WAVES

05.01.18

The winds have calmed a little but for the third day in a row the west coast has taken another battering.  I got absolutely soaked and this sums up 2018 in a nutshell!

Canon EOS 70D - EF70-200mm f2.8L

70mm / 8 / 1/500s / ISO 500

FISHERMANS STORE

04.01.18

One of my 'short walks' around Le Gouffre I like to revisit ever now and then.  I've got a thing for rustic old fishing shacks which just take me as far away as possible from a working life behind a monitor.

Lighting conditions were less than ideal but you need to keep returning to different locations throughout the year and one day the persistance will pay off.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8 / 1/200s / ISO 200

STORM ELEANOR

If you hadn't already noticed, the weather was pretty wild out on the west coast this morning.  

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm

110mm / ƒ/7.1 / 1/125s / ISO 400

MMXVIII

I needed to get out to clear my head after last nights celebrations and the sky was looking imporessive for most of the afternoon.  Had to ditch the tripod as the winds were too strong.  

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8 / 1/125s / ISO 200

THE END

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Three years, 1096 days and a lot of hard work but I started these projects as a 'training' exercise which admittedly went a little further.  

Something which really dawned on me this morning is how much Alana has changed in those three years.  Watching her having her hair done made me see a young lady, rather than a little girl.  Forcing myself to take pictures every day has made meant I will have these memories to look back on when we're all older!

I now feel I can move on and think of this as where it all began.  I will still take photographs every day but focus more on long term themed projects.  Or maybe tomorrow morning I will decide to do it all again :)

Happy New Year!

ZEN

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With the crap weather seemingly never ending, I hid myself away in the streams running down to Moulin Huet in search of somethign a little more relaxing.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/16 / 4s / ISO 100

SALINE BAY

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Grandes Rocques taking the full force of the wind this afternoon.  Turned into a constant battle with sand and sea spray.  Nothing a cloth and water can't sort out!

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8 / 1/250s / ISO 200

PIGLETS

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This is Gidget with one of her five new arrivals, all less than a week old.  

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm

115mm / ƒ/6.3/ 1/1000s / ISO 640

HORIZON

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Attempting to recreate one of my favourite images from 2017 in the hope of some dramatic sunlight poking through the clouds.  Unfortunately I had to abort before the tide cut me off.  Still omanaged to grab this shot of the rain passing by over Jersey.

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm

70mm / ƒ/8 / 1/400s / ISO 400

POINT AND SHOOT

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It's not about material goods, but both kids received a camera from Santa this year.  Alana keeps asking to take a photo every day like me.  The best advice for a child, point and shoot anything and everything.  Make it fun and ditch the rules.  

CHRISTMAS ELFIE

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Keeping the tradition going, we headed out for our annual family photograph in the woods.  Setting the 10 second timer with two very excited children is quite a challenge :)

RUSSEL

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A quick grab shot yesterday before our boozy golf lunch. A couple of crows were serching the shoreline for some fishy treats.

Canon EOS 70D - EFS55-250mm

135mm / ƒ/7.1 / 1/160s / ISO 400

ICE SKATING

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Elf on the shelf delivered Alana some tickets to go ice skating this morning.  She loved it and it took me back to my skating days as a kid!  Like a duck to water :)

MANSELL COURT

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The often forgotten part of town, in my eyes looking better that the high street the last few years.

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/14 / 8s / ISO 100

FRESH

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Stunning morning walk up north with a slight covering of ground frost to add to the scene.  Only two days till the winter solstice then the days start drawing out again!

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

35mm / ƒ/11 / 1/60s / ISO 200

ST CLAIR BATTERY

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Last day of work till the new year and only 13 more photographs to take!  I'm going to miss the adventures but you can have too much of a good thing.  Nearly 1100 days of shooting does take it toll!

Canon EOS 70D - EF17-40mm f4L

17mm / ƒ/8 / 1/100s / ISO 400