A little bit less exciting for a photo here, it’s simply a picture of the pillows on the bed I share with C. I hate to think it’s only the 2nd day of the year and already I’m taking mundane photos. I’ll have to do better than that.
For New Years, some friends and my housemates celebrated by having some drinks on our back deck. I was thrilled to welcome in the new year with friends and some good tunes. I’m hoping that 2012 will be a year of stability and personal development as I take the important steps to securing my future. 2011 had enough life changes for me, this year I would like it to be a little less exciting thanks.
My little girl, Missy, when we went to the park to play ball recently.
I was on life saving patrol over the weekend, and the beach looked pretty darn gloomy! I blame the overcast weather and the storm in the early hours of the morning.
During the recently Rugby Union World Cup, C hosted a group of friends to watch the Australian wallabies unfortunately fall prey to the New Zealand All Blacks. During the night, we had a few shots of these to keep things ticking along.
At the start of this year I became a lifesaver, and thanks to my inability to keep my mouth closed the club captain found out that I like to dabble in a bit of photography. To be absolutely clear, I’m an amateur. I play around, but I don’t proclaim to be anything special and told my club captain as such. He still suggested I look at becoming a club photographer so that I can photograph some of our events from time to time, and after hesitating a bit, I agreed.
This weekend was my first attempt at photographing a carnival, and I’m a little mixed on the results. It wasn’t the best weekend to familiarise myself with sports photography, as the conditions were pretty challenging. The first day was cold and wet, and referring back to the comment about being an amateur, I don’t exactly have wet weather gear for my camera. I don’t even own a lens hood! Thus the first day of the competition was spent standing on the beach in a dryzabone coat, getting the camera out only when the rain eased off enough that I was sure I wasn’t going to ruin anything. The second day was a lot better with the sun poking out, however it still provided some challenges in getting my exposure levels right.
At the end of the weekend I came out with some shots that I’m relatively happy with, though I know I still have a long way to go. For a first attempt I don’t think I did too badly though, and realistically I’m not going to get any better without practising!
Here’s a couple of my favourite shots:
Mitch and Scott send the nose skywards over a wave
Ben and Kane get some air time
I thought this was a nice clear action shot of Kane
Some of the team from the surf club
To see all of the photos in the collection, head over to my Flickr set.
Another night spent in front of the computer doing chemistry.