Update

so, I finally moved from England to Australia and am now settled in Perth. Its been a mad month, with leaving my job, packing up and shipping my stuff, moving back with my parents for a couple of weeks and generally having as much fun with my kids as I could fit in. And then I flew out.. Been here for just over 2…

Londinium

back in London, meeting for coffee before a customer meeting in a rainy Holborn. I wish I had more time to wander about taking photos, but by the time I’m done working, I’m really too tired to stay out for a few hours.. ah well

songs to dance to

well, I dont care if it’s gay disco, I love it! :))

evening ramble

So I wandered off to the Southbank on Monday after work – it was a scorcher of a day, so I left it till the evening before setting out. Walked from Embankment, over Hungerford bridge and strolled slowly down southbank till I got to the Millennium Bridge, taking loads of photos along the way. Was a fantastic evening and I got some good photos,…

*snort*

Skanky girl #1: I’m never wearing miniskirts again!Skanky girl #2: Why is that?Skanky girl #1: Well, every time I’m dancing in one, someone tries to sodomize me.Skanky girl #2: Oh, I hate that–it’s so rude. found at this wonderful site http://www.overheardintheoffice.com

coundown

4 weeks left in this house, then just under 2 at my parents and then I’m offski. 4 weeks sounds like a lot. Its not. Not when you have to relocate everything, work a job, pack, sort, clean up, do taxes, get a job and life a normal life. *eek* stressing? nah *cough*

wheat fields

went off to the fields again last night to see what the light was doing – pleased to see the previously green wheat field is now a lovely golden brown so, with the 18-200 again, heres a nice and simple landscape – small aperture for depth of field and focussed about 1/3 the way in. Could do better with the front to back sharpness…

off camera flash

been mucking about with off camera flash recently (now I finally got the D300 to work as a commander for the SB600 flashgun) I think its going to take a lot of practice, but here’s one of my boy taken with the (replacement) 50mm (well, why deviate from a formula that works so well) apart from some softness cos I used too wide an…

lenses

I gave the nikon 50mm f1.8 to Jay as the Sigma macro 50mm is a pain with autofous – hunting about all over the place. Its fine with the D300 as its autofocus is better and finer grained, but the D50 really doesnt like it. So, I need to buy a replacement. In the meantime, the 18-200VR superzoom still surprises me. I’m learning where…

Down Under

I’ve been in Perth for a couple of weeks now, just chilling with Jay and the girls. Its been fun, sunny and warm, lots of time to just do normal things, plus as Jay has a break between courses and the girls are at school, we have time to explore a bit, have lazy coffee mornings on the beach front and generally relax. We’ve…