My son has bracelet that was laying around, that made a nice C, but the challenge for me was to get a background or surface that did it justice. After trying the kitchen workbench, and a plain sheet of white paper, both of which were pretty 'meh!', I tried the black glass surface of the hob. With careful placement to avoid the actual cooking rings, and the reflection of the tiles behind, I was quite pleased with this shot, and the way the edge of the bracelet picked up the flash and contrasts with the dark glass. With hindsight, I think I should have put a sheet of white paper on the wall behind - if you look carefully, you can just see the out of focus reflection of the joint between two tiles.
If only I could find something to make a B, I could post ABC. After seeing sunglasses on a display stand, I figured that a nice pair of 'Aviators' would do the trick, but found these 3D cinema glasses knocking around at home, which were a reasonable second best... plus the arms on them were stiff enough that I could stand them on their side to get the shot without having to rotate the whole photo (and have them looking like they were stuck to a wall). Once again - a little more care was needed with the background (though in my defense, most of the set up shots were done late at night after everyone else had gone to bed). I have a couple of 'post-it' type flip-charts, so I can stick sheets together to make 'seamless' backdrops - except - you can see the seamless seam in this one :(After getting A, B, and C, I was quite excited to try and find more letters - I already had Q, which I was quite pleased with (it was the clip on a rope barrier in a shopping mall). I decided that although technically, I am only supposed to put three shots in per week - I had combined A, B, and C into 1 shot, and had already posted the Q, so I still had one shot left. I'd try and nail the whole alphabet for my last shot. Some of the letters came easy, but some - G and R in particular, gave me a lot of headaches. Near the end of the week, I had found the G (a 'G'-clamp in my garage), but had no ideas on R, and still had a lot of ideas for other letters that were still just that - ideas - that hadn't been photographed, so I posted the G as my third image.
Then - I found an R (also in my garage - the handle of a mastic gun), and I decided a concerted effort was needed. One final push to put those ideas into action. By 11pm on Sunday evening, I had finally got them all together and composed into a single image - which I posted to the project even though it was my 4th picture. The admins of the group very graciously allowed it to stay - I don't know if anyone else took the same project on privately, but nobody else published an entire alphabet - though one guy did do 'Project Flickr' all in one shot - which was very good.
So here it is... my complete alphabet. A - Step ladder B - 3D glasses C - Bracelet D - Tape measure E - Fancy brickwork F - Railings that stop in mid-air G - G-Clamp H - Electrical connector I - Grommit J - Air conditioner ducting K - Drain grate L - Laptop M - Arched windows N - Roof trusses at station O - A loo roll P - Golf club Q - Rope barrier clip R - Mastic gun handle S - Curly carving on a building T - Stained glass window frame U - Carving fork V - Serving tongs W - Church roofline X - Tap on kitchen sink Y - Garden fork handle Z - Internal bracing on garage door |  |
Now for a lay down...
TTFN and Happy Snappin'
G
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