As Excited as a girl with Fairy Bread!

Why so excited you ask??....
Yesterday I enrolled into the Photography Institute and will strive to obtaining a Photography Diploma with these folks! I am beyond excited! and also a little scared!

On other news, I will be adding a few pictures to my nature and family photos, so jump over and have a look. xx
Lisa.

Horray!

Goodbye to the Lemon Laptop,
Hello brand new van dangled-dedicated graphics-sparkly white-laptop!
Very excited to get the ball rolling again after what has been a super tumultuous couple of months. I have also learnt that my creativity and motivation stems from my happiness, hence a bit of a gap lately. In time I will learn to embrace this "in good times and in bad" and keep consistent.
Thanks to those who still follow this blog I truly appreciate your support. xx

sometimes life is'nt fair

Sometimes life is'nt fair, and sometimes it does not inspire me to create. This has been the case for the last fortnight. I have been a miserable quitter.
My computer went to the shop to get fixed and took forever and it still is lousey.
Then Grant got unfairly fired from the horrid company he has so loyally worked for for 11 years.So we are financially up the creek without a  paddle.
Then I get so disgustingly ill with a chest and sinus infection ontop of the Flu ( for those who call their  'colds' flu, I want to bop you in the head, I literally had the flu)
Then my baby got ill with a cold, tonsilitis and conjunctivitis.
Life dealt us a crappy card and Ive thrown in the photo challenge towel.

*sigh*

my computer seems to be falling apart at the seams. soooo its off the the shop to get fixed asap, may have a brief break in posting depending on when it will arrive back in  my hot little hand.xx

Week Two

Phewf ,

what a busy week- working and catching up with very special people. Have had many moments through each day where I had wished I had my camera on me- such as a sibling meeting her brand new baby sister for the very first time, Grant working in his shed and Avera being completly animated.To be continued..

Week One

hoorraaay!

first week complete.

Shutterbug Meet up

As I walk out the door yesterday, my charming husband says "Bye Geek".. and I will admit, I felt like one. At Mt Albert Memorial Hall hundreds of beautiful orchids awaited me and a group of strangers who have a very similiar interest- photography. So after the general public left we were allowed free rein in the hall but with only one rule- to not move any flowers. I was an obvious novice who couldnt even work her bloody tripod properly! so to vent, I traipsed up to a secluded area and swore lots under my breathe. My camera and tripod wasnt cooperating, but infact I just needed to stop being so tense and just start to enjoy the experience- and ask for help! so I asked a lady but she to was a novice and had no clue ( which made me feel ten times better!) and pointed me in the direction of a pro who was wonderful!

He showed me how to:

* operate my tripod effectively

* how much space is needed away from a subject due to lens size

* I learnt my diffuser is valuable& other tricks if I didnt have one

* Learn from others and have a point of difference ( most people shot straight on and not at angles).

*Learnt about relationships of the magic triangle and to push my camera to what it can handle in low light.

So happy... even if I am a geek!