My wife and I went this afternoon to a larger church in the neighborhood to hear 4 amateur Chorus' join forces with an amateur symphony orchestra, a professionel conductor and 2 professionel soloist singers - to perform one of the most beautiful requiems I know of: Ein deutches Requiem by Johannes Brahms (especially the 2. and 5. movement is fantastic IMO)
Think about it - 270 volunteers join forces to give you and other local people a unique artistic experience - that really made our day!
This thread is dedicated to exchange ideas about how to raise over the 'grey' life of everyday! :-)

I went out walking with wife and children. Nice weather, clear sky. My 4 years old son looking for porcupines, never found any, .."papa, can you carry me home?" .. that made my day

Lars you are a hero, can we sentence every forum whinger to re-read this x times a day for x number of days? :)
Today, it is a close thing between Sunday dinner and scoring a penalty, but then I didn't get up to much.

Chicken breast on lime spinach with champagne sauce - all home cooked by my wife and me - that made my day.
And not to forget a publication in the documentary section - that made my day, too.

I saw an incredibly beautiful duck at a lake close to our place. A Mandarin duck, to be accurate. Never thought a duck can be so beautiful.

Singing for "Piglet" ... you wont believe it ... ;)

http://www.nasse.nu/

Our oldest (16 years) dog died...2 others are well but a little mixed up right now. Our son came over and my wife and I went to brunch with him, that helped a lot!!

Finished processing some wedding photos. That made my...all day...

The weather was dull today...

after weeks of cold wet miserable weather we had a lovely sunny and warm weekend. Was nice to see the sun and smell the fresh air.

Scott

I made some photos at a junkyard anf fell in a oil spill ;) I went home like a car mechanic when the others turned off the church. " Good morning ! ;)

processed some shot I wanted to process for a long time, and had fun doing it. sent it to screening and got it back in due course :), still like it and have great memories of taking it too *gg

This morning seeing my 7 yr old daughter taking mountain photos with my spare D200 camera and producing images that were better than mine when I started a few years ago.

JP

Crossing a bridge into Regents Park with a postcard scene to the left...trees either side of a Thames side canal, pedestrians on the cement walkways either side of the canal, and a narrow boat house slowly purring away into the distance, just to be followed by another (which would have given me the time to set up for a picture). And the sun was just right. But - no camera with me - only the Border Collie and her frisbee.
I see adverts about compacts with DSLRl sensors thesedays. I need one of those, so shall keep a look-out for the reviews. After playing with an older Lumix recently, I am even more determined.

Gorgeous weather in NYC today.. went to a local "asphalt" park on 6th and Houston. The street hockey guys were playing, as they do every Sunday, and my ex and my son threw the football.. there were a group of guys playing basketball.. and a bunch of families playing catch. My dog was tireless in his pursuit of a tennis ball... and I shot loads of pics. Very happy day. Nice thread!

an email i received from a friend, encouragement that helps us grow and produce to the most of our ability.

It was raining all day long in Rome so I decided to go to the movie .I watched "Lebanon ".It is a great movie ,very dramatic and absolutely not to miss.

I had the day off to go for a walk, the weather was beautiful and the sun was shining.

Watching some very foggy wheather outside all morning and THEN realizing that perhaps it would be a nice photograph opportunity, got my girlfriend prepared to come along and we shot amongst others the image below.


Of course going out into the forest together is the particular part that made my day ;-)

Incredibly clear and warm (for the season) wheather today above coastal Massachusetts. My babygirl turned one yesterday and today she decided it was time for a short walk by her own on the beach. Time for family album shot...

Switching to Windows 7 today without any problems :)

My 21month young daughter playing human alarm clock by kissing* me awake this morning...life is good :)

*for once, she didn't jumped on the bed and kicked my head... :o)

I'm sorry to read this Clyde. Courage!!

haven't left my chair today! Working on a new picture. When I get finished, it will make my day. Emm, my night...

all the day working in a big mountain of papers ... no photos at all this weekend :(((

We have lovely neighbours, that really supports me in taking care of my sick wife. But that they nearly take their small cottage house (with too narrow doors for a rollchair) to pieces, to make it possible for my wife to visit them and celebrate birthsday with them, that made my day today! :-)

And the sun is shining and it's time to go feed the horses, the cows, the sheeps and the cats.....! :-)

This thread is dedicated to exchange ideas about how to raise over the 'grey' life of everyday! :-)

Few chance to lift me up over the grey this w-e...

We had a thrilling day today - my son won with his team the regional championship of the First Lego League and they are qualified now for the west german challenge on next sunday. The kids are already dreaming about the world championship in Atlanta now .....

Spending five hours in the pouring rain photographing with a 30 year old lens was funny.

Thomas, what's the First Lego League?
:-)

Patricia, allthough Lego is danish, I did not know the First Lego League - I found some info here: http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/fll/smartmove1.aspx
It seems, that Thomas has a brainy son! :-)

Lars :-)

I went to see "West Side Story" and it was amazing. :)

Spent time in a friends home cinema.

Yes, that's the league :-)

Brilliant light all morning over the hills of Assynt and Inverpolly, the conditions made up for me feeling rough from a touch of the 'flu'.

:)

JP

spent a nice afternoon with friends who just returned from a 5 weeks trip to africa..... wonderful wild life photography :)

Held my newborn daughter in my arms for a first time :)

Congratulations! :-)

That is such good and happy news Mindaugas!! I wish you and your family all the luck in the world

Petra

The highest you can reach!

Congratulations!

Lars :-)

I told my son (17 years old) that he must belive in himself, and he belived me!
To have a good,open , conversation with my kid : the best reward on earth!!
I am lucky :-)

I got a friendship request from somebody special :)

Brilliant Mindaugus! I did that fifteen and a half years ago ;-)

Wonderful news Mindaugas. Many congratulations to you and your wife.

I guess me saying that lighter than normal traffic on the 210 this morning made my day would really make me look shallow, huh??

thank you Lars!! In the States, Legos are plastic building toys! :-)))

My day was made by this news. Congratulations, I fully share your happiness.

This is the greatest of life - very little can if anything be much better - unless you count the day you will hold your daughter's first child in your arms...:) Congratulations!!
My best Phyllis

You're so shallow Clyde! ;-)

Hi everybody and thank you all for lovely messages. Mother and daughter are both doing fine and I'm over the moon.

Mindaugas

my day was made because a dolphin was saved (and also a child) ;)))))

Started the day early, acting as a 'baker-robot' for my disabled wife. She makes the most lovely pastry, but needs help with the practical implementation!
So from her wheel-chair she instructs me what to do - step by step, she has the recepie in her head - and we end up serving warm and nice smelling pastry for our-morning guests.
It's nice to be a robot sometimes! :-)
Have a nice day, all of you!

Lars :-)

This thread is dedicated to exchange ideas about how to raise over the 'grey' life of everyday! :-)

That's really, really cool, Lars. It is so good to hear that you two are making good food together like this, even in these very hard times for your family. I was going to say that it was a pretty grey and miserable day all that long here, in many ways, not just the weather, but then I could smell your delicious pastry, and things just didn't seem so bad anymore. Sounds mushy, I know, but it worked that way.

Take care :)

It makes my day today with full of blessings, in my work, business, friends and family. This is how i recieved and to be thanks everyday to the lord for giving me this blessings.....

19° C in Aachen today with sunshine - end of November !!!! This made my day.
Starting this sunday to Dubai for one week. Full of work, of course, but if I'm getting a few hours for a nice architectural shooting this will made the whole next week for me :-)

a good friend is improving at the hospital from a life-threatening condition...might go home soon :).....

Reading this made my day -

Today is Friday, that made my day !!! :))))

A photo of mine was rejected - but, but, but: believe it or not, I received a comment from the crew stating what the problem was. I wish they would know how much I appreciate that. THANK YOU! My day is made.

And how you know is from crew ? It´s like "crew : your photo is horrible" ... i´m not joking, Balazs, i only received coments in "Comments from members:"
Is there that crew made the coment ?

Doesn't matter IMO, as long as Balazs is happy! :-)

Anyone knows what's the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Today my body allowed me to change curtains. That made my day :)

"What do you mean? African or European swallow?"

I get incredible feedback for my HP. Opening 1X and finding comments under my "news", that made my day today. And yesterday I got a beautiful mail from Malta considering my page. :)

That i could leave one hour earlier from work, knowing i have 4 days off! And of course, the sun was shining in my face today! :O))

My family, for which I am VERY thankful!!

http://www.clydebeamer.com/2009/11/a-lot-to-be-thankful-for/

I just discovered this thread, and reading your posts touched me a lot.
All of you really made my day !

My wife smiled for the first time in a long time today! :-)
- and I have now the new Nikon AF-S 24-70mm, F/2.8 ED mounted on my Nikon D200 - just waiting for the right light! :-)

I got a double - or should that be "stereo" - ear licking and cleaning out by puppy 1 and puppy 2 at the same time!

My wife is still smiling, even after I served dinner!
It really made my day! :-)

Just visited our 24 Years old son who could tell us, that he was appointed VIP-employee in the big company, he is working in. That means for him a lot of possibilities for development and career.
Do you think his parents are proud of him?
You bet we are! - that more than made our day! :-)

My sister did sent me unexpected a book . "Nothing for ungood" (Deutsche seltsamkeiten aus amerikanischer Perspektive) by John Madison. Can't wait to read it.

That made my day. :)

A couple days ago, on the 27th of Nov...

In the tepid weather of California, I went sea kayaking near lovely Monterey. There was a storm coming in so going one way was easy, coming back took more than twice as much effort and time. A sea otter grabbed my kayak rudder while I was busy keeping my camera out of the spray, even tried to clime on board. No good for photography if wanted to keep your camera dry (and getting blown askew), nevertheless a fabulous day. Somehow, I enjoy the adventures that challenging elements provide.

This was for my birthday :)

Despite grey rainy grey rainy grey weatherforecast, we had a day with calmness and sunshine! :-)

Went to collect a 4 meter high x-mas tree for the yard of our Farm. It now stands there with hundreds of lights and makes the darkness kind of friendly....! :-)

Well, guess that made our day!

Lars :-)

Good on ya mate!!

My baby that broke his leg after falling off the bed (6 month old abandoned Chihuahua) can now stand up on both legs and beg again!

cheers for that Richard!

I got a beautiful compliment of a member in my dance class. It made it even more special when I found out that she is way over 70 years old. There is hope ... :)

I wanted sleep (outside rained), but I must go to work :(
And tomorrow I must go too ...

Definitely not 1x.com...:)

Took some nice shots of my nephew though.....

Not today, but yesterday, I went skiing for the first time in four years. Skiing is a bit like riding a bike, not something you can forget how to do. :)

Today I will finally receive my new camera, so I've got a freezed smile on my face

All Christmas presents are wrapped in paper :) Love giving presents

Quick wrap another and send it to me, that would make my day!!

A deep feeling of love when sitting beside my wife :-)

How sweet Peter! ;) But well, i know that although I'm a bit younger :)

manchester united winning 3-1 against Wolfsberg with a severly
reduced first team.

All you can eat sushi with my best friend! (:

Realising that in 11 days I shall be back in Africa. Just a bit worried oubout that F4 lens of mine - wishing it was 2.8 instead.

Wow, jealous! I wish I could travel, but I have to attend mandatory education. )':

Good luck and happy shooting.
LandyMan

This left me f****g speechless:

http://la-petite-ardechoise.over-blog.com/article-36051757.html

I don't mind because it's rather flattering...

You are obviously an inspiration to dodgy artists everywhere Balazs ;-) . . Not sure if seeing that page is depressing or amusing ;-) Confirms my theory that the work with the flashiest signature is usually the worst.

Balazs i don't know if you should smile or cry...:)
but # 26 is my favorite LOL

#46 is fun... I'll try to remember that if I happen to do Art Nude one day.

It's definitely better than being an inspiration for serial killers... besides, I'm the first Hungarian artist who inspires French artists and not the opposite way LOL.



Neither do I. The blogger who set up the competition did it correctly, with displaying the name and link, but some of the others less so... Anyway, a little email boforehand would have made me happy. Some of the poems do, however. It's reassuring to know that among all the crap I make there are some which others find inspiring.



Yep, that's my choice too. The author seems to be a quite good cartoonist by the way.

What about Kertesz ?

What about Vasarely?

My fav is #26 as well! LOL what a collection!

Hi Balazs - I am grinning from ear to ear. Some of those variants are really very good. Not so sure about 26, though, as I think that that strong thigh is a touch intimidating ( Jumbo Kick-Starter, we say back South). I prefer the 70's (60's?) look of 1, although I respect the interpretation that 33 offers. However, 22 still mystifies me. Do I hear Pablo?

Found a few 1x photos used on that site. You might feel it is ok, I would not if I wasn't asked

Are they artists or copyists..?

It was so cold that I couldn't open the door of my car. It made my day!

One day closer to Spring...that made my day.
We booked our summer holiday (2 weeks South of France) today...made also my day.
Almost on a 3-day trip to Aachen...

Had a good day. :D

I'm on holiday! :)

My stepfather has been very ill recently and we've been going through the usual procedures.
He's just come through a long operation to have most of his colon removed due to a tumor (or two), but he's doing really well and should make a great recovery. He's in his eighties, but fairly fit as a rule.

That made my day : )

Plus, now I get to play with my M9.

B

Another rejection, exactly as I expected :-)

/Wulff

We baked the brown cakes for Cristmas - nice and crispy - and my wife could cut down on her pain-killers without problems!
Lars :-)
PS: This thread is dedicated to exchange ideas about how to raise over the 'grey' life of everyday! :-)

Went for a walk early this morning with my brother. We went to a lake near the airport. All this mist was rising from the water, the banks were covered in ice and the sun was shining, one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen.

Spend all day taking photos outside (not goats or people, this time i go to beach take some landscape photos, (that Rui Pires kind of hiper-realist F45 landscape that will never be accepted in 1x :)))) lol ) and go now to my e-mail and see this one :

"Rui,

I had a chance to look at your work from Portugal and was impressed with your images.

Great use of black and white film in a time when digital is so prevalent.

Best of luck with all your endeavors!

-Steve "

sender e-mail is : xxxxxxx@stevemccurry.com (censured for privacity reasons)

So, Mr. Steve Mccurry usualy come to 1x ? Someone receved e-mail from him before ?

woowww ! My ego just blow up ! :))))

WOW, I'm impressed !

That´s great.

Not heard from him before. His website is gorgeous!! Loved his NYC gallery!!

Rui...
Wonderful - wonderful!!

Next step..best advice. Invite him to Portugal. :))) Put him up in a hotel, unless your house is large..and tell him you will take him to see the village and the goats (or to Lisbon). This is a wonderful contact to have...life is interesting ...you never know what the Internet can bring. YES..he is famous. :))

I am not surprised he loves your work. Not one little teeny bit. :)
My best Phyllis

Just the feeling of being back home again :)

Afghan girl Steve Mccurry? Rui that is wonderful news, I don't think he sends many of those emails. :)

Maybe he just likes goats. . . Brilliant thing to happen Rui. And totally deserved too!
What a nice Christmas present.
Jon

My Wife just got accepted to fashion school in Sydney!!

After a 6 month ordeal and a very large and complicated admissions and review process for which we could not attend all interviews for and had to really make a portfolio stand out...and on it's own.....and prove that her English was acceptable (it is damn perfect and better than most Australians) and her residential status, etc, etc, etc.....

Well she got in! So it (mafan) all doesn't matter now!

MASSIVE SIGH OF RELIEF!

My sensitivities as an Australian male are not that, well, sensitive. I had no idea how to do a rejection counsel - should I need to - when she has built it up to being so much for herself.

Now I just gotta find all the thousands to pay for tuition. Will I ever own a Leica??? :-)

Phew - it is like the pressure cooker has just had it's valves bled...

Huge congrats to you and your wife Richard - at least there's one artistic person in your family :)))))))

As the kids are grown up, we only exchange a limited number of presents Christmas Evening.
But one of the few I got was a great experience - Yann Arthus-Bertrand pictures of the earth seen from the sky - La Terre Vue du Ciel - 440 pages, that really takes your breath away! Amazing pictures!
Already saving money for renting a chopper! :-)

I also got that book for Christmas, and yes you are right, amazing images :-)

Love my girlfriend a little bit more today :-)))

/Wulff

Beeing asked to be the photographer at a good friends wedding. That made my day! :)

A published sunset shot on the homepage for a hour or so!! Lot's of very nice comments too!!

Snow. Lots of it.
The whippets went wild.

Congrats Richard. You can borrow my Leica if you'll put me up in Sydney for a few weeks....oh yeah.....and the small matter of the air fare ;^)

They do still accept criminals in Oz still don't they?

B

Meeting up with a young friend I have not seen for a long time. She got herself cleaned up.. and has been sober for 12 months... now she is a totally different person. Full of curiosity and wanting to pick up her camera again.
It was a wonderful feeling to sit and have coffee witth her and see how far she has grown.

A reworked rejection got an almost instantaneous acceptance on resubmission which just shows opening up your mind to change isn't a bad thing. And it proves my PP skills are not so bad after all. Progress! Thanks all....

Oh shit! - then I have to do something about my (lack of) PP-skills "... to raise over the 'grey' life of everyday!"
Congratulations anyway, Gerard! :-)

Thanks Lars...

My wife took her first steps this morning on her artificial leg without using crutches....! :-)

Wow! :)

For me, after six months of gruelling hard work, late nights, sweat, grit, determination and distraction, my photo book is now finished twelve days before the due date and looks absolutely magnificent. The most frustrating thing I have ever done.

Wow! - let's see it! :-)

Wow, Lars! That is really great! I hope the progress will continue! :)

I just find it really comforting to have a warm appartement to live in, especially when it is freezing outside... like it is today.

being alive and healthy, one more day. What else could anyone ask for?

I just got my Public Lending Right statement. ( a royalty, paid by the state for every time a book is borrowed from the library service in the UK, up to a certain limit ) I got the max payment! Only 250 other authors got that. . . It ain't a lot but it doesn't half help. . . ;-)
Not trying to boast but it did make my day ;-)

Good to read your news Lars! Onwards and upwards!

Jon

Thanks Jon! :-)
Do you have a link to your book?

Lars :-)

I have bought me a new friend. A Canon 7D.

Had a meeting this morning with the designer (what's formgivare in english?) who does the layout to my upcoming book and saw the first chapters in full size - she's done a fantastic job and I'm just thrilled!

/Johan

As a consuming human being (Homo consumarus) my day was also made by a purchase I have been planning for a long time: the legendary AF-S NIKKOR 14-24mm f/ 2.8 G ED!

/VW

Not a photography book, obviously ;-) I write and illustrate childrens' books

my website, such as it is. . .

http://www.goodworks.myzen.co.uk/Jonathan_Allen/Jonathan_Allen/Frontpage.html

I am published in Scandinavia btw . . . ;-)

So nice! great work. (I like children books a lot)

Looking forward to see it Johan!

How much do you want for a copy of "The Keep Fit Canaries"? :)
Lovely books Jon, a nice little trip back to childhood.


I'll send you a copy. There isn't a single blurry or abstract photo in it,so there's a small chance you might like it. ;)

Thanks, Alex,
I'll swap a signed one for one of your photo books! I think I've still got some copies lurking somewhere.
Jon

I got a letter from an old friend today.
A real letter, handwritten over several pages.

:)

Makes me remember the beautifull letters in "Nights in Rodanthe". That made my day! :-)

I had to ask "Wiki". I haven't seen that movie. (There is no longing. She is an old friend from school I reconnected some time ago with.)
But letters are specials. I've written and received tons of it ... now they are all gone.

How can I do that? Sounds mysterious ;-)

In May my friend! :-)

/johan

Being alone after three weeks. I have missed it so much.

But my day is ruined as well. Because my adventurous amazing journey in Iran finished since 15 hours.

I had a plan: to drag my loved-one to a dance-class. And I did! After month of planning. It was a great success. Made it to a happening with friends and we all had so much fun.
My dear has so much talent. I'm proud, ... and I'm tired. :)

(My camera had no battery left. :( Couldn't believe it. Bummer!)

Found an old Zenit EM camera in the shed. Very eager to take this little beauty for a walk. :)

11 meters waves in the North Sea, not the best light, but usable

Setting foot on Terra Firma in Dar-es-Salaam after bobbing up and down on a yacht
for the past 17 days sailing the East Coast of Africa....and enjoying my 3rd ice cold Kilimanjaro Lager.
Happy new year to you all!
Andre

Happy New Year Andre,
I remember Dar-es-Salaam, stayed only there for one night before getting to Zanzibar. It was years ago and I took my best sunset pic ever here. Strange by the way to shoot sunset on an east coast. But there was a specific spot where the guesthouse was and from where you can see the bay from the East.

Thanks Jacques. Yep - I think that I know where you are referring to .
That will be directly opposite the yacht club on the other side of the northern bay.
If you have that image in digital format, please send me a copy some time.

Could be. There was some sort of narrow land from which you could see the main city separated by a bay, but I don't remember quite well. We were driven here directly from the bus central station (got the address on lonely planet). It was a really really nice place. I did the shot analog with a F3 camera, it was back 1998 I think. But most of my old pics are still on boxes since we moved here in the US. I found it a nice pic but could be that I'll be very disappointed if I can hold my hand on it right now...:)

You are correct Jacques - the north bay is separated from the main city and port area by a peninsula - that is the narrow land that you are referring to.
Incidentally - this north bay is probably one of the best hobie sailing spots in the world given the width of the bay and the constant trade winds, and the shelter that two islands provide.
Oh well - off to (hopefully) a cooler SA tomorrow, and soon back to the real world and the day job:(

My Dad came home after a month in hospital following bowel surgery for cancer.

He's 81 and he hadn't eaten for 3 weeks before the op and struggled to eat after for a few weeks.

His wound also got badly infected, but is now healing well.

Great to see him back in his chair with a smile on his face.

B

Glad to hear that, Bob. Cancer is an awful thing....!

They must have thought he was pretty strong to operate at his age Bob. It seems they were right! Best wishes for a good recovery.

crossing my fingers for your dad, bob! good news he's back home! cheers, mauro

Cheers folks.

They had to operate or he would have died any way due to the obstruction.

I've had cancer myself 9 years ago. I know how to beat it/prevent it now thanks too much reading on the subject.

Don't want to drift off topic, but happy to share info by OEmail if anyone wants to know more.

Thanks for the good wishes folks.

You are a lovely bunch.

B

Snow, dramatic sky, a full moon, a field, a dead tree, streetlights, good music and lots of camera motion with lovely abstractionist blur made my day, but then I'm easily pleased.

I am nearing the end of a DIY frenzy. Doing up our bathroom. After 10 days of mayhem and mess, it's finally turned the corner and I can see that it's going to look bloody great. But then anything would be better than the the pink bath with goldy/brassy taps; and grey tiles with oblique pinkish stripes and pictures of hot air balloons on that we inherited when we bought the house five years ago ;-)

The birth of my second son, even though he is one month early :-)

Well, it was actually yesterday!

/Wulff

Seeing Kevin's mug on the bottom row of the homepage just now!

Three things made my day... a meeting which was scheduled to last until the evening finished before lunch. That could happen more often.
In the afternoon, the estate owner agreed to let me have their photos for my WW2 archive project.
In the evening, I stumbled upon a video partly made from my photographs without my consent. But I don't mind since my name was there and it served a good cause.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9fec7hb-_o
Beware: it gets at times extremely graphic. Seriously.

CONGRATULATIONS! Hey man, nothing can beat that!

Wow Balazs - this is quite severe documentary work from you. Gosh - you have been around the block! Thank you for the link - very disturbing, nevertheless factual and in a very perverse way - good to see. However, documentary evidence like this can only be good if we can learn from them - a trait that humankind seem to be in short supply of.

Fantastic, wonderful news! All the best to your family, (especially your wife!!:-)))

All the best Niels. Enjoy!

Congratulations, Niels, to you and your wife !!

This made my day

http://annakath.1x.com/journal/509

-

But it doesn't beat your experience, Niels. Congratulations to your son. Nothing can beat that!

Hi all, and thank you VERY VERY much :-))))))))))))))

/Wulff

Huge congrats Niels !!

today is a raining day,so stay at home with bf.The rain make my day^^

Congratulations Niels!!

My wife is back home again from the Hospital, where she has got a new thigh bone for her partly amputated leg.
She feel during the rehabilitation-training with the phrothesis Thuesday, was operated Friday and back home again Saturday.
Nice to have her back home again, allthough I have to help her with everything.
That made my day! (BTW - With enough hardship you are happy, if just nothing negative happens!)
In 2 weeks time she can start the rehabilitation training again - for the 3. time!

Hi Lars. Thanks for sharing that, and best wishes to her and you.
Hope that it is sunny there like it is here.

All the best to your wife (and you).

Frank

Incredibly sunny and warm w-e here in New England. Seems like spring is on the starting block.
Did a lot of street shots lately. I've been granted by nice and funny people. And I am rather happy with many pictures I came up with (though I doubt any of them would make it on the 1X FP...)

....being present and watching Chris Dixon's face change to that of a little happy boy at Grays of Westminster this afternoon as he was handed his 3 new golden coloured boxes. The first his D700, then a 24-70 2.8, then a superb 70-200 VRII 2.8, not even to talk about filters and other goodies.
Admittedly I had to stand at the door and push him back into the shop when he was handed the invoice.
Congratulations with all the new equipment Chris, and happy shootings...!!

Whoa, what a set... I am really drooling for the 24-70 and 70-200VRII..

/ j

Woo! Spend Spend Spend ;-) Enjoy Chris! I'm sure you will, some serious gear there!
Jon

...and that's it...all the money has gone....I'm as happy as a pig in s..t....now all I have to do is work out how to use it and get some pictures "published"

Andre...thanks for the support this afternoon, I did manage a couple of beers before I left London

Cheers Chris

My picture on 1x frontpage :)
Happy and proud. Thanks!!

An ~18% annual bonus and a, totally unexpected, ~6% pay rise.

I can see some new camera gear in my future :)

I would already have place my orders ;)

:) Finding out that I have 2 published photos in a romanian photo magazine and also being among 5 artists that have an exhibition in Cracovia - Poland...

Congrats.

That is excellent going Stefania. Many congratulations and enjoy!

Just saw this:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/5a52180b80/forehead-tittaes-w-marion-cotillard

So stupidly funny bad taste stuff...

All the beat to you, and your wife Lars :-))

/Wulff

I just Picked up my 1st developed film I shot with the Leica III & Summar 50mm f2 collapsible. Quite surprised of what that 76 year old thing still can do. :D

Now make some scans of the prints. (no negative scanner at home).

well, I was amazed that such people exist... http://www.thevenusproject.com/

Hi Robert.

They feature in a film called Zeitgeist Addendum (mainly second half). It's free to watch online......

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

By strange coincidence, tomorrow is Zday.

B

after some consideration I am afraid that I shell conclude that my personal opinion is that "The Venus Project" is very utopian idea which not only is very unlikely to be implementable but also if it should be implemented it would most likely 'degenerate' into something worse than capitalism, and that capitalism and the Darwinian survival of the fittest is possibly the best thing humans can hope to be implemented in a 'real' society...

21°C, not a cloud in the sky, cycled 120 kilometers to Köln and back, ipod on full battery, shot a roll of film, sat next to the river Rhein for 2 hours and about to enjoy a cold shower followed by a film marathon... a wonderful day. :)

:))))))))))

Seeing my first photo published on 1x! (:

.....seeing Alex back in the forum pages

... trying the non-existing off-road capabilities of my new car. Left the tarmac for a muddy path through Flanders' fields, saw some rabbits and pheasants too lazy to run away; didn't take a camera and was happy to do so, no photos no nothing, just sucked in the peace of Charlemagne country. And didn't even get stuck in the mud.

Buying an MF cam, shooting a roll of Tmax 100 as fast as lightening to test it out and after struggling (!) 10 minutes (yes, ten $%£#@ minutes) I managed to load 120 film on the reel and developed the film.
Now scanning the results... :D

Ow, and feeding some bread and carrots to the horses with my 2-year old was the best part of the day...

Seeing a great northern lights display from my bedroom window (I got up and stood outside for a while after that). Plus a new job and location, and everything is going well :)

so far nothing.....i hope something makes up for it !

I woke up again ;-)

My daughter, who punched me on the head and stomach to wake me up. :o)

Wow! Great!

And a beautiful one it is. I spotted it earlier, just browsing, and thought it worthy of a comment. I hope this wills suffice. Congratulations! Keep them coming, young man.

You can't go wrong with such a nickname :) very nice pic indeed, very mature for a young boy IMO. Alex is no more alone.

I have such ambitions, but don't know if I will ever make it. Sounds like you had a great day.

what made MY day today... is that I am finally mastering my SB800 flash, and I am using them with my Nikon D80 to produce some really interesting results by going TOTALLY manual.
That is to say, manual settings on the camera, manual settings on the flash.
What I am playing with is the Auto FP function in that I am using a really fast shutter speed and wide open aperture... so that my background is basically ... black!
I probably should have posted this on flash photography but I noticed nobody really goes there.

Anyway... thats what made my day!

A perfect day for me today!
It started with my first publication on 1x which was such a wonderful surprise first thing this morning :-) :-) :-) I haven't stopped smiling all day!

Then i had the day off work and it was a perfect sunny day so i took my camera for a walk along the river and got my first decent photographs of a Kingfisher (definately no match for the ones in 1x nature but i'm pleased with them anyway)

And then, just as i thought the Kingfisher was about to leave, in swooped a Sparrow Hawk which chased the Kingfisher low and very fast over the river. The Kingfisher got away by diving underwater and appearing again under an overhang of the river bank, clever little thing!! phew, and then i started breathing again.,talk about being within an inch of his life :-)
Did i get a shot of any of this?.....Nope, i was too enthralled just watching the chase and it all happened so fast anyway that i doubt very much that i could have even got them in frame let alone in focus. But for me, the experience was more than enough reward and i doubt i will ever see such a thing again. :-)

So......just a totaly perfect day all round :-)

Vic.

Nice to hear, Vic!
Certainly a day, raising over the grey life of everyday :-)
May it happen to you again - and again .....! :-)

Thanks King! ;-)

Just got back from a few days down in Sussex looking round various lovely places including the ex homes of several members of the 'Bloomsbury Group' Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant etc etc. inspirational stuff, they painted the walls and the furniture. . . wouldn't want to emulate their lifestyles however. . .

Anyway, what made my day was seeing the first swallows of the year. Spring is officially here ;-)

Jon

My mother's breast biopsy came back no cancer.

Glad to hear that David.

For me it was......
I fixed my boiler (no, I'm not referring to my other half), the sun was shining all day and lots of digging in the garden.
Now I have that satisfying aching feeling all over.
I may not be so cheery when I wake up in the morning. ;^o

B

David, that's really good news! :-)

Several things made my day today:

- We got another highland cattle calf today, and I managed to mark him, despite fierce opposition from the mother and her big horns!
- My wife went shopping with me in her wheel-chair, and seemed to enjoy it!
- The sun was shining the whole day!
- The resting box for the wild docks was fixed in our small 'lake' in the back-garden. Yes, we are ready for reproduction and spring! :-)

Thank God, it's finally spring! :-)

being the 14th of April 00.18hs in China, It's officially my b'day.....i'm 32....oh f****k i missed the thread....I should've posted it in "what ruined your day today" ..... oh well i'll think about Gabriel García Márquez' quote "age is not what you have but what you feel" ...... it'll probably make my day to think I'm 22 :p

happy b'day to me

New 70-200mm F/2.8 VR II just landed with a few other goodies.

Look out whippets. I'm gonna be gunnin' for ya! ;^)
B

Still the 13th here... still have to wait for me saying cheers Nicolas :) by the way if you are born in Argentina you are still 31.

A big Happy Birthday from me too!
32 is so much better than 22. The 30s are the best times....:) Enjoy
best,
Phyllis

happy b'day my friend :)
i am almost a year older than you... 23 soon :))
is ktv popeular in china ? if yes i can imagine you with a bunch of chinese and forigners singing and drinking

heheh thank you so much dear Phyllis! I just whine every b'day, it's a habit but in reality i'm very happy/



thanks a lot my friend! You bet tonight it's KTV's night hahaha



i'm waiting jacques!! :p

Happy Birthday Nicolas!

Just picked the Mamiya 645 Pro tl........... ahhhhhhhhh so happy today!

merci beaucup Jacques =)

D3 landed with 85mm 1.4 and 17-35mm and Leica M9 went bye bye ;^)

I got a bicycle today.
:)

No planes in the sky! It's nice and quiet round here! Glad I'm not stuck in some airport somewhere though.

And that means no chemtrails. Yipee!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtlOXhSnNw8

My Greek uncle says the trails from aeroplanes contain brainwashing properties, and the only way to prevent them from entering your skull is to smoke two packs of cigarettes a day.

He's probably half right Alex.

hmmmm. . . What else does he say? Sounds like an interesting uncle. ;-)

Calumet Photographic have finally decided to send me a new Canon 7D, 2 weeks after I returned my brand new purchase when it wouldn't accept memory cards.

A pin was bent in the card reader slot and comments were initially made that I must have put the card in wrong. Apparently there's one pin slightly longer than the others in the middle of the group, and rough treatment or a dodgy card can sometimes cause it to bend. In which case, it's the owners fault, not the sellers.

However, after sending it to Canon to get it checked out, it turned out the bent pin was not the long one, but one sitting further out towards the end of the group, so it was concluded it was highly unlikely I could have damaged it in that way.

After forking out nearly £1,500 UK pounds for a camera I hadn't managed to take a single photo with, and was possibly facing a further bill of a few hundred more to fix it, I've been getting rather stressed out about the whole thing.

However, the phone call today to tell me a replacement will be in the post tomorrow made my day :)

Glad for you Kim. I would have been so annoyed had this happened to me. You can always travel down to the Calumet at Drummond Street at Euston Station and come and pick this up yourself:) That way we can meet and I can hear more about your exhibition.

Glad it's getting sorted Kim. I had some similar fun with Calumet a while back. Don't think I'd bother with them again.
Getting the 20mm F/2.8 Nikon prime made my day today. Nice little lens.
B

Perhaps I should have asked them to hand it to you, Andre, to bring up to Scotland, and then you could see the exhibition in person :)


So what was your problem, Bob?

Now that could have been fun! Anything to get me away from my day job thesedays.
Oh well, you might need a UV filter soon, or a little plastic case to protect your spare memory card from dust.

Well if you can't make it up on the 1st of May for the launch, then the last weekend in May is a good one to come up for. It's a bank holiday and around here it's the Spring Fling weekend where local artists open their doors for the weekend - see http://www.spring-fling.co.uk/ - lots to see.

And on the Sunday afternoon at the exhibition I'll be setting up the camera and laptop and showing the public how you can take a photo of them and manipulate the image - smoothing out wrinkles like the magazines, or turning their skin green and giving them pointy ears (always a favourite with the kids)

May's the best month to visit Scotland - the weather tends to be good and the midges haven't started biting yet :)

Spring Fling Weekend. Now that sound like fun!
I shall keep you posted on this. I promise.

What made my day yesterday was getting to age 44 alive and kicking, getting to 44 years + 1 day made my day today........

Somehow, I completely forgot it was my birthday yesterday until my wife mentioned it in passing........

:)

Hey hey Happy happy birthday John! Wish you the best and many pictures for the next 44!
I'm sure you're still in the mountains with 88!

Belated happy birthday John you young pup.
B

Hi K

A faulty D60 straight out of the box.
The insisted on sending it back to Nikon instead of replacing it and after3 weeks of waiting for Nikon to get parts that never arrived, I made such a big fuss that Nikon ok'd a new camera. There seems to be a lack of common sense in some of these organizations.
B

Oooh! I want one of those but they ain't cheap! The Sigma 1.8 version is cheaper but has iffy reviews.

And happy birthday JP! Your wife didn't forget, which is a good sign.

My daughter is 16 on Thursday. That makes me feel old. . .
Jon

Hi Jon.
I got a mint and modern version from Ebay for £320.
I would have believed it was new. I've seen them go for as little as £280 for A1 condition.
It's lightweight and tiny too.
B

university acceptance letter :)

Congratulations Karl.
Best wishes.
B

just ordered my voigtländer bessa iii 667 today...... can't wait to have it in my hands! oooooh I am in love :))) cheers, mauro

Cool. Looks good.
Let us know what it's like to use.

B

Yep, great lens!! Got mine in Mint Cond. for @$250 from a store. The guy I buy a lot from in there had just taken it in on trade and hadn't put it into computer inventory yet. Made me killer deal. I went home and found the cheapest on ebay was well up towards $400.

Well, it was two days ago actually - but I learned that my oldest Grandson, who is a performing artist (singer/actor), got into the Governor's School here in VA. This is a special school for the Arts. He is 15. I am proud because very very few people are accepted, and more importantly he was thrilled. This will bring wonderful future opportunities for him in terms of college choices. :) So yes, I am a proud Grandma now. :)))
Phyllis

Congrats to the lad! What an opportunity ;-)

Thank you Jon! :)

Nice one Phyllis! Congrats to your grandson :)

Life is wonderful ! This is my last day in office before go in vacations ! I´m realy tired with 1 year of intensive work ufff

Tomorrow, i depart in a great expedition that will end in Dhakla, Western Sahara, after some days in Sahara Desert between Berbere nomad tribos.
In return, i will spend 2 days also in Marrakech, Morocco.

So, see you all.

PS - Kevin and Robert will take care of my goats in this 12 days :))))))

travel safe and have fun Rui! i loved the desert, so much sand and no goats!!

what made my day today? nice weather and great spring-temperatures!

I got a Tax rebate.

My new lens has just arrive over the mail... just before we go on a short holliday...
It's a Tamron 17-50 mm f/2.8 that has to replace my kitlens Nikkor 18-105 3.5-5.6 ("the inconsitent one")
And just the first handling feels miles apart. I hope it will show... :-)

You pay tax?????

;^)

Have a great time Rui.
B

Thats the funny thing, no :)

You're a Sovereign like me then?

B

Is that another word for unemployed? ;)

More like 'no ones slave'.

The new MCD "Keep your dreams alive" of the german band Superikone!

Not only because it's a great song but also because the cover photo comes from me :)

It's one of my "forgotten tragedy" series:

Out in the usual stores like iTunes, now! Or visit http://www.superikone.de

CONGRATS!! TO YOU BOTH!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1269932/Filming-animals-wild-breach-privacy.html

What about filming us in the wild? There's a bloody CCTV camera following our every move in this Orwellian 'demockery'.
B

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9ySfs4Ly0E

It is 03:00 am, and I have just arrived at Eu. This is a small village close to the Normandy coast, and contrary to my previous visits here there is:
hot water, functioning central heating, the oven, fridge and dishwasher is connected and WORKS, all lights work, and most important - the bath runs hot water and has a plug!!
Still having to stumble over upturned wheeelbarrows, piles of construction material, and oodles of pieces of wood, but that annoyance becomes a pleasure given the functional utilities. So I am as happy as a kite.
Tomorrow when it is Wheetabix time I shall have the pleasure of seeing black & white (my fav colours) cows coming to graze around the house, and then when it is close-down time and I get the Weeber out for the barbeque the hares will come and parade their new offspring.
And somewhere in between the hours of the cows and the hares, the local population will move in with their Peugeots and our silence will occasionally be shattered when another Normandy pleasant will meet it's Maker.
Regards from this strange and envigorating and Uppitynose and real place that they call France.
http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/eu-the-town-in-france-that-dare-not-speak-its-name-751776.html
http://www.all-free-photos.com/show/showphoto.php?idph=PI10639&lang=fr
This little abode functioned as the hunting lodge of the Chateau in the 2nd link.
I was too rushed today to get groceries, but thanks to Balazs I am enjoying a Palm from Belgium which he left me here a year go.
Bless his soul:)

Thank you Clyde. I realize you are one of the few people here that this would make some sense to having come from this area. The course work in Performing Arts that he will study there is taught by a professor from James Madison Univ, and the English courses are from faculty member from Blue Ridge Community College. So he will be taking his college classes, in those subjects, in his Junior Year in High School. Since he probably will go to James Madison for his BA, it is a jump start. Who knows maybe he will have you for a teacher!! :))

Phyllis

Andre, that sounds wonderful! We are going to the Normandy/Britanny area in July for a week. Your description of the area makes me wish it was sooner! Hares are such magical animals too ;-)
Oh well, off to see some bluebells today. A cliche but always enjoyable. Can I resist taking awful pictures of them?
The thing that has made my day so far is seeing a couple of swifts. Right on time. Summer is not far away when they are here.
Jon

Hey Jon. I will come out here more frequently now as the house is slowly becoming less hostile, so maybe we will do our promised visit...but in France:) That will be fun, and different.
Depends on where you will be. Have car - can drive.
As predicted - Weber Time right now, and across the fence there are dozens of those furry things playing around.
Francesca, who is 10 now, saw some cows pissing this morning, and was truly amazed about the volume of pee. She cannot stop talking
about it. Should I get worried:)
Bluebells...there are many around here, who how on earth do you take pictures of them:)

Seeing my 101st 1X publication from my hospital bed on heavy pain medications after surgery to replace both of my knees...and having that photo be my most recent work, 2 May, and that work on shot on b/w film with my view camera and personally developed in my makeshift darkroom.

Nice way to wake up.

Welcome back from the ether young man!! I like that shot a lot and am very glad it got published.

What made my day, seeing that you responded to this thread, let's me know you're OK!!

Appears that everything went well - glad to hear it King - and btw, I think you need to ask for stronger drugs, one should not be so lucid after double knee surgery :))

Hello King, glad that everything went well. The rest you will do.

Robert

Thanks for the well wishes, everyone.
Any apparent lucidity is an illusion. I'm doped up, pain free and have the functioning IQ of a loaf of bread.

By most people's stereotypical view, you just defined yourself as a hillbilly!! Welcome to the ranks boy!!

Glad it went well K. That pic is a cracker.
Warms my heart.
B

Thanks, Clyde.


I think Clyde just called *me* a cracker, lol.
Thanks, Bob.

From my hospital bed, 28 hours post-op.

Cheers and pass the morphine.

King

In the UK you are lucky to get a bottle to pee in, never mind wi-fi.

I have received the most beautiful comment, or maybe even love letter, of my whole life under one of my rejected images.

Come on B, we need more info than that. Spill.

B

A bit of R&R coming your way:)
Just a joke - I know you're not the type.
Bet this is a clever decoy to get us to view your rejected images, hey?

Oooh right now I need a web-addicted Mother Theresa, not a martyr :)


Hold your horses Bob, it's in Hungarian :)

Excuse me. Who has just deleted my post in reply to Balazs, and for what reason?
An OE mail will be appreciated!!

How did Clyde say?
Rui, I've stated several times that I feel this Forum is perfectly capable of self moderation and that the current "Moderation" precious volunteer hours could better be used elsewhere..

Not really today, but a few days ago. I got a signed copy of "ETRAVE", a book from Plisson where I have a photo published. http://plisson.com
A masterpiece of a book about bow design. Anyone who are interested in maritime photos should have a look at it. Big size book, great print quality, and a lot of inspirational photography. A serious book that must be more than 5 kilos..

I just received this morning a Graflex Crown Graphic, as new !

Taked the Graflex lense out, put a Topcon 120mm/f5.6 , tuning the fucusing and scales, tuning the rangefinder system, test the 6x9 and 6x12 backs and 4x5" film holder from my Horseman viewcamera on it, test light leacks in bellow ... all perfect !

Now ready to do some large& medium format landscape work with a very robust and light camera in next week, at same time i climbing some high mountains in North of Spain :)))))

A diptych I'd created from the work of two friends which was featured in a gallery in Iran as part of an international art project and was sold five times for 250 dollars, the proceeds going to a charity which supports children with cancer. Though I know this shouldn't be my incentive, I feel like I've made a very small, yet meaningfull contribution to this strange planet.

Congrats, Alex.

You have indeed Alex! :-)

Thanks both of you. :)

I received a letter from "Photographer's Forum" that I'm not only a finalist in the contest but Honorable Mention too and will be published in the magazine.

And I received an E-Mail from "Photography Masters Cup" saying that I'm nominated and will be published as well.

Not bad news ;-)

Many congratulations Kaveh.

Kaveh,

My sincere congratulations! That can make more than a day. How about making your month ;-) ?

That are really good news.

Frank

Thank you very much kenisonur ;-)


Anna, haha, making my month? That only can happen if I flee to outer space ;-) And thank you!


Thank you very much Frank :-)


BTW, here are the pictures:

You have a good understanding of chaos, not surprisingly ;-) . If I ever start a harmony discussion here on 1X - you'll get a personal invitation :-)))

Meanwhile I know I'm not good for discussions among many people, like in a forum. It's not a beautiful chaos. But I'm good in monologues and dialogs.

All right, I'll send you an essay on the subject privately when it gets to that, so you can criticize it :-)

My series with the "Black Hole" is Honorable Mention" by IPA.

http://photoawards.com/en/Pages/Gallery/zoomwin.php?eid=8-18361-10&uid=&code=Other_FA

I have participated in four contests this year and got something by three of them, but I'm not really happy. Seems something is missing to be a winner ;-)

Just got back from a class trip of trekking in north east germany, to find my photo on the frontpage. Madness! Thank you so much everyone!

Congratulations, Alex!

And it's a very unusual one too...