Good morning! I'm up early again but I don't mind because I had a great night's sleep. It's definitely milder this morning with no hint of frost although Beeb says the temperature won't rise much and will probably drop to freezing over Monday night.
Thank you to all of you who asked about my aches. I do have a slightly dodgy back but it's fine, it's just occasional twinges and doesn't stop me doing anything I really want to do - so that's all good. I just like a good grumble now and again - I'm getting old!! :-)
Yesterday was a quiet day. I washed, dried and ironed my bedding and there's more washing to get on with today. I did some of the camera course, understood a bit more, cursed my camera limitations once or twice but managed to get a couple of reasonable examples of different shutter speeds snapping cars going past.
Like this . . .
I'm now on to ISO which is, I think, the last technical chapter for a while.
The thing I find a bit frustrating is they you learn how to do something and then you change the setting and it doesn't do that any more, it does something else! I guess that's my way of saying even a simple camera has hidden depths!
Anyway, I have recovered from the aperture grumbles, accepting that there are limits to what my camera will give me in that way.
(You're all going to be bored to tears by the time I finish this course, aren't you?)
I put into the slow cooker the ingredients for a beef tagine and let is slowly cook all night. The house smelled lovely when I woke this morning - I love my slow cooker!
Today is a much busier day.
I'm starting off with an early morning shop and I think it will be Sainsbury's today which means I can take a good nosey around the clothes too. I've got a fairly long list which needs reorganising before I leave as it's a bit random and it contains things like loo rolls and kitchen towels, items I only need to get once in a blue moon.
Later on, it is circuits at Lindsey's and after school it's tuition so I need to do just a bit of planning for that. In between those, I have washing and the usual housework to do plus I MUST get some information off to my solicitor so quite a busy day really. It should keep me out of trouble anyway.
I hope your day is hassle free, satisfying and happy. Take care, stay safe and be positive. xx
Wow you are up early, and a busy day planned.. yes I'm up too, but just on my way back to bed as I got up because I couldn't sleep.. have a good day.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chris - and you have a good sleep too.
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You are doing well with your camera course Joy. I'm sure it will be worth all the early pain and your pictures will be even better.
ReplyDeleteI must get my slow cooker out again too.
Have a great day x
What is really good is starting to understand the why of it all. A bit more understanding never went amiss.
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It's a great picture of the car! I'd say that was a sucess.
ReplyDeleteIt is a little frustrating at first, but the more you learn about your camera and the more you change the settings, the more comfortable you'll become with it and the easier it will be. By the end of the course I was frustrated with my initial camera as - once I learned what it could and couldn't do - I realised that I wanted something a bit different. One of the main things I did get out of the course was that you need to learn about your camera and how to change things, what it can do so you can get it to take the photos you want.
Sorry to go on. When I start talking camera things I can't shut up!
lol - I could easily get a bit like that myself. It's all a birt addictive in a way!
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You are already getting more technical with your camera that I have ever been ... well done.
ReplyDeleteIt's lovely being in the supermarket when it's nice and quite and you can have a relaxing browse isn't it, as long as you have a list and can fight temptation.
It was nice. I managed to hit the road between rush hour and the milk run so there wasn't loads of traffic, the supermarket was nice and empty and I got a checkout right away. What more could I have asked for.
DeleteAnd, yes, I had a list.
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Well you've definitely cracked the shutter speed ... I like the blurred motion one! I agree with everything Sharon has said above. Setting up the camera for each shot becomes second nature with enough practice and you'll eventually almost do it without thinking, promise. xx
ReplyDeleteWell, I know how to use the shutter but not (yet) at what setting for different situations. I realise there's an auto shutter setting on the scene mode, 'sports', that sets a faster shutter speed automatically.
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You are very brave, all I can do is point and shoot my camera.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
< grin > Well, indeed, me too. I'm at the start of a journey that will last for years, I suspect.
DeleteIt's nice to have things to keep the old brain active, isn't it?
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