Photos from Mark Allanson

Hot Pot - Day 58

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:06:20 +0000

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Holga Me - Day 57

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:04:20 +0000

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My Holga gear arrived! Lets hope the first roll has at least a few usable photographs.

Lemon Cupcake - Day 60

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:02:56 +0000

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Where's Day 59? It's on a roll of film in the Holga - I just hope it comes out OK so I don't have to post a black image :) Mmmmm lemon cupcake. This was delicious!!!!!

Ready to Shoot - Day 61

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sun, 4 Mar 2007 19:00:49 +0000

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Did a photo shoot today in the "Studio". Some shots for Sarah's portfolio. Hopefully I'll be able to post some of the shoot's photographs in the future! Whats with the thigh area of these jeans though, I look like I am wearing puffy pants or something! Last time I wear these, I think :)

Proper British Now - Day 55

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:54:36 +0000

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We got our first morning delivery of milk today - glass bottle, foil top and all! Does this mean we are proper British now?

250 Thread Count - Day 56

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:53:08 +0000

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On the weekend we bought a new set of linen, our first linen purchase in about 5 years (the old sheets were literally falling apart) We decided to go all out and bought a set of Dorma sheets with a thread count of 250. These sheets feel soooo luxurious against your skin that I look forward to slipping into bed in the evening and don't want to get out of bed in the morning. Oh - I'm going to post this to the week seven stripe challenge too :)

All Tied Up

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:50:56 +0000

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Impromptu shot. Colleague held his tie out in the lift. Illuminated walls of the lift provided the backlight. This shot was horribly under exposed because of the impromtu-ness of the shot and me not accounting for the backlight (lift rides are far too short). Thank god for RAW.

It's about time to get back to the gym - Day 54

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:05:35 +0000

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Strobist: EX150 head hard lit to the right of picture at about 30deg 1 ft above head level @ 1/8 power. Fired by pc sync cord. I set up a "mini studio" in the second bedroom today and played around with the flash heads in various configurations. There's a lot of learning to do here. Setup took about 15 mins, teardown took about 15 mins. Used myself as a subject (fired the camera via infrared controller). I need to seriously get back to the gym to get rid of my triple chins - shamefull!! I have also learned I am one of the least photographic people on the planet, at least when I haven't had a shave for a week.

10 Minutes - Day 53

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:36:14 +0000

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If this is the kind of result I can get from the studio lighting kit after 10 rushed minutes with it set up in the cluttered living room then I am hopeful for the results I can get after a lot of practice and proper setup. Thanks to my lovely Sarah who kindly agreed to be my test mule despite being busy with lots of her own stuff to do. :) Note that there was a mirror over the right shoulder that I cloned out hence why her right shoulder has had a blur placed over it!

Let's Make Music Together - Day 52

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:34:59 +0000

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BigBlack, my iPod, and most trusted office companion. Sharp Bite makes a cameo appearance in this photograph.

Interlocked - Day 51

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:33:52 +0000

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Keep... - Day 50

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:22:07 +0000

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I've reached a quarter of a century of photographs, half the ton (in Cricket terms) so, it's time for a quiz... Keep ____? What was the word after keep?

Mindless Words

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:28:28 +0000

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Out back of the office again, Davy's on the left.

Sunday Dinner - Day49

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:26:20 +0000

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Cristina, This one is for you. A closeup picture of the Ikea table ready for a feasting.

Filmy Stripes - Day 48

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:23:48 +0000

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This my photograph for the Project365 group's Week 7 challenge. The challenge this week was "Stripes". I have been lucky as I got a delivery of film today for my new Holga Lomo cam (which is yet to arrive), so this photograph captures that which I am looking forward to the most, taking pictures with the Holga!! The film here is 120 medium format Kodak Portra 400NC and Kodak Portra 400VC. I also got some Fuji Neopan 400CN, but that is no where near as photographic has the Kodak. I figure I have 3 sets of stripes in this photograph. 1. The film stripes of magenta/blue. 2. The yellow stripes of the film label going perpendicular to the film. 3. The "stripes" made by the stiching of the cloth on the table.

Old School

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:08:43 +0000

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Spencers of Enfield Middy

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:04:51 +0000

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Workhorse

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 19:02:18 +0000

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Yet more urban decay

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:59:06 +0000

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And the winner of the quaintest house award goes to

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:56:49 +0000

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Bursting Free

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:48:43 +0000

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Fly Posting

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:39:07 +0000

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Many Mouths to Feed - Day 46

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:35:51 +0000

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Time to be good citizen #4332645 and recycle all the glass jars and bottles. Lets save the planet! This is part of my "Out and About in Leigh-on-Sea" photo set.

Oh - What a tangled web we weave

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 18:34:07 +0000

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James Barclay - Day 45

nobody@zooomr.com (Mark Allanson) — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 23:13:38 +0000

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James Barclay, one of my favorite authors. I spent a bit of time this evening flipping through some the Raven series' of books, Chronicles of the Raven Trilogy, and Raven Legends Trilogy. Am hanging out for his next book now, I read these ones well over 18 months ago now. The books here are, from left to right, DawnThief, Noonshade, Nightchild Elfsorrow, Shadowheart and Demonstorm. Thoroughly recommended for any Fantasy novel fans.