Lots To Do & No Time To Do It……
Life near the beach, too many distractions.!?

This is a great place for a walk on the huge expanse of flat sand. It would have been nice to stay longer but time was getting on and it was getting dark.

It is a time when I get extremely tired as the days draw in and the temperature drops. I get less enthusiastic about everything and it all seems too much trouble. During this time I do get the odd day that I am full of it, when the sun is shining and the air is fresh and clear. These are the days I look forward to its just a shame there aren’t more of them.

This was what greeted me most mornings on my way to work during September. The problem is that it is now dark and damp and my camera has been in its bag for far too long.

This weekend the kids and I found ourselves in Coventry for the day whilst the wife was at a training day. So what do you do in a town that you don’t know, with two kids, for the whole day?

Well we were blessed with great weather and the Godiva Festival at the Memorial Park. This was excellent entertainment for us all day there was so much to see that we came away without seeing everything. There were lots of photographic opportunities as well so I had chance to take a few shots. This was not as easy trying to keep an eye on what was happening and on the children as there were lots of people about. We were all impressed with the parade, the costumes and the floats were amazing. There was also street acts, music, stalls, a fair, food, drink and lots of people having a good time.

Today we went to see the Animal Braun cruZer Bike Tour 2007 when they visited Oxford to do their display outside the new Animal store on Gloucester Green. I dragged the family down there so I could try and take some action shots with my new camera. I was quite surprised that there wasn’t more people around but we were at the first display of the day. We were all impressed with the acrobatics that were effortlessly done by the two riders Martyn Ashton and Grant Fielder. I was also very pleased with the photos I was able to get, realising that I still have things to learn like time to may be watch the display twice giving me time to review my pictures in between as I had some focusing problems and could have done a bit more experimenting. Anyway at least I was there and its all experience.

For a long time now I have been frustrated with our digital camera, missing shots due to the delay. So at the week end I took the plunge and purchased a Nikon D200 and what a difference in response. The first few shots made me jump it was so quick.  Now I can’t wait to get out there and put into practice all the things I have learnt over the years and get to grips with all the technology I now have in my hands.