Spaceman

It has long been a dream of mine to go into space and now it looks like it might actually be possible, as long as I can save up or win the lottery :)
"I wish that I could fly......"

It's sign on day today and I have manflu! Think I need to be wrapped in plastic to keep all the germs away just like these teddy's.

It's 07:30 and I'm the only one out of bed! think I'm in for an "interesting" weekend, HELP!

My first ever photo competition

I entered my camera clubs first competition of the year last night, it's a league type where you enter two digital images at a time and for round one I entered the two that you can see on Flickr
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The flower is one of my very first, it scored 10/20 :( I still like it but can understand why the score after speaking to the judge who was great and offered some good advice. The other was taken a few months and a few Photoshop lessons later, this scored 20/20 much to my surprise and delight!
So a bit of a roller coaster but thoroughly enjoyed, the low mark came first so ended on a high and picked up some useful advice.
BTW it's 0430 and I have been up since 0345 again, sleep's for pussy's.

My Lifestyle Choice

At least that's what some gov stiff would have you believe.
I signed on today which took all of 2-3 minutes, they have gone from being interested and actually doing a jobsearch for you to "have a nice day". I have applied for countless jobs but continue to see increasing numbers of adds that include various phrases such as "would suit graduate/young/clone of Einstein/Stephen Hawking hybrid (minus the disabilities ofc) that can juggle chainsaws while expanding on string theory so not a lot of hope for me at the moment so being unemployed clearly NOT a lifestyle choice.
I even agreed to some voluntary work which the jobcentre suggested, waited for a month then got a call to say there were only two positions in my area, one was a joke the other was working for a local museum setting up a website, Facebook group, Twitter site etc.. was I interested? No s***!, been three weeks and still no reply!
So Mr gov get your act together before throwing the first stone!
Rant over <br/>
On a lighter note Deanna's ICT (Information, Communications & Technologies) teachers name is........................ Mr Web :D
When all's said and done I have plenty to smile about

My first ever photo shoot

Had a lot of fun last night at the camera club, there were some models and some still life, this still life is lucky to be still alife!

There were four studios setup and we were split into groups, this senior citizen was not in my group but just walked in front of us and started taking photos! Goes to show old does not necessarly mean wise.
I got two ok shots, I think, see if you agree.

This one was just for fun

Will try to avoid the feeding frenzy next time :D

You live you learn and so you should

Had another great time at evening class tonight, even learned something.
Otherwise was a quiet day still trying to get rid of a cold that seems to think it has found a home for life.
Watched the new version of Robin Hood with Russell Crowe, a very different take on the story from what we are used to but entertaining none the less http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0955308/
Yesterdays film was Valentines Day, one of my followers will like it as he's into chick flicks, it was funny and showed how over the top the yanks are about most things http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0817230/

Adios Amigos!

Sleeeeeeeeeeep not!

The time sponsored by arrrrrg is 5AM I've been awake since 3 and up since 4 this is getting to be a PITA.
The thing is I'm really tired but my stomach is churning no idea why as can't be hungry had a lovely roast last night.
The evening class was great, although it was the first night and consisted of listening to the tutor talk all night I picked up one good tip, when changing lenses try to keep the camera pointing down to avoid dust getting onto the sensor. Seems obvious now doh! Looks like it's going to be a very worth while course.
Time for some coffee and toast.
Good morning! and in case I don't see you: good afternoon, good evening and goodnight!

I wish that I could fly

Tired and everything feels like too much effort, gona take some self control today think lots of coffee and chocolate.
Want to be on the plane

Oh well will have to settle for a nice walk down to the boot sale and maybe along the river, the fresh air will be good.

Some days start good but then...

Been an up and down kind of day and it's still going.
Started off with another go at macro and I believe I learned a lot, however the day went south like a lead balloon.
Just borrowed my neighbours car to pick my wife and her friend up from a party, why did I not go in my car? the wife took the key! I suppose it also wanted to get inebriated. I got the call to pick them up at midnight and spent the next twenty minutes on a fruitless hunt, I should have guessed sooner but she never puts anything back in the same place twice so I had to do a Sherlock and eliminate all other possibilities.
Having done so the only place they could be was in her handbag, so I called the party and got the hostess who promptly hung up on me, she is drunk too.
Eventually after calling several uninterested cab company's had to wake the neighbour and drive a pope-mobile, it's a Fiat mobility vehicle!Stick shift too, mines auto.
All this after having the worst day with my three girls that I can remember, argumentative, hormonal, stubborn, stroppy and that was just the five year old! the fourteen and twelve were even better!
Chances of getting any sleep now are so close to zero as to be indistinguishable, think I'll noob tube some poor sods as we don't have a dog for me to kick :)
Goodnight world, wherever you are.

In the land of the giants the macro lens is king!

Great day! spent all morning attempting to take some macro photos, you can see the salvageable shots on my site. Will roll for take two tomorrow.
Lemon Meringue for dessert, it can't get any better can it? well maybe MW2 will not crash my PC tonight! we can but hope.
The sky is looking superb, just had a major downpour, so out to take some more pics :)

Sleepless in Stortford

Hello world, I had another sleepless night.
My five yr old insists on sleeping between the wife and I, if she was not so cute I'd kick her out :) so no one else to blame.
Took a trip to Puckeridge to see a friend who is a much better photographer than I am, she did ask me if one of my photos was a postcard! and another copied from Google images! the cheek of it. Still it made me happy that she thought them that good.
My daily jobsearch hit an all time low today, not one prospective job to apply for, will have to fast track the photography I think.
So definatly going to join the BSCC, am also starting a photography course on Monday at NextStep BS, Getty Images are on alert :) a

Bishop's Stortford Camera Club

Had a good time at the BSCC tonight, met some nice people and had some fun.
I was a little apprehensive as I'm not the best at social mingling however this mixed age group seemed very much like my kind of people, the "don't take yourself too seriously" kind, so all good.