7 Days: Day 4 – At work

I stayed at John’s last night as I had an early start this morning going to work with him. We were filming and taking photos at a management conference. The main exercise of the day involved the delegates playing wheelchair basketball, thus levelling the playing field in that it was a new experience for all [...]

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7 Days: Day 3 – Pink dress

Sushi yesterday was followed by a wander around a few shops. Everyone I’ve ever met is getting married this year and I want to attend their weddings wearing something nice that I’m pleased to taken from my wardrobe. Not something that I finally had to settle on and make do. I found this dress in [...]

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7 Days: Day 2 – At Bluewater

My girls and I met at Bluewater shopping centre for lunch yesterday. There’s a big Yo! Sushi restaurant there with magical conveyor belts full of delicious dishes. The four of us sat at a table at right angles to the belt, somewhat transfixed by all the food slowly trundling past. There was a button in [...]

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7 Days: Day 1 – New lens

That thing I ordered online yesterday was not for the kind of pleasure implied by Kirsty. But it was for pleasure. Photographic pleasure. I’ve bought a Tamron 28-75mm f2.8 lens, which I hope will satisfy a little of my craving for large aperture combined with a little more zoom than I already have. The lens [...]

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24 hrs = 2 weeks

So there’s this thing I decided I wanted. I looked online yesterday and found it in various places. I chose one, placed my order and paid a bit more for next day delivery. My order went through and a little while later I received an update to my order status. Hurray, I thought, it’s been [...]

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Stupid physics

Could someone please explain to me (don’t explain to me) why the camera lenses I get butterflies about are the length of my arm and weigh so much I’d have to hire an attractive man to carry them around for me. (Mmm, attractive man.) Why can’t the laws of physics be changed so that a [...]

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