Colin Park Photography

2010-02-11T17:14:00.001+10:30

Day 41

My outdoor work bench is getting a bit of a workout at the moment with the renovations, but with the heat we have been having, it is better than working in an extremely hot shed.

2010-02-11T17:12:00.001+10:30

Day 40

Overhead fan in motion. It has been so hot and humid lately the the air conditioning is just not cutting it, so the only way to keep cool is with the fans.

2010-02-11T17:11:00.000+10:30

Day 39

I just love the way nature creates such lovely patterns.

2010-02-11T17:08:00.001+10:30

Day 38

Some of the renovations I am working on at the moment. Just completed the base for our new window and the window should go in over the next few days.

2010-02-08T16:27:00.001+10:30

Day 37

Spiderwebs on the hanger of a hanging pot. It's summer and all the spiders are out to catch those damn flies.

2010-02-08T16:25:00.001+10:30

Day 36

The leftovers from the night before, it wasn't a huge night but an enjoyable one :)

2010-02-08T16:23:00.002+10:30

Day 35

The girls from Jasol after a day at Victor Harbour and then a BBQ and drinks at our place.

2010-02-04T12:02:00.002+10:30

Day 34

Red Hibiscus flower, not sure of the botanical name for this one, but I like the colours and I tried a different angle to photograph from instead of the normal head on shot.

2010-02-04T11:58:00.002+10:30

Day 33

A flower on a mellon plant that has been growing in our back yard. Converted to Black & White Infrared in Photoshop with layers and the erased part of the layer to reveal the yellow flower.

2010-02-04T11:55:00.001+10:30

Day 32

I was out tonight trying to catch some lightning, but missed out. So I decided to travel to Outer Harbour and photograph the container ship loader.

2010-02-02T14:17:00.003+10:30

Day 31

1st February and still going strong. This is my dogs favourite toy. It was 1 of his christmas presents and it is still intact - amazing.

2010-02-02T14:15:00.000+10:30

Day 30

Wall plugs sitting on our new window. More work to do in mu spare time :)

2010-02-02T13:57:00.002+10:30

Day 29

Silhouette taken in the early evening just before sunset.

2010-02-02T13:55:00.001+10:30

Day 28

This is a laptop hard drive I have been working on to save data. Drive has been save but the laptop is terminal. PCB's photograph quite well. I like the randomness of the layout.

2010-02-02T13:53:00.001+10:30

Day 27

Still going, sorry for the delay in uploading images, I have been busy. Here is my trusty 7 iron in Black & White.

2010-01-27T22:12:00.000+10:30

Day 26

The wok gas burner on a stove.

2010-01-27T22:10:00.000+10:30

Day 25

A door hinge, simple but I think an effective subject.

2010-01-25T22:05:00.002+10:30

Day 24

The moon taken tonight at about 9:30pm tonight. Taken with my Canon 40D with Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS lens with a Canon 2x convertor all mounted on a very steady tripod.

2010-01-25T22:00:00.002+10:30

Day 23

This is a stubby/echo holder from our local pub. The best pub in Adelaide, well that is my opinion 'cos we drink there every Friday night. If you live in Adelaide come on down and check it out.

2010-01-25T21:57:00.003+10:30

Day 22

I was going to put up a photo of one of the cyclists from todays Stage 5 of the Tour Down Under, but I couldn't resist this one of some very well dressed spectators. They were having a great day but I am unsure how their heads were on Sunday. Hope they pulled up ok. If you want to check out all the photos from todays action go to the sports event gallery on my website - http://www.colinparkphotography.com.au

2010-01-22T22:36:00.002+10:30

Day 21

My weapon of choice to chase the cyclists in the 2nd to last stage of the Tour Down Under. My trusty Canon 1D Mark II N and Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS Lens. Should have a nice shot of a cyclist for you all tomorrow night, might even be Lance Armstrong, check back soon to see who I have shot.

2010-01-22T22:34:00.001+10:30

Day 20

An old lantern just sitting in my shed. Shot with off camera flash and edited in photoshop.

2010-01-20T14:21:00.002+10:30

Day 19

A hibiscus flower (hibiscus arnottianus) growing in our backyard. This project not only is making me think about taking a different subject every day, but it is also showing me that you do not necessarily need to move too far away from your own home. A majority of the 19 images on this web page have been taken from the confines of my own home.

2010-01-20T12:18:00.001+10:30

Day 18

They only come out at night! Caught this little fella running around in the garden last night. Off camera flash with some photoshop post processing.

2010-01-19T11:30:00.002+10:30

Day 17

The coat hanger with just the dog lead hanging from it. Shot with on camera flash and a customer white balance. Only manipulation was cropping and sharpening. The colours you see are created via the custom white balance and the flash.

2010-01-17T22:45:00.002+10:30

Day 16

My wife's zippo lighter. Taken in my shed with no ambient light just off camera flash. Tweaking was done in Photoshop.

2010-01-16T22:32:00.001+10:30

Day 15

Looking through a cheese grater, everything is fair game on this project :)

2010-01-16T21:32:00.002+10:30

Day 14

Yep, my calculator. I had a long day editing photos and didn't really put a lot of thought into this one, but it does seem to work - any comments?

2010-01-16T20:54:00.002+10:30

Day 13

My neighbours new motor for his racing boat, just completed the rebuild and was testing it today - Saturday. Hope fully everything went well and he will be ready for racing next weekend. Go SKEET!

2010-01-16T20:50:00.002+10:30

Day 12

Sorry for the delay in the uploads folks, I have had some internet problems. All sorted now and updates hopefully follow regularly again. The lens cap and camera of choice 'Canon'. Everyone has their own idea on camera brand and I don't want to start an argument about brands, but I chose Canon and I am very happy with that choice.

2010-01-12T23:53:00.002+10:30

Day 11

Today I decided to play with Depth of Field. This is my iMac keyboard taken with my 50mm 1.8 lens @ f1.8.

2010-01-12T11:01:00.003+10:30

Day 10

I have made it to double figures - Day 10 - woohoo! This is a door handle on our fire place mantle that is due for restoration.

2010-01-12T10:56:00.003+10:30

Day 9

One of the wake boarders having a moment off one of the jumps at Wake Wars today. He came away with only his pride bruised. It was a great day but dame HOT - 42ºC / 108ºF - either way it was hot.

2010-01-09T22:32:00.001+10:30

Day 8

The hardest part of this challenge so far is to photograph something different every day. Today it's pegs in a basket.

2010-01-09T22:29:00.001+10:30

Day 7

These are my audio cables when I setup our outdoor movie nights. Guess it's time we had another night 'cos they are looking rather neglected.

2010-01-07T23:44:00.002+10:30

Day 6

My first real attempt at star trails, I am happy but improvement necessary. Next time they will be better.

2010-01-06T21:42:00.001+10:30

Day 5

This is our Dalmatian - Spike. He spends more time asleep than he does awake. I want to come back as a dog in the next life.

2010-01-06T21:40:00.002+10:30

Day 4

A leaf from a Fruit Salad plant.

2010-01-04T23:18:00.004+10:30

Day 3

Some tomatoes growing in the back yard, wish they would ripen!

2010-01-04T23:15:00.004+10:30

Day 2

So far so good. At this early stage it is relatively easy to keep the pics coming. Light supplied by my iMac 24" screen.

2010-01-04T23:08:00.006+10:30

Day 1

My first photo in the 365 Day Project. Some candles that my wife had lit in the lounge room while she was watching TV.

A Creative Year Ahead!

2010-01-04T22:11:00.000+10:30

Hello to everyone out there.

I am a professional photographer undertaking an exciting and challenging exercise for the year 2010.

I have decided to take up the challenge of the '365 day project'. If you are unfamiliar with this task, basically I need to take a photograph on everyday of the year. Seems easy, but there has been a large amount of people try this in the past, with only a small number actually completing the task.

I may or may not be able to complete this 'project', but I am going to give it a go and see what happens.

So check back on a regular basis to see how I am progressing and feel free to add comments and constructive criticisms to each and every photo.

Official start date for my project is 2/1/2010 and end date will be 1/1/2011.