Past and present, and hockey kitties

It may be officially summer, but we're still in the Spring Cleaning phase of the year, and that's been extended to sorting out our storage unit and tidying up the shed. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it....

Whilst sorting out the storage unit, I came across my graduation photo. It's been sixteen years since I picked up my Undergrad, the summer of 1995 when the world was at my feet, and a fresh faced young man stepped out into reality. The years may have changed, but it's nice to see that the smile is still there!:



As I've mentioned in previous posts, I carry with me a point-and-shoot camera pretty much at all times. I like to carry my main camera, my Nikon D40, as often as possible, but that's not as often as I'd like! When I'm at work I have access to the Uni's D90 stock, but in order to make sure I've always got the ability to shoot I carry with me a Samsung ES28.

Whilst clearing out the shed, I laid out some of my spare hockey kit bits on the lawn to get them ready for sorting, and this is when another reason to always carry a camera occurred. Lucy and Lola, our two cats, like to climb inside things and sit there. No matter what it is, if they see an opening then in they go! So when I placed my spare hockey shorts on the lawn, it was a free-for-all!:




There's a school of thought that says you need to have the best equipment, the best kit, the best camera to get great shots. I think that sometimes it's not the kit but the subject and how you capture it that makes for a great shot. Judge for yourselves - I think this is a great shot, taken with a point-and-shoot, and it's a shot that makes me smile!:



But then again maybe I'm biased! ;)

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