D200 first trials

my trials with a Nikon D200 and a Tamron 17-50 f/2.8 lens. Still lots to learn & perfect, like the optimized use of iTTL remote flash, measured W/B, etc...

Practical training @ Focus-on-Imaging

Hands-on training on how to shoot a model, with a Leaf Aptus 75 Digital Back (33 Megapixel) and a Hasselbald H3D-31 and the CF-MS (large format) back, offering a wooping 39 Megapixel ! The sensors are more than twice the physical size of today’s 35mm sensors, which means more and larger pixels. This ensures the highest possible image quality and moiré free color rendering without gradation break-ups - in even the most subtly lit surfaces.

I thought I'd never see the day when she'd touch a Nikon !

How much for this Camera ?

@ Focus-on-imageing...

What a pleasure to "play" with this 70-200mm F/2.8 VR lens on an old friend: the Nikon D70s (now sold on eBay)

Bretzels

One of the best things of Munich (where Johannie used to work) is Bretzels & Apfel-Shorle Getränke. So I tried I tried making Bavarian Pretzels today...

Weekend of photo fun !

This weekend will to be Fun Fun Fun, in Birmingham: FOCUS ON IMAGING (http://www.focus-on-imaging.co.uk/) is Europe's biggest annual imaging show, can't wait !

Concerts @ Newbold this weekend

Happy Chinese new year !

Happy Chinese new year to all our friend & family in Asia/Pacific (Singapore, China, HongKong, Taiwan & Australia) and also to Hong and Yeen (in London)...

goodbye Nikon D70s !

It's with a sence of sadness that I'm getting rid of my Nikon D70s (on eBay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170082657082). My Nikon D70 has been a very close and faithful friendfor the past year... I shall miss you tremendously D70.

London's Tower Bridge, as a Bluetooth device !

For a week, some company has transformed the famous Tower Bridge into the world's largest Bluetooth device. Using multi-colored lights strung across the length of the upper walkway, technicians have created a gigantic interactive exhibit wherein sensors located at either end detect travelers' Bluetooth-enabled gadgets (cellphones, laptops, PDA's, GPS, etc.) and then track their progress in pseudo-real-time as they move across the bridge. Visually, the movement is represented by a uniquely-colored pixel appearing at more-or-less the same spot on the walkway as the device; to a faraway observer, it would look like this single "pixel" was making the journey from one end to the other... see the full article at http://www.hackaday.com/2007/02/14/bluetooth-enabled-london-bridge/

And to digest all this, we were transported to the idyllic beauty of Cephallonia, one of Greece's islands... accompanied by Captain Corelli's Mandolin

To start with...

To start with, Daryl did a mean variation of a Thai "Tom Yum Gai" soup (Chicken / Lemongrass / Coconut) all from sctatch (took over 2.5 hrs). See the original recipe at http://www.foodreference.com/html/thai-chic-co.html

The main course...

"Petites patates au saumon fumé". See recipe at http://www.linternaute.com/femmes/cuisine/magazine/diaporama/saint-valentin-2007/12.shtml

Yves ? in the Kitchen !

Yves concocted a most complex desert: "Soupe fraîche de mangues au parfum des îles". See the recipe at: http://www.linternaute.com/femmes/cuisine/magazine/diaporama/saint-valentin-2007/14.shtml

Cooking for Valentines'

It's good to be home for Valentines day ! Specially when the men do the cooking...

Happy Valentines !

Tribute to Margaret Mahon

Anoushka turns 1 tomorrow !

Catch Anoushka on her blog at http://anoushka.org.uk

After the snow...

Our home on a snowy day...

The AWR-UK Family keeps growing...

AWR UK Team expands...

Snowball fight...

...from the 3rd floor.