misund007

For the last 24 hours a stomach bug has been rattling my cage, literary. It is so boring being at home all day, just waiting... So eventually something had to happen.

I dug out my camera and mounted it to a tripod and started photographing random things I could find around the house. Not every object is suitable to take photos of, grapes are impossible. Almost any object that has bright colours are good.  Well it made my day go by, and now the Simpsons are on TV. Things can only get better.You can see more of my macro shooting here Have a great weekend

To get a feel for what a place is like I often look at photos, photos friends have taken, photos I can find on the web and so on. When I eventually get there what I find doesn't always resemble the photos I saw.  Proportions and colours are all wrong. Of course I take my own pictures, and when I look at them I get the same feeling. So what is the solution to this conundrum you might ask.. The solution is not to stop editing your photos as some may say. For me the solutions is Video, so I can really see (and hear) what the place is like. I have therefore begun to film around London. Have started with the most common places like Buckingham Palace, Big Ben and London Eye. Many more to come.

Anything you would like to see in London? Let me know and I'll do my best to get it on film

To see what I have filmed so far go here

I have recently bought a new laptop. Transferring files from old to new was easy enough, but I did discover a problem. When I wanted to sync photos from my new computer to my Ipod, nothing got transferred. Luckily I found out how to resolve the issue. When you sync photos from your library to your Ipod / Iphone Itunes creates a folder called "Ipod Photo Cache" Itunes uses this folder when syncing with devices. Within the folders of photos I transferred from my old computer were a Cache folder. What I guess happened is that Itunes tried to make a new folder, but since the folder already excised it failed. Why it could not simply use the old folder I don't understand. The solution is to delete the old folder. When you then sync your Ipod you'll see that a new  "Ipod Photo Cache" folder is created

I placed a bird feeder in my garden about a week ago, and it seems it has been a bit of a hit with the local bird community. Every morning, when I have looked out my window, there has literary been a queue. I figured it would be fun to photograph and identify the different types of  bird that come to the feeder. Today I have therefore been sitting very still with my camera in a door opening, and I've borrowed a handbook to identify them. So far I have seen two different types:

 Blue Tit

Great Tit

I must have downloaded and installed about 100 apps for controlling the camera on my G1. The installations always ended in disappointment and uninstallation. Then I read about an app called Camera Zoom Fx, several sites gave it great reviews. I decided to take the plunge and pay the £1.25 that the makers wanted for it. Have to say I did the right thing. In the beginning it is a little overwhelming with all the options and add on’s. When I got the hang of it I discovered just what I could get out of the G1 camera. There is also a growing community  of users sharing their photos taken using the App. I am a happy customer

The photo under is taken using Camera Zoom Fx