JD's 365.

Day 199.

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Thanks to everyone for your kind words, my mum appreciates it very much and can't believe that a load of random people off the internet can be so caring. (yes, you are random ;)) She sends her thanks. :)

Anyway, I decided today that life to an extent, must go on. I had originally planned to go to the Belfast Flickr meet, which had arranged access to the Victoria Square, a new shopping/apartment development in Belfast. I had a good day, distractions are always good!! I tried to actually think about todays photo, rather than just picking a random one out of a bunch and posting that. :thumbs:
 
Yeah this internet stuff is not all bad, best wishes for you and your mum :)

I love today's abstract shot.
 
Ive seen some fantastic support from people on the net, some of the things strangers do for each other is amazing!

Nice shot, nice abstract, like it in b&w, glad you had a good day :)

I wanna be brave and go to a meet one day but i aint got it in me :shake:
 
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Definitely a cool abstract, more than likely inspired by the way you feel at the moment.
Good on you for getting out there at all fella :thumbs:
 
Lisa said:
Ive seen some fantastic support from people on the net, some of the things strangers do for each other is amazing!

Nice shot, nice abstract, like it in b&w, glad you had a good day :)

I wanna be brave and go to a meet one day but i aint got it in me :shake:
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You definitely should go to one Lisa, we are lucky over here that we have a small country and quite a closely knit Belfast Flickr group, so it helped that I knew 4 or 5 of them quite well already. (It's not B&W by the way. ;))

cyclone said:
Definitely a cool abstract, more than likely inspired by the way you feel at the moment.
Good on you for getting out there at all fella :thumbs:
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Thanks mate. It felt good to be out with the cameras. :thumbs:

davekiddle said:
Nicely done Jonny. I like the way the lines lead in from the top right corner. :thumbs:
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Cheers Dave. I wish I'd taken a few more. :)
 
Day 200.

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Busy as a bee today, I had originally only got three A3 prints done of Day 198 but everyone loved it, Stevies mum broke down in tears as soon as she seen it. The power of a photo?? You never really realise how important taking pictures of someone actually is until they are gone. My mum thought that it showed exactly how he was, and how he should be remembered.

So, I've had a printing day. How many A4 copies of the picture can you see?? I've also had a request from Stevies boss for a large A2 copy for his work. I must say, seeing your pictures in large format really is impressive. Just a shame it had to be under these circumstances that I finally started printing them.
 
Yes mate it is important and I'm not surprised you've had an emotional response.
I think I counted 12 copies of that in this shot!
 
Day 201.

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Very little time for anything yesterday, apart from picking people up from the airport. I'm uploading this today, 21 July, a day late.

Today is the funeral, I'm taking a camera. I've fought with myself enough about it, Is it in bad taste? I don't think so. The last few days have shown me how much a photo can mean to someone, even if it was only a portrait taken in a back garden without any pre planning or thought. So the camera goes with me today, It will only be the D40 and 50mm combo, it's really raining here, suits the mood.​
 
fabs said:
I never know what to wish people on the day of a funeral so will just say that my thoughts are with you and I hope all goes as well as it can.
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Thanks Marc, what I've learnt through this is that I would rather people did say something, a lot of people have said "but we wouldn't know what to say." Just saying anything is better than saying nothing. (God, I'm deep at the minute) I'm still completely blew away by the amount of support I've got from my "internet" friends. Thank you all. :)
 
Every funeral ive been to people have had cameras, i think as long as people are respectful then its ok. I dont remember much from my dads funeral and atm thats how it will stay but we do have pics which people took, so some day i might look at them, without them that day, if it ever does happen, wouldnt be possible.

Thinking of you :)
 
I've never seen a camera at a funeral, odd how some do and some don't. I did take my camera to the house at Vicki's Nan's funeral though as the family wanted shots of the flowers, the camera stayed there while we went to the services though.

Our thoughts and wishes are with you mate, bloody hate funerals and I don't really think there's a right thing to say.

I just try to keep in mind that time is a healer.
 
Lisa said:
Every funeral ive been to people have had cameras, i think as long as people are respectful then its ok. I dont remember much from my dads funeral and atm thats how it will stay but we do have pics which people took, so some day i might look at them, without them that day, if it ever does happen, wouldnt be possible.

Thinking of you :)
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cyclone said:
I've never seen a camera at a funeral, odd how some do and some don't. I did take my camera to the house at Vicki's Nan's funeral though as the family wanted shots of the flowers, the camera stayed there while we went to the services though.

Our thoughts and wishes are with you mate, bloody hate funerals and I don't really think there's a right thing to say.

I just try to keep in mind that time is a healer.
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nicnok said:
Hi JD, I hope the funeral goes well. Nic
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Thanks Folks, I didn't take the camera to the funeral. My mum did however request a few shots at the wake. So have a few candid shots to look at, (really only a few, about 20 shots taken) I'll post up today's picture in a second after processing. (Will probably be of my wee sister)
 
I've had a camera at the last three funerals i've been to (one of them was my dads) and went round listening to people tell stories about him and had laugh at the good old days. I caught the laughter on camera as a good memory of how much my dad was liked, and to remind me that a funeral is a celebration of someones life and does not have to be a sad morbid affair (or that may be just me :cuckoo:)
 
Chillimonster said:
I've had a camera at the last three funerals i've been to (one of them was my dads) and went round listening to people tell stories about him and had laugh at the good old days. I caught the laughter on camera as a good memory of how much my dad was liked, and to remind me that a funeral is a celebration of someones life and does not have to be a sad morbid affair (or that may be just me :cuckoo:)
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I would agree Chris, and was my exact reasoning behind taking it. But, I ended up in a different car, forgot to take the camera, and ended up being a coffin bearer. I've actually went for a more sombre look to the few photos I took. I think they maybe tell the story of today in a better way than a happy smiley photo would have. I do have the smiley one's, but I feel that using that would seem a bit disrespectful?? Maybe it just me. :thumbs:
 
Day 202.

Can't decide on one, so you get 4. (I'm greedy)

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My wee Sis.

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Craig, Stevie's Son on the left. (My sisters alcoholic Boyfriend in the blurred bit, I like him!!) Missed the focus, but I'm surprised any of these came out sharp. Manual focus and 4 beer and 3 ciders....mmm...

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My Mum and Stevie's Mum embracing and having a natter.

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Rachel Again.
 
Day 203.

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It's amazing how quickly this week has gone. I still feel like I'm not really here and it's all been my imagination. But, I know it hasn't.

Anyway met Bern for a wee natter this afternoon. She's filling in for the local chippy paper for a week or so, and has been asked to cover a tennis event at Larne Tennis Club. Obviously I had to go along and see what the fuss was about!! Permission for pictures has been granted by every childs parent, before anyone asks!!

Back to work tomorrow, not looking forward to it. :(
 
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