneakily posting this blank entry so I can come back tomorrow and edit it and put a picture in.

There. Done.

More candids

Tomorrow I'm going to take pictures at a charity walk, so we might have something a bit different. Participants have to wear their bra on the outside.

My Dad

Ian - Chatsworth House Groundsman

Rock Art

Cresswell Crags, Derbyshire. This place has the only ice age rock art in Britain, also the most Northerly rock art in Europe. Well worth a visit, it's all very low key, very cheap and hardly any one has ever heard of it. Having queued eight hours once to see the fakes at Lascaux this place is refreshingly easy. Also the tour guide here and the man at the bottom is a professional flint knapper.

Chris (again) and Courtney

I'm off to Chesterfield for a couple of days. Probably won't find any internet access so I'll catch up when I get back.

Night Shots

While I was taking these a Port Security van pulled up and a monkey in a uniform got out.

PS - Excuse me Sir, do you have a permit ?

Me - No.

PS - (sternly) You need a permit for taking pictures of the dock buildings.

Me - No I don't.

PS - (wisely) Yes you do.

Me - No I don't.

PS - (assertively) Yes you do.

Me - No I don't. I don't need a permit for taking pictures OF dock property. I need a permit for taking photos ON dock property. I am not on dock property. I am on a public road.

PS - You still need a permit.

Me - You're a fuckwit.

[I know the textbooks say that you shouldn't be confrontational but I find it helps sometimes and it's more fun.]

PS - Can I have your name please ?

Me - Can I have yours ?

[An exchange of names takes place. He ostentatiously makes a note of my registration number. I equally ostentatiously make a note of his.]

PS - So are you going to move ?

Me - No.

PS - I'll just call the police then shall I ?

Me - You're a fuckwit.

[I know it's not great repartee but there is something about this word - which I learned from Bridget Jones - which can be quite devestating.]

PS - I'll ring them.

Me - Can I take your photo ? Please. I really like your uniform, especially the really scruffy bits.

He gives up and goes back to his car. He drives off and parks in front of the building spoiling my shot. I realise that I have finished anyway but I don't want to go yet because it will look like he has scared me off. So I faff about taking a few more. I wave to him and ask him to say cheese. He doesn't. In the end I'm getting cold so I pack up and drive round and pull up next to him. I pass him a card through the window.

Me - I don't want you to think you've scared me off, so here's my card so you can contact me.

PS - I've just checked with control and you do need a permit.

Me - Do you want me to wait here for the police with you ?

PS - That won't be necessary.

Exeunt.

Chains

30 Day Portrait Challenge

I have started the 30 Day Portrait Challenge on DPC. Sometimes the pictures will have to appear here as well as time is but brief. This is my mother and Stevie. See if you can guess which is which.

I did put together the usual routine of slightly world weary jokes as a commentary but I used them already on the Challenge thread and I can't be bothered to repeat them because they weren't that funny anyway (although that is partly the point).

Tortoise Revisited

Trying to get the dof right this time.

Little Rabbit Hutch In The Sky

Back in the old days when wool mining was the main industry round here the miners were allowed to keep rabbits on the rooves of the woolliery buildings to supplement their diet, which otherwise mostly consisted of chalk and willow twigs (see tree below). This is one of the aerial hutches used by the rabbits.

Lemur

I'm indebted to this little fella for my new PB. I was planning to post several shots but I've been tring to go round the other PADs and I got as far as Talj's and it took up most of my day. All the best to Talj and Lori and anyone else who accidentally stumbles by.

Anachronism 2

I thought I might get a good shot for the Anachronism Challenge out here but we did not have any sky all week, just murk. I went out yesterday to see if I could luck into a good shot but I didn't have long and this was the best I got.

Live Sex On Stage

Looking for photo opportunities, went to this funny little club. I didn't even realise some of this was physically possible.