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Big things

Posted on February 6, 2012 by David Pinson

I always marvel at the big boats cruising in and out of Port Kembla. You are so close to them just driving on the road.

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Big girls get the car door for themselves

Posted on February 5, 2012 by David Pinson

Yeah. With May off in the ‘big red’ for a conference it’s just ‘meals and me for a few days. Big day today, she got into the car seat unassisted for the first time. Big girl!

Of course it just melts my heart when we are watching music videos from the 80′s (don’t ask) and she wants to dance. It only gets better when bopping out with her propped on the hip, she says “hold my hand”. Real melt your heart stuff!

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Pay your money, accept the odds

Posted on January 22, 2012 by David Pinson

Interactive charity coin spirals seem to be a lot more fun now.

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Yeah, the imaginary cat did it

Posted on January 22, 2012 by David Pinson

You know those humorous photos of something shredded with a guilty looking dog in frame? Well, I didn’t catch Amelia at this, but that used to be pillow stuffing.

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Amelia trying to eat seagulls

Posted on January 21, 2012 by David Pinson

They don’t stand a chance. After she disapproved of lunch, free range birdies were always going to be in trouble.

But she was too tired out to make the next open house.

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No ebooks

Posted on January 21, 2012 by David Pinson

It turns out physical books are way cooler when you are two!

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Best so far

Posted on January 20, 2012 by David Pinson

best pizza i’ve made so far. It’s a shame that with Amelia’s wheat allergy I don’t get to cook like this much. But I do love sourdough made with wild yeast. Not that I’ve made much for the last few years. I’ve made some very bad wheat free things though. Some gems, sure (Yorkshire puffs, hazelnut meal chocolate cake), but generally it’s been poor. I can’t complain too much, I eat way more veggies and other stuff. So I guess it is doing me good.

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Squish

Posted on September 23, 2011 by David Pinson

I’m clearly going to have to work on composition, but overall, not to bad.

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So, I got a ProOptic fisheye

Posted on August 28, 2011 by David Pinson

Why not? The Aussie dollar is strong, and it is a cheap lens. Might as well have some fun.

At 8mm on DX I’ve clearly got some work to do to get my eye in. I shoot a D90, so this is a fully manual experience. My first film camera was a Yashica. Back there again with this lens. At least with an LCD you can quickly home in on what you want.

We start with the obligatory flower bed. Its not macro, so I can’t really say I put enough things in to make a fully involving frame. Shooting up tree trunks is always fun. And it often doesn’t matter where the ground is. Of course when you go wide, you seem to get yourself into the shot alot!

Two shots from the same spot. Getting an aesthetic result is going to take me some time. I really like the drooping crane, but the horizontal aspect has a much more involving foreground. Maybe I need a 6mm lens!

Sometimes when I’m walking, I keep the camera by my side and run off a few frames while out and about. Lots of people don’t like being in your photos when you carry an SLR, so looking harmless helps. Since we are fully manual here, it is a bit more pot-luck. This is a building where I live, the front steps are nicely weird!