I had such a pleasant afternoon today. I was joining friends for a birthday in Newhaven, near Leith in Edinburgh for a 6pm dinner. This took me through Edinburgh Waverley station around 5pm as the light levels were dropping. I had my Canon 500D with me and its 24mm pancake lens was on. (This combination...
This Pretty seal-puppy is Abigail, Julie’s newish niece. We visited on Tuesday, and towards the end of the night as dad Stewart, was cuddling and playing with Abigail I grabbed my 500D with 40mm pancake and took a few shots without flash. This one was by far my favourite, shot wide open at f2.8. I got...
This is another picture of HB from today. Sometimes pictures are taken because of magical light, but today’s picture was simply because she was wearing her Marie the kitten top. She is more than a little fond of the Disney cartoon, The Aristocats, and the little kitten Marie singing the line “rikki tikki tikki” is...
I didn’t spot this photographic opportunity, my 3-year old daughter did. We were playing and walking in Barshaw Park Paisley today, when she got excited by the “line that was drawing”. I realised immediately that the jet trail contrasted in its linear neatness with the organic trees. Realising that the park offered no foreground interest,...
I went to Tiso’s outdoor shop in Glasgow today to buy some snow-grips for jogging. While there HB and I went into their cafe for a capuccino and babyccino. There was a really bright sun streaming in the window of the cafe (45 mins or so till sunset), and after she chose her seat, I...
