30th June 2013: magazine

today's prompt: magazine

this one shouldn't have been too hard

i knew i'd be taking a magazine on holiday with me to fill the time on the plane/on the toilet, and i'd bought myself a copy of Clash with Beady Eye on the cover

but in a store in Berlin i found this curious beast, i know very little of what it is about, it being in German and everything, but i do know that it has a picture of a lady with a bright red Btman mask imposed over her face, and that was good enough for me

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 30th June 2013

29th June 2013: tv

today's prompt... tv

before embarking on holiday and having perused the words listed for this challenge, i presumed that our hotel room would have a telly in it

and of course it did

what i hadn't quite counted on was the fact that our hotel room looked out across Berlin and straight upon the city's famous TV tower

although this photo was not taken from our hotel window (trust me, i did take pictures of the views) i took this one as we headed back to our hotel (looming in the background, betraying its true stature) after another day crammed with adventuring

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and edited on an ipad using Aviary, XnView FX and Pixlromatic, 29th June 2013

28th June 2013: friendship

today's prompt... friendship

i feel lucky that i've had the chance to travel to some great places and experience some amazing things alongside my best friend

this photo of our two empty glasses was taken on a pit-stop, mid way through a walking tour of Berlin, which we decided to embark on after we'd had a tour around the famous Hansa studios, a day which we rounded out by going along to a great little venue that night and catching a couple of bands...

phew

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and edited using Aviary and instagram, 28th June 2013

27th June 2013: shoes

today's word... shoes

as we dash around the house gathering up our bits and making sure that we've packed everything, i stop to take a photo of the cluttered shoe space by the door

my trusty converse..

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary, 27th June 2013

June 24th 2013: holiday

todays prompt... holiday

and funnily enough, i shall be flying off in a few days time, headed for Berlin

Photo taken by Glen Byford, using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 24th June 2013

June 23rd 2013: colour

today's prompt... colour

i was keeping an eye out all day for something suitably colourful for my 23rd photo of the challenge, nothing grabbed my attention enough but i wasn't bothered

because i knew i could always fall back on the tub of face paints that i have been accumalating over a number of halloweens and fancy dress parties

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary, 23rd June 2013

June 22nd 2013: family

today's prompt... family

today felt a bit of a stretch, nothing inspiring came to mind, no interesting gimmicks or ideas to try out

today isn't my most inspired, and for the third time in a month, Batman joins me in the photo challenge, assisted by his son Damian, the latest Robin, since the prompt was 'family' after all...

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an opad and edited using XnView FX and Aviary, 22nd June 2013

June 21st 2013: film

today's prompt... film

just a quick pic of a dvd case would be far too boring, and I haven't got any movie posters up at home

I've got my unlimited cinema card and probably a handful of ticket stubs hanging around, oh, and I've also got my 3D glasses!!

one close up selfie later, a touch of adjustment and a rather cool effect that works perfectly on this photo, given it a lightly cracked look and I've got myself an image that would seem quite at home on a genuine movie poster

photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 21st June 2013

June 19th 2013: Toy

today's prompt... toy



but i've only just taken a photo of a toy!?




perhaps I should plan ahead, but nevermind, let's just approach this from a different angle

I'm a massive geek and have got plenty of toys hanging around the house, many are up in the geek room, and since I've put the loft ladder back up I couldn't really be bothered to head up there

what have I got just hanging around the front room?

of course I have a large Batman figure standing watch over my front room from the top of the TV set

I took a few moody looking shots

but then I thought that maybe I should approach this from a different angle

so I took a photo of my Batman toy from a different angle

Photo taken by Glen Byford, using an ipad and edited using Aviary, 19th June 2013

June 18th 2013: style

today's prompt... style



oh, now that's not a very easy one is it, sounds a bit too pretentious

that's fine, i'm sure i can pull off pretentious..

so here's my pretentious self-portrait, demonstrating a sense of style that my girlfriend isn't always the biggest fan of

Photos taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and an ipad, and edited on an ipad using Aviary, PicStitch and XnView FX, 18th June 2013

June 17th 2013: memory

today's prompt... memory

now, having just taken a photo of a childhood toy and not yet wanting to repeat the photo of a photo thing that would work under these circumstances, i had to really scratch my head, what else could i photograph that would signify memory


well, how about our modern memories...

so out comes my digital camera, click open the little side flap and pop out the memory card, holder of so many memories over the past few years

(also under consideration was my external harddrives and USB sticks, thanks to my girlfriend for originally suggesting the USB stick)

Photo taken by Glen Byford, taken with an ipad and edited using Aviary, 17th June 2013

June 16th 2013: child

todays prompt... child


for fear of repeating ideas over and over, i had to think a little harder today, so i ascended into my geek room for a few new ideas

the idea was to take a handful of pictures of toys thati had as a child, some that i have kept since then, and others that i am searching for in charity shops and at car boot sales inorder to recapture my youth

the photo i settled on is a shot of some hand-me-down Star Wars toys, most prominent in shot is Wicket the Ewok and Luke Skywalker's helmet when he is disguised as a Stormtrooper (Luke himself has been M.I.A for a very long time, i hope he turns up one day), originally belonging to my cousins, they were passed down to me and my brother and stayed with me since.

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 16th June 2013

June 15th 2013: kitchen

todays prompt... kitchen


i took a number of shots that could have made the final cut today, each showing a unique side to my kitchen, trying to distinguish what makes my home feel like home


i chose the eventually, with a viking m&m guarding empty jars and a birdhouse from the top of my fridge

just like any normal kitchen, right?

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad, and edited using Aviaty and XnView FX, 15th June 2013

June 14th 2013: print

todays prompt... print


and i must admit to being slightly thrown by this one, should i photograph an art print (i could have done that for art) or maybe a printer, frankly none of my ideas were fascinating

but as i dropped into Enfield Town Library i decided to detour through their large print section

and the result is this...

Photo taken by Glen Byford using a HTC Desire C and edited with an ipad using Aviary, 14th June 2013

June 13th 2013: art

todays prompt.... art

another toughy

12th June 2013: baked

today's prompt... baked


i could have forced my girlfriend to bake a cake

instead i grabbed an iconic tin of baked beans from the cupboard and got busy with some inbuilt fx from my editing aps

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad nd edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 12th June 2013

June 11th 2013: book

today's prompt... book

that is a tough one, much like comics, i have far too many books to choose from

and much like comics, i think the result is slightly uninspiring when compared to other efforts made for this challenge


so here we have the books in my locker, a handfull of recent reads that i haven't got round to taking home yet

Photo taken by Glen Byford, using a HTC Desire C and edited on an ipad using Aviaty and XnView FX, 11th June 2013

June 10th 2013: mother

today's prompt.... mother


hmmmmm, i've already done a photo of a photo

i guess i could sneak round to my mums and take a photo of her, but that seem a bit too obvious...


mother nature? mother earth? mother theresa?



madonna?


hang on, in my found filing cabinet, as i was clearing it out i came across a Next giftcard (with nothing on it), some homework, and a little laminated Mary and Jesus (i think), hence why the filing cabnet is called my Jesus cabinet (although i don't often call it that)

Mary and Jesus still reside in the cabinet

time to take them out and give them their time in the spotlight (literally)

Photo taken by Glen Byford using an ipad and edited using Aviary and XnView FX, 10th June 2013

June 9th 2013: dress

today's prompt.... dress


i was gonna dive in the dressing up box for ths one, but instead i stumbled upon an idea and downloaded a handful of free apps that might help me realise my vision

and so i present to you.... my girlfriend spinning around in our front room in a dress

Photo taken by Glen Byford, using an ipad and edited using Multiexpo, 9th June 2013

June 4th 2013: party

so the third prompt is 'party'.......


and in this crazy instagramming world where filters are applied to photos taken with new technology to make them look old, i thought i'd take a photo with new technology of a photo taken with my girlfriend's polaroid camera of our housewarming party, and then apply a filter or two, obviously

so here is me and Sel, my friend that is also taking part in the chalenge, in a rather artistic and creative photo of a photo...


Photograph taken by Glen Byford, using a new ipad(after being taken by someone else, using a polaroid camera), and edited using Aviary, 4th June 2013