Toast and telly - portrait photography study of my little Beee

Favourite feet

A little study of Bee watching telly and eating toast. 
I was hoping to head out into the sun that day, but Bee didn't feel great, so we curled up on the sofa with some toast.  Perfect opportunity for some new shots of her and always a good exercise in creativity to pay attention to what is right in front of you, especially when it is so lovely.

Love the light

Wanted the shadow of her profile on the cushion - tempted to try emphasising it more in post-processing

Transfixed

Lashes

Beautiful Bee

Toes

Tummy

Toast!

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My favourite from the day

Comedian Miranda Hart was in Oxford today as part of her Comic Relief 'Five Challenges', her task for the day to find some beautiful beasts in the city for a dog show on the Beeb tonight.  With hound, daughter and camera, I pitched up and took a few snaps; here are a few of my favourites.

Woof!

Contestants checking the paperwork whilst their 'lookalike' hounds look on

A contestant from the 'dogs that look like their owners' category

Successful candidate phoning home

Looking dapper

'Smile!' - typical doggie photo

Obviously been interviewed on telly before - look at the posture!

Patient waiting

Beautiful colours

And the other side of dog glory - my Ses, responding to not being chosen to compete in any category

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ooooh we're halfway there...

Happy imbolc!  I come up for air and we're halfway from Winter Solstice to Spring Equinox - phew.  My post-festive hibernation is drawing to a close and I am full of renewed commitments to my blog.  This year I hope to fill it with all the work I'm doing, instead of letting it sit fed-up and slightly crumpled at the bottom of my long to-do list.  So watch this space.  And in the meantime, here are some I made earlier, and a reminder of good things to come - last year's snowdrops, shot using my trusted 50mm f/1.8 in Christchurch Meadows.  Yes, the great sprouting has begun, and soon we will be surrounded by thousands of tiny signs of spring.  Enjoy it!

Happy solistice!

Another year has lurched past and what a year it has been.  Thank you for taking an interest in my work over the past year.  I just wanted to wish you all a very happy solstice and gentle ride into a beautiful 2013.  Here's wishing you an abundance of all things good over the coming weeks and months - especially great photos - and for those in the UK, not rain. 

I leave you with a few frosty shots from a walk on Otmoor a couple of weeks ago.  Sadly, it looks like xmas will offer more images of puddles than of snow-covered villages - but at least we'll all be feeling pleased it wasn't the end of the world :)

Go well, one and all, and see you next year.

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