Well it's just totally typical

The one day I finished early this week was wednesday and the weather was bloody owful - there's a surprise - yesterday it snowed but I was stuck in the office so it didn't mater - today of course I have been forced to sit at my desk all day looking out the window at a beautiful blue sky with just enough clouds to make it interesting - even now though the sky is darkening and it has clouded over it's a dramatic light and would much rather be out with my camera- clicking away, practising my hobby. Now, it's almost the weekend and I have got the next three days off - hmm - so I wonder what the weather will do - how much do you want to bet it will rain.Roll on my holiday for sun, sea and photography.

Tasha's Birthday

Today is my friend Tasha's birthday so we had a little get together. Now Tash has two gorgeous Westies which I love taking photos of and to be honest they seem to like it as well as they always pose so here are some pix of Tootsie and Buster and one with Tash as well

Photos from the WCCA

All the Yell Ltd Newport guests athe the awards ceremony

The boss makes a speech on accepting his award

With Tim Vincent


With 'Dave' from Gavin and Stacey

Welsh Contact Centre Awards

Well on Thursday night I was lucky enough to attend the Welsh Contact Centre Awards in Cardiff's City Hall. As always I had a camera with and it was agreat night out for all present - the tables cost £1,000 each for 10 people so it wasn't a cheap night at all.
The room was beautifully decorated and the evening was hosted by former Blue Peter presenter Tim Vincent. The raffle was drawn by 'Dave' of 'Dave's Coaches' in Gavin and Stacey and I managed to get photos with both of them.
The bast part of the night was the fact of course that my boss won 'Best Ops Manager with less than 100 staff' I have to say he really deserved it and is the best boss I have ever had (okay now can I have a pay rise please Andrew?)
Took lots of photos of the fun and festivities but have to admitt spent most of the evening looking at the beautiful ceiling with the golden cherubs what a great subject for some photos! If only I had the Dslr with me! Also photoworthy was the wonderful statue of St David in the lobby and the three flags the European, Union Flag and of course the Welsh flag!
All I can say is it was fab night and I'm so glad I went

Out & About

Went out and about with the camera today to various places, taking photos on Av and in raw when I got home I played around with canon dpp and converted them to black and white - i really enjoed the day out and converting them and playing with the contrast etc here is a sample of the results

Well as I predicted...

...wednesday was a total wash out it didn't stop raing all day.
So instead of going out and about I stayed in and spent the day looking at this great website I found a week ago its called opacity - and is dedicated to abandoned buildings - the photography of the buildings by a guy named 'Motts' is simply stunning - he makes even the mudane highly fascinating and the quality of his work is just inspiring. Although based in the US he has traveled extensively recording images of hospitals, churches etc for posterity and a good job as well as some of the buildings no longer exist and it is Motts who has inspired to get out with my cameras again and to learn to use the dslr properly.
So if you want to see a website of the best images on the web go to http://www.opacity.us