Been a wee bit light on the taking shots business this week but have made up for this by drinking and eating too much. Boxing day offered a chance to road test the new Nikon 24-70 f2.8 lens and we headed off to Civil Service Rugby club to watch the Boxing Day action. The new lens was awesome - fast, silent focusing and really sharp images even in pretty poor light. Nice depth of field going on with it as well.
26/12/11
Fish pedicures seem to betaking off and my littlest monkey and photography apprentice was dead set on spending some of her Xmas money on one of these. Not sure I fancy it but her feet were very soft afterwards!
27/12/11
One of my other xmas prezzies was a macro ring flash and I started playing about with this. It's basically a ring-shaped LED array which is very bright but gives a nice light. Here's a wee lego man, obviously delighted at passing his exams.
28/12/11
Took a wee dander round Dundonald. I wanted to have a look at the old building I've seen hundreds of times near the Moat. I climbed the Moat and discovered that the building was a mausoleum within the adjoining church and graveyard. I also began playing with some new software - Nik Silver Effect for black and white conversions.
29/12/11
Wee men, fake dog turd, macro lens and ring flash. What else could a man want?
30/12/11
Saw this little scarecrow toy lying outside an empty, run down house in Sandhill Gardens, East Belfast and couldn't resist taking a shot with my iphone.
31/12/11
And today - I have to admit that I didn't surface from bed until late afternoon due to the excessive amounts of alcohol consumed last night. Ray Milland in Lost Weekend, eat your heart out. I had to get a shot of the Xmas tree before Trish took the head staggers and disposed of it.
1/01/12
I've had great 2011 - got married to a wonderful woman, been to Italy, started taking more shots and keeping this blog project running. I'm looking forward to 2012 and whatever challenges it throws at me.
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