Played around taking a portrait of an "old" friend this week.

Grabbed a shot of my brother's Pug trying to keep cool in the garden at the weekend.

I happened to have some Arum Lillies on hand this week after taking some shots for use by a local funeral director.  This is one of the shots I took once I had finished.

I grabbed my camera this week while waiting for the Formula 1 qualifying to start.  The cats had made themselves comfortable on the couch, so I start taking a few shots.  This shot is Mog looking unconcerned that that I was disturbing his rest.

Back indoors this week, took a shot of my wife, daughter and my own hands.  I wanted an image for our bedroom wall that represented our family.

As this week had another bank holiday, I took another trip out with the family.  Here is a shot of Swallow Falls in Betws-y-Coed.  While there I also shot some panoramic images of the falls which I may post later this week ( if it turns out ).

This week I have a shot I took while visiting Beeston Castle.  This is the start of the path leading up to the castle itself.

Having a relaxing long weekend, thought I'd take a shot showing one of the ways I have being spending my time (other than photography of course).

Went for a walk around the park after a shopping trip this weekend.  Found several blossom covered trees and took some shot trying to find a good angle.

Took a trip to Delamere Forest today for a walk and to get a shot for this week.  I got a couple of shots I liked, so I decided to post an extra one this week.

The first shot shows a couple of rows of tree stumps in the lake.

This image is the first shot I took today just alongside the car park.

Today I shot an image of a bear my daughter gave to my wife for mothers day.

This week I am also including a behind the scenes shot that shows how cheap my home "studio" is.  In case you can't tell that is my bed with t-shirt covered boxes on it.  All the light for this image comes from the window.

After a little editing of the image the final outcome is what you see at the top of this post.

Well, three months in and still going.  It's getting harder to find things around the house to photograph when I don't get the chance to get outside with my camera.

This image was shot in my makeshift home studio ( bedroom ) using only the light from the large window.  If anyone is interested I may post some behind the scenes shots next time.

Almost a quarter of the way through the challenge now, and still going.  I'm back inside for this shot of a new box of coloured pencils this week.

I have two shots this week, firstly my project 52 image, called simply Daffodil.  The second shot is was also taken on the same trip around a local park, and I couldn't resist posting it too.

Something a little political for this week.

I've also taken the low budget studio setup to a new level by adding a black t-shirt for the background. No expense spared.

Two months into my Project 52 challenge and still going.  I still didn't get outside this week, but at least I got a shot of something that "was" outside at some point.

Another week, another photo.  Still indoors this week, hopefully now that the weather is getting better I'll be outside more often.

This week I tried to improve on my lighting technique.  For this shot I used the light from a window and some pieces of white card as reflectors.

Today the Chinese New Year celebrations were held in Liverpool City Centre, I went with my family.

I wanted to get some shots of the dragon parade, but this year it seemed to be a lot more crowded than previous years.  The shots I did get of the dragon were mostly obstructed, so I chose one of my other shots from the day of one of the many lanterns decorating china town.

Managed to grab a few shots of my brother's Pug in the garden in one of the rare moments it stood still.

I spent this week making a list of as many ideas I could think of, so when I got to the weekend I would at least have something to work from.  I've always wanted to take some black and white shots of my bass guitar to use as a desktop wallpaper, this is the one I liked best

This year I have decided to start a new photo challenge, Project 52 - To post one photo a week for the whole year.

I didn't give myself much time to get the first photo shot, so I looked around the house for something interesting.  In the end I settled on using my Wife's Jelly bean dispenser.

So now I have started, only 51 more photos to go.

If you are starting a similar photo challenge, let me know.  I'd like to follow along and get some fresh ideas, then steal them. ;-)

Update: Just noticed that comments weren't working, they are fixed now.