"Of all the photographs you shoot per week, what percentage rank as your BEST photographs?". Anyone who claims to take 1500+ images per week might only keep 2%-5% for publication, printing or purchase. Five years ago I would shoot 300+ per day of which maybe 2 were fantastic and worthy of print. These days I... Continue Reading →
Buoyant Concrete
A question for the physics-kids to answer: How can a concrete-covered steel tank be so buoyant? Yes, I know the answer, but I'm looking for your thoughts.
Day Trip
Today was a great day-trip with two nieces to Port Adelaide to enjoy a cruise on the Dolphin Explorer. Apparently the boat allows people to photograph dolphins from every deck. But they were somewhat lacking (or too far away to photograph), I enjoyed capturing scenes of the boats and architecture on either side of the... Continue Reading →
History: March 2008
A year ago I was writing a lot more regularly. I'd like to return to that much writing per day and week. I do enjoy both typing and pencilling articles or stories, yet I rarely get to the stage of typing them up. Other interests have taken over that time slot. There were a few... Continue Reading →
Garden of Photographic Delights
Photographed at the Garden of UnEarthly Delights, Rymill Park, Adelaide, last Friday night between 5pm and 6.15pm. I now wish I'd stayed longer. I only managed six shots before I got bored watching families being families doing family things: Bumper carts, ferris wheels, food marquee's and lots of noise that got louder and louder. Maybe... Continue Reading →
Discovering More of One’s Self
I have a new word in my diet: Parsimony. It is essentially the implementation of Occam’s razor . Thanks to Shelley’s response upon a Plurk conversation , I’ve discovered something important about my personality that defines the way I respond, react, appear and often act. Despite the fact that my wife and I hoard so... Continue Reading →
Twelve Hours to Change Your Ways
Prelude This article was originally published on my original blogspot in 2003 and closed down in mid 2006 before moving across the WordPress. Thankfully it has now disappeared into the void, but not before I archived the entire 3 years of articles. Many will never be published again, except for a few that I particularly... Continue Reading →
Fishing for Better Prices
When a site gives you this line as a guarantee... We guarantee that Fishpond.com.au is Better than AmazonTM. If you order a book where the total cost (including shipping fee) is more expensive on Fishpond.com.au than AmazonTM, we will credit your Fishpond account with the difference plus 10%.The guarantee is valid only for books that... Continue Reading →
Blue Skies in Belair
Admittedly two of these blue skies on the Belair sunset were displayed in last night's article, but I had to show them again as a series of three. I hope you like them as much as I do! I've submitted them to the Redbubble Corporate group where they should display shortly!
Evening in Belair
We went to a niece's 15th birthday last night. She disappeared because she doesn't handle crowds of people very well, so I went to shoot the sunset and anything else that I could find on the property. Here are the results: On My Redbubble Gallery: Evening in Belair Evening in Belair II On My Flickr... Continue Reading →
Prepare the Cooking Area
I have a special saying: "Prepare the area." I use it a lot, particularly when cooking, gardening, landscaping and photo editing, but mostly when cooking. Basically what I am saying is that every job needs a clean work space. When you cook, you clean the kitchen first. You either wash the dishes or put them... Continue Reading →
[…] with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet I…
[…] Living with XXY, and alone now, has taught me that my brain is wired differently to most – yet…