Did I tell you I started a photography club at work? A friend of mine got a camera (not a Nikon, sadly...) almost at the same time as me. We were both excited, carrying our cameras everywhere and taking photos of everything. We got talking about how we sometimes felt too shy to stop and take a photo in the middle of the street, specially when you have to get on your knees, or you're seemingly taking a photo of something irrelevant on the road and people wonder what you are doing...
So we got a group of friends together and now we choose a topic and go out once a month during our lunchtime to take photos around Oxford. Last month we took photos of blue things and next week we're expanding the theme to take photos of blocks of colour. We're going to submit the best ones to the Tate Liverpool Colour chart group in Flickr.
These are some of the ones I took last month. It's amazing what you see when you start looking, there was blue everywhere!
I've noticed that when taking photos in the street !
ReplyDeleteGood idea to get together - strength in numbers.
All of those blues make me long to go to the seaside!
ReplyDeleteNow that I've been bitten by the photography bug, I CONSTANTLY want to take pictures of interesting people that I see. (But I'm shy; and I worry about being intrusive.)
what a great thing to do! i love that theme idea, very catchy. great blue-s you've found there!
ReplyDeletethats a lovely idea. you are right, there is blue everywhere. My favourite.
ReplyDeleteWonderful way to pass the lunch time. You get out for some fresh air, good small talk, .... Nice!!
ReplyDeletefantastic! i have been so tempted lately to shop for a camera - other than the small Sony digital that i have. then i forget about it for awhile and then i see something like this and the bug starts to bite again. Sigh . . .
ReplyDeletei'm also shy to take photos in the middle of street!
ReplyDeletethis is a great project!!
and these shots are great, i love the one with the chairs!!
:) happy friday!!
Wow these are amazing!! Love that you started a club at work. Very cool, my friend.
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Great pictures! I'm impressed that you just started... you have a great eye! I'm still nervous, but I have hubs old camera (sadly its a cannon but it's better than my sony cyber-shot -- since I'm not 7 you know...)
ReplyDeleteI love that you started the club. I'll have to check out my area. Great inspiration!
Beautiful photos, I'd never thought you'd see that kind of Mediterranean color in the UK, but as you say, when you actually LOOK you see a lot, and that's why I've come to eventually like a lot those "theme" projects! You're a woman full of ideas, I love the photo club with co-workers!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was living with A. he has a reflex-digital Olympus, he has carried with, so I bought one little one. I am a reflex girl so this automatic is killing me, but on the other hand I can carry everywhere with me. Taking photos to all little things.
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea. And I love your blue pictures!
ReplyDeletethis is a great idea! the first photo is my favourite, but the rest is beautiful too... great idea, I need to do that too!
ReplyDeleteOh I have so been there. I will be walking with my camera and really want to take a picture of something random, and all the sudden I feel like people are watching me, and wondering why in the world I am taking a picture of a crack in the sidewalk or something.
ReplyDeleteI like your idea for the club, and am excited to come back and see more. I love the blue though. That first picture is stellar.
What a great idea. I am loving the blue, too. I wouldn't say that I usually a "blue" person, but I am coming around to the color. Afterall, the color usually represents the very things that I enjoy~serenity, coolness, calm, and so on. Thanks for the post. I am loving your blog, too!
ReplyDeleteGosh these are stunning. I've not yet done a 'group' shoot, but sometimes I feel very shy about taking a shot I want...and sometimes I flunk it completely. Safety in numbers!
ReplyDeleteI adore the first image, truly outstanding. x
What a great idea! I luv it. I love first picture and the last one especially, they're like abstract paintings almost. excellent compositions!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful blues you have found!
ReplyDeleteI love blue all of a sudden!
ReplyDeleteHaving auclub is a luck... You "blue" is beautiful...
ReplyDeleteI am really enjoying these blues! You have a great way of capturing color, tantalizing tints that are often right in front of us yet somehow uncovered by your lens. Lovely. First yellows, now blues. I love green. What do you see?
ReplyDeletefantastic! I love the themed photo walks!
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ReplyDeletei've never wacthed the bbc version! i'm curious about that! there's a marriage in the serie isn't it?
and the book is one of my favorite. i have two of them: one in portugese and one in english.
hi again - you are off to blog camp UK soon, no? have fun!!
ReplyDeletep.s.: there is an award waiting for you over at http://mostlyberlin.blogspot.com/ ...
Eh,pero qué moderna eres!!!
ReplyDeleteMe encanta el azul,es mi color favorito.
La verdad es que he estado en Italia de vacaciones y he echado mucho de menosla vida de España,sobretodo los horarios,sinceramente creo que el abiente de la calle no se puede comparar con ningún otro país,especialmente si estás en fiestas.
Desde luego,lo que menos echaba de menos era EL CALOR me estoy asando viva!
Mucha suerte con tu grupo de fotografía,si yo formara parte seguro que no em daría cuenta de las cosas que tengo delante xD
Muchos besitos,ah y haz lo del intercambio de casas,porque a mi amiga le está yendo fenomenal y así tengo ya dos personas a las que envidiar jajajaja
I wondered where the heck you've been and now I know..taking stunning pictures that's where! I love it..... and Disco Underworld.. fantastic...you're turning into a real pro!!!! I'm in awe!!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. You'll probably also notice your photography will improve. I find shooting with others and getting insight to what they do and some friendly completion is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteHats off to you for starting a photography club at work. wonderful idea.