and I can be comfortable in the knowledge that the worst Christmas that I have ever spent will not be topped for at least 12 months. At least I saw some kids smiling and enjoying themselves and I hope that others were as well.
but a little trip into the hills earlier in the week left me with the impression that we may have a winter after all. It was lots of fun with Steve and Matt and hopefully we will get back there next year.
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 :-)
with some photography stuff to do tomorrow, a meeting and then lunch on Tuesday, dinner on Wednesday evening, Thursday is the May 1st holiday so it might be a good time to shoot pictures of a riot and then maybe quieter on Friday.
today was a "couldn't even be bothered making it out of the front door" kind of day. I sorted some photography stuff, read a little and generally took it easy.
that I came back and posted another photo. Went for a walk yesterday with a friend to take some photos and really enjoyed myself. I'm pretty happy with the way in which the photos turned out and I will be keen to see how the ones which are still in the camera look as well.
the temperature can be 5° cooler, but the world seems like a warmer and better place. I enjoyed taking a few photos in the sun today and will try to get some more tomorrow. Did some running around and cooked dinner- someone was appreciative!
I have developed a roll of film and scanned the negatives, had a couple of great meals (thanks Cookie!) and generally listened to Tom Waits and taken it easy.
and had it developed and scanned to test the results. The Kodak Ektar was good enough to make me glad that I have some in 120 Format ready to take on holiday soon. I have recovered from my birthday week but was run over by a dreadful cold on Saturday and really feel like rubbish now.
but it is dying out too. Heard today that a long-established broking company in Frankfurt will be closing their doors at the end of the year- times are tough (and not just for the makers of photographic film).
and if you have no plans, feel free to pop in to Viewfinder Center in Winterthur to check out the latest in the "Your Viewfinder" Gallery Series. Should be a great bunch of land and cityscapes on display tomorrow evening and it is always good to catch up with the friendly crowd.
on their 20th Anniversary and many thanks again for the invitation to Grill and Chill.
from last night's adventures with Bea and the Black Prince. We had a most enjoyable dinner and Manny and I followed on for the obligatory beers at Long Johns. I luckily grabbed a quick kip when I arrived back home and didn't have to attend the Street Parade.
and the world is a better place. I have just ordered some film cases which hold 10 rolls of 35mm film or 5 rolls of 120 film and which will be very handy for travel. Our upcoming trip to Italy has me thinking about what sort of photo kit to take and at the moment, I am thinking Hasselblad and iPhone as my two different outfits which will obviously entail carrying some film.
and with not enough sleep, it was easy to grab a quick nap this afternoon after a few beers with lunch :-) I took some photos in town, dropped the colour film off for developing and then shopped before coming back home. The great weather continues and I will be out and about again tomorrow.
selection of drinks to accompany them. I really enjoyed a couple of large glasses of Pimm's and Dry last evening whilst cooking fish tacos for dinner. Today has been relaxed and after cooking a quick dinner on the bbq, I will be into bed pretty early.
Very pleasant weather, a couple of barbecues, plenty of photography and generally relaxing. I could live like this all of the time :-)
and I really like the first set of negatives which came out of it. They were certainly enough to tell me that the metering and other parts are all in order. It will be a much more compact and lighter package to carry about than my other film cameras and the manual functions mean that I still need to concentrate to take good shots.
And after lusting after one of these for quite a while, I found the right one at the right price and I am looking forward to seeing the results from my first roll of film. Tomorrow being 4th July, we may get out of the office a little early and I will try to finish the roll and get it developed to see how the camera functions.
