I needed a push

and what better excuse than the upcoming NikonCafe Oktoberfest? I have selected a 35mm lens as my weapon of choice for the month of October and hope to be able to make at least one worthwhile photo with it each day before sharing that with my fellow shooters.

There will be plenty of other stuff to do as well so I will be kept busy during the month and I'm thinking that the need to grab a photo under whatever circumstances present themselves will be good for my work.

Tune of the Day:  Heavy New Beer   by Klopfgeister  (do yourself a favour)

I am trying to get back into good habits

and one of them is posting here more regularly. I have had a few things on my plate but I am trying to take some photos and get them organised as soon as possible afterwards.

Developed some film yesterday and then scanned the negatives this morning- I like the results and I know that I should do more of it!


Tune of the Day:  Progwarts   by Klopfgeister

A day of very mixed feelings

We wished Campbell and Angus both happy birthday and then Catherine received a phone call at lunchtime telling her that her father had passed away. It sounds cliched, but he had been in poor health for a while and the family had had time to prepare for the inevitable but that certainly doesn't make his passing any easier.

RIP Brian.

A beer or three and a burger

with Dan is always a good way to spend Saturday evening- last night was certainly no exception. It was also nice to be home at a reasonable hour  :-)

I'm in for another busy week- doing some running around and then heading off to the south on Friday for a couple of days of photography in a wonderful part of the world. Let's hope that the weather is a little more pleasant than it was when I was there last.

Strange that September is here and the weather is better than we had during most of the summer.


Tune of the Day:   Hold On   by Tom Waits

I developed a roll of film last evening

for the first time since we moved house. It was a great feeling and I hope that I am able to get on and do it more often now. Previously I was shooting and developing at least one roll per week- it would be nice to get back into that sort of rhythm.

We have been busy printing photos for tomorrow nights Africa Night at the Viewfinder Center- beautiful big pictures of all sorts of wild animals. Promises to be a lot of fun and it has definitely started me thinking about going along on a safari next year.

Tune of the Day: The Day After   by Klopfgeister