Owner: One Man's Travel Blog URL:http://grahamettridge.blogspot.com Join Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 06:26:43 -0500 Rating:0 Site Description: This was orginally going to be a mere account of an Englishman's experiences whilst travelling through some of the most amazing locations in the planet. However, it has subsequently become an account of my journey through "Life, The Universe and Everythi Site statistics:Click here
July "FOOD" Photography Challenge Results 2008-08-16 05:27:00 "It's not the camera that takes a great photograph, it is the photographer"Firstly, I would like to sincerely apologise for being so late with posting the contributions to the July "Food" Photography Challenge
. Things have been hectic around here, leading up to and after my vacation.As always, thank you to all of you who have contacted me about the monthly photograph challenges, and an enormous WE
Time for a change!!! 2008-09-17 13:24:00 Well, it has been time for a change for my blog! And I would like to thank my very good friend Chica from Photo-Projectz for taking the time and effort to create and build this marvellous layout.I absolutely love the header and the colour scheme. It is a significant improvement on what was here before, and she has really managed to capture a part of me here. Chica has kindly left a few things for
A little preview of where I live and work 2008-09-12 19:52:00 There was a series of documentaries shown on BBC over the past few weeks. It was based on seeing Britain from the air. Explaining some of the history and geology of our wonderful country.Fortunately, they actually featured my home town of Swindon in Wiltshire on one of the programmes, and in addition to this they also visited Honda, the Company that I am the Strategic Workforce Planning Manager fo Read more:little
September Photography Challenge Introduction 2008-09-08 16:49:00 "It's not what you photograph, it's how you photograph it" ~ Graham EttridgeHurray! Time for a new challenge! Thank you to all of you that contacted me with suggestions for new themes. Please keep the suggestions coming in, and I'll be sure to incorporate them into future challenges. This month I'd like to use an idea put forward by Kimberly from Kimberly Kreations. Her suggested theme is to photo Read more:September
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October Photography Challenge 2008-10-08 17:24:00 "It's not the camera that takes a great photograph, it is the photographer"It is my favourite time of the month! It is challenge time! Hurrah!!! I was looking for a theme this month that would be fun and that anybody could join in with, no matter how good your photography skills are... and Muse from Xanadu came up with a great idea. It is an idea that is also quite fitting with the fact that H Read more:October
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September Photography Challenge Results - "Favourite time of the day" 2008-10-05 07:21:00 "It's not the camera that takes a great photograph, it is the photographer"What a great bunch of photographs that you have all taken this month. I can truly understand why you love the times of the day that you have chosen. So, without further ado, here is a list of the wonderful moments from our SeptemberChallenge
...Kimberly from Kimberly Kreations - The stunning capture of sunrise early in the Read more:Favourite
Sepia in a frame 2008-09-28 16:38:00 Okay, my Sunday evening seems to be full of challenges. My second challenge for today, from Chica at Photo-Projectz was to take a photograph and convert is to sepia, also to have a go at framing a photograph. I thought I would be brave (or mad?) to try and do both with the same photograph....I heard yesterday that it was going to be foggy this morning. So I set my alarm for 6am. As the sun rose th Read more:Sepia
The Great Egg and Spoon Balancing Challenge!! 2008-09-28 13:39:00 Muse at Xanadu set me a challenge of trying to balance an egg on its end. Well, when somebody throws down the gauntlet and sets me a challenge, I cannot turn it down.I have balanced eggs on their ends before, so I thought I'd make it more difficult for myself. So rather than balancing it on the big end, I wanted to try and balance it on the pointed end...Well, after a couple of hours I managed to Read more:Challenge
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Graham's Blog Blast For Peace 2008-10-18 16:12:00 Occasionally something comes along that deserves more than just a second glance, and when I read chica's Blog Bast for Peace
post, I had to read more. Within moments I found myself in Mimi's Peace Globe Gallery. This is such a deserving cause, and one that I am really proud to contribute to. Here is my blog blast for peace...Please take some time out and join in with this worldly cause. Please cli Read more:Graham
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A few pics from last night's Queen concert! 2008-10-15 16:37:00 I'm finally back from my trip to see the amazing "Queen
and Paul Rodgers" in concert last night. It was one of the best shows I have ever seen. My ears are still ringing and my arms are still aching from all the arm waving and clapping that is customary when singing along to anthems such as "Radio Ga Ga" and "We Are The Champions".I will write a full post or two about the past two days soon. In th
A journey to Ethereal 2008-10-11 13:07:00 It has been so long since I actually sat down and spent some time writing a post about my wanders. Mainly due to the bad weather we have had here in England this year (rain, rain and more rain), but also because I have been crazy busy, feeling the blues and frustratingly single...lol! However, I have decided to do just that this weekend.I’m going to have to turn the clocks back a couple of wee Read more:Ethereal
I need help and there's a special prize or two in store! 2008-11-13 15:42:00 Time for a real challenge folks!!! I have often thought about putting a selection of my photographs together into a photobook. However, I really can't decide which photographs to include. Each time I wander through my images, I keep changing my mind.This is where I would like you to come to my rescue. The task I am setting is for you to have a look through my photographs either here on my blog, at Read more:prize
November Photograph Challenge 2008-11-13 15:10:00 "It's not the camera that takes a great photograph, it is the photographer"Hurrah!! It's challenge time!!!! ...and what a challenge I have for you all this month. As we are fast approaching the festive season I thought I would try and come up with a theme to get us into the spirit of things. Therefor, the November
challenge theme is "Happiness". Your photograph should represent something that make Read more:Challenge
October "Shadows & Silhouettes" Photography Challenge Results 2008-11-10 15:15:00 "It's not the camera that takes a great photograph, it is the photographer"Yet again, your talents are exploding and your imaginations run wild with a fantastic bunch of photographs for the October
"shadows & silhouettes" challenge. I enjoyed each and everyone of them. Please visit the sites below to see each others interpretations:Ingrid from Boricua in Texas - A fantastic silhouette on a red Read more:Challenge
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I'm sorry I have been absent for so long.... 2008-11-09 16:26:00 I'm sorry
that I have been absent for so long. Unfortunately, I have had an attack of the "blues" recently, but hope to be back this week - including the results of the October challenge and a new one for November. I'll also be catching up with everyones blogs and websites!Bye for now,Graham x
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