Kylie and I went gallavanting down south a few weeks ago and I have only just started going through all the photos. Which are many! Lets just say i took 300…… because i can. 
Here are a few and there are lots more on flickr (not 300 tho)!
A friend and myself decided to attend (fairly last minute) a pirate party in Lake Daniels. I didn’t know the birthday boy for whom the party was for, but he didn’t seem to mind. We dashed off after faffing in town at about 1, we drove through drizzle and rain for twoish hours. Arrived at the hutt in the dark around 6ish. It rained the entire time we walked but never enough to get to upset about, as we were under the bush canopy and fairly well protected.
After fun frivolty and many “arrrrgggggg” with fists shaking… we all went to bed to wake up to this:
I happily ran around with my camera and and took ALOT of photos…
We dashed off because we had to get home quick like. There was no stopping but as we drove up the pass there was SNOW and I took even MORE photos out of the car window.
All in all a lovely weekend really…
I went to a wedding this weekend. Due to the overwhelming amount of Photographers I didn’t bring my camera out, so no photos of the lovely people and gorgeous wedding things unfortunately, all the same it was nice not to be behind a camera and to take it all in. We stayed in a lovely lodge called “Pudding Hill Lodge” where we had a bunk room to ourselves and a big fireplace with sofas you could fall asleep on, looking over Pudding Hill and Mt Hutt, framed by autumnal trees. In the mean time here are some photos from a day walk we walked the day before. There is more on flickr..
For those of you who have asked here are my camera details: Nikon D80, with three main lenses I use.
1. The first multi purpose lens I brought: Sigma DC 18 - 50 mm 1:2.8
2. Landscape lense: AF-S Nikkor 1:4.0 12 -24mm
3. Portraits: 50 mm AF Nikkor 1:1.4 D
I have sold the car! Made the move because I was trying to save and with todays fuel costs, it wasn’t happening fast enough (just call me impatient). I have also been ‘fueled’ with a new found confidence after recently training and finishing (WOOO HOOO) the Le Race.
Thats me with my boss behind me… he over took me at this point, but I was very happy that i had a photo of him eating my dust.. can’t ya tell?
Now I am kinda obsessed with bikes, I want to get a nice commuter one. I could go and spend all my pennies on a brand new one. But I keep on thinking of those cute 1950’s looking bikes. The ones with the wicker baskets on the front, the covered chain, the pannier on the back. But how fast can they go? A friend from Denmark biked the le race aswell AND she beat me! She was cycling a hybrid bike. Kinda like a road bike but with slightly wider tyres, mud guards and panniers for carrying stuff. I think this is my mission, to find or make one out of parts that is similar. Hers is brought back from Denmark, so no buying something similar.
Bike pictures!
The Victoria Classic, The Pack Max, Rest: copenhagenize
The boss sent out an email yesterday to ask if anyone would be interested in entering into “Le Race” a 100k ride from Christchurch to Akaroa, if so, he would get us some jerseys and pay the entry fee. I have one bike: A mountain bike, but as I feel quite fit at the moment I thought I shouldn’t discount it straight away. After talking to some friends and planning a training schedule I am gonna do it. Now I am faced with the scariness of a whole new world I never thought I would have to deal with. Road biking. To me this means cars, bunch riders going really fast and long days of training on the road. The lovely thing about mountain biking is the lack of roads and the ability to stop every now and then for a chat and a catch up with someone else out bumping along the single track or 4wd Drive rd.
Next on the list is some decent bike shorts, a service for my slightly trashed bike and some city slick tyres (much nicer to use on roads than my mtb nobbly ones)
I hope everyone had a lovely New Year and Christmas. I escaped for two weeks and left my home for another to play and make. On the last day of work I was lucky enough to have some extra cash to buy what I have been wanting for a wee while now. A digital Camera!!! whooooooop! Here are some photos off my brand new Nikon D80, visit my flickr for more. I am still figuring out the settings and stuff… to find the best settings for me. Still finishing sorting through them all so more photos are coming.
