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Self portrait

Apr 29, 2008
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The other weekend I went to a big spring fair at Highnam House just west of Gloucester in aid of Gloucester Cathedral and a charity called Pied Piper. Pied Piper support all sorts of projects but have just visited my wife's special school and presented them with two minibuses. There were lots of things going on - morris dancing, brass bands, flower stalls, facer painting - all sorts. And of course you could go round the extensive grounds which have lots of flowers, lakes and especially lots of wooden sculpture. I really liked a group of yew trees which had died but instead of chopping them down they had been carved into beautiful sculptures where all the variegation of the wood comes out. There was also an exhibition of vintage cars along with a few cars like the DeLorean from "Back to the Future". I took a few photos of the cars, trying to get something slightly more interesting than the usual shot. In the middle of taking these shots I noticed my reflection was in a lot of the shots, so I decided to deliberately take one where I made sure I was actually looking at the camera. So I took the shot above with the camera held at waist height. Hope you like it!

A trip into town

Jun 10, 2007
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Saturday afternoon I went into Cheltenham with my wife for a bit of spontaneous shopping. Went to the camera shop to get a case and more cards for my new camera (the sony dsc-h9) and ended up ordering a wide angle converter and a telephoto extender. I tried to get a skylight (uv) filter but they said there wasn't one. Can't believe that - still I'll get the extenders and see how they fit and then get the appropriate filter size. The bag I got was a very tight fit if you have the hood on the camera but fine if not.

We also went to a bookshop that was closing down - in the morning they had been selling everything off for a pound, but in the afternoon they had reduced the price to 50p. My wife bought plenty of stuff, but I couldn't find anything I really wanted, so I didn't bother - we've got enough clutter in the house, especially books!

On the walk into town from parking, we passed the Montpellier Gardens which have just been reopened after being "done up" - which seemed to consist mainly of new fencing. But there was a band playing, a bit of a fun fare and a few side stalls - actually not a very impressive performance at all - although the band was good. There were plenty of old people around in chairs though - I don't think it was designed to be attractive to younger people!

Here's a few photos (from my pocket Olympus mju740).