Same Bridge Different Perspective

I stayed in the same place on the bridge and came away with 2 very different photographs.

Sweet!

Playing around with the new camera and a bag of sweets the other evening!

Kids and grown-ups love it so, the happy world of Haribo :)

First Pictures

Took the new Canon 450D up to Salisbury Races on Friday afternoon for a little test run and to try and capture a bit of the action on the course.

I hadn't had much of a chance to play with the camera as it only arrived at work that morning so was pretty much just using it on the Auto modes (Full Auto, Sport etc). I'm pretty used to Canon manual settings after using the Powershot S2 for so long but the interface and buttons are all slightly different so didn't change much on the day but am now finding them all!

Here are a few of the better shots from the day. Shame that it was so overcast but that's the English weather for you!

New Toy :)

As I've been getting more in to photography I have started to find limitations with my trusty Canon Powershot S2 IS. It's a great camera as has done me proud but now think it is time to move up to the next level.

I have been putting some money aside for a digital SLR and decided to stick with Canon and go for the Canon EOS 450D as it's a good entry level camera (with some great reviews) for me and I'm sure that I will put it's 12.2 Megapixels to good use.

It came supplied with a Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS lens and funds permitting I may think about purchasing some other lenses for it once I have been using it for a while.

I will still keep hold of the S2 as it's super macro facility is great and the 12x optical zoom will always come in handy until I've got a bigger lens for the 450D.

I'm very pleased with the new camera so far and have taken a few snaps, the best of which I will post here soon so watch this space.

August Bank Holiday

Had a pretty busy August Bank Holiday weekend which saw me amongst other things, meeting up with family and friends, having a few evenings out and getting out and about on the bike.

On the Saturday I had agreed to give my good friend Jon a hand to lay a new solid Oak floor. Neither of us had ever laid one of these before so after a couple of bacon rolls and getting tooled up at the local DIY store we made light work of the instructions, ripped up the carpet and got cracking.

The glue that we were using was very sticky and seemed to get everywhere but once we mastered that we managed to progress well. After a day of on our knees and plenty of measuring, hand sawing and gluing we finally laid the last piece at around 8pm. We were both really pleased with our handy work and after a quick clear up we went off down the local pub for a few well deserved pints which soon turned in to a few more...then a few more!!

Just getting in to it now...It's surprising how much thought goes in to laying these things randomly!


Finished result


Under the stairs

Happy Anniversary

Two of my very good friends Si and Rachel celebrated their first wedding anniversary at the start of the month....many congratulations to them.

As I like to do a little something when friends reach this first milestone I decided to have a think to see if I could come up for an original idea for a gift. On the tables during the meal on the wedding day there were little boxes wrapped up like presents with ribbon decorated with the bride and grooms name and the date of their marriage. In England I think these are for good luck and contain sugared almonds (I think!). Luckily I kept hold of mine from the day so dug out the old light box and went to work.

The final shot that I produced was printed then framed in dark. I was pleased with the result and the happy couple were also very happy with the gift.

Infrared Heat

Taken in my garden the other day during a brief spell when it wasn't raining! Where has the UK summer gone??!