The Big Night Out

CSE Show. The Combined Services Entertainment show comes to Camp Bastion. No big name artists but it was a good show all the same. A nice relaxing evening of entertainment and a chance to unwind from the stresses of work...

It's all over...

365 days later and the project is finished.  As expected, I've learned one hell of a lot about photography!  It's not just a case of looking for pictures, you have to see them.  An unusual statement... but a true one.  We often look at things without actually "seeing" them.  Searching for un-noticed detail or unusual angles in the mundane everyday sights we come across is a skill that needs to be learned and a project of this nature certainly helps develop that skill.

I would not have been able to complete this project without the support and encouragement of my fellow 365ers at the PHOTOPORTAL website... thanks all of you.

I would also like to thank family and friends... many of whome have thought I've gone mad, taking pictures of the strangest things but have still found the time to comment either on this blog or on Facebook.  You all had some input into the successful completion of this project.  Thank you.

So what now?  Well, I need a rest first of all.  It has been quite an effort having to find a picture to take every day, especially in the difficult environment I find myself in at the moment.  Another project is very likely, though what form it will take I do not know!  I'm open to suggestions but won't decide until after I've returned home in June.  Whatever it is, I hope you'll all stay with me for the journey.

Day 365 - Saturday 30 April 2011

Gold. The (possibly!) gold plated contacts on an 8Gb SD card...

Day 364 - Friday 29 April 2011

Catch. That's all it is... the catch on a high voltage cabinet that is part of the electricity supply to the pods. I found the unusual shadow cast by the late afternoon sun interesting...

Day 363 - Thursday 28 April 2011

Taxi. C130 Hercules taxiing in from the runway after an internal flight...

Day 362 - Wednesday 27 April 2011

ONYX. The rugged and very useful torch issued to deploying troops...

Day 361 - Tuesday 26 April 2011

Move to the back of the bus please. Most of the old coaches used as transport around this huge camp originate from Germany...

Day 360 - Monday 25 April 2011

Charleston. The same type of aircraft as the one featured in "Whale Tail" two days ago. This was all I could see of this one visible above some ISO containers at the back of the PHF...

Day 359 - Sunday 24 April 2011

Hover. The pilot of this Chinook very obligingly kept his helicopter in a hover for a couple of minutes allowing me to play with shutter speed and get some motion in the rotors...

Day 358 - Saturday 23 April 2011

Whale Tail. The rear end of another huge transport aircraft...

Day 357 - Friday 22 April 2011

IL-76. These lumbering Ilushin 76 transport aircraft are quite common out here. They take forever to get up to any speed on the runway before reluctantly taking to the air, leaving a trail of black smoke from their engines! Their ex Soviet military heritage is evident in the nose and tail gunners positions they still have...

Day 356 - Thursday 21 April 2011

Shade. In the shadow of a C130 Hercules aircraft on the blisteringly hot ramp...

Day 355 - Wednesday 20 April 2011

RP-HX70. Quite a few busy days recently... you can tell from the subject matter of my 365 shots when I've got back to the tent and realised I haven't taken the daily picture and reach for the nearest object to my bedspace. Here is a shot of my trusty earphones...

Day 354 - Tuesday 19 April 2011

Chicken in a Box. Quite literally. This KFC outlet in Bastion 2 is built into an ISO container. The smell of chips from there drives me crazy. I haven't had chips for ages and makes me wonder why the cookhouse doesn't serve chips!

Day 353 - Monday 18 April 2011

3 Band. One of the free radios given out to the troops by BFBS...

Day 352 - Sunday 17 April 2011

Back Home. I wish I was! Close-up of the buttons on my MP3 player...

Day 351 - Saturday 16 April 2011

SIGMA. Close-up of the barrel on one of my lenses...

Day 350 - Friday 15 April 2011

Jingly Market. Not technically a market, these Afghan shops on camp are a permanent fixture and open every day. They still sell typical tourist/market tat though...

Day 349 - Thursday 14 April 2011

SACRILEGE! I'm longing for the taste of the real thing now but this is all that is available. It'll have to do...

Day 348 - Wednesday 13 April 2011

Ben 10. Another long awaited item from my comfy box, the brand new Ben 10 duvet set.  I now officially have the most colourful bedspace in the tent...