November 2006 Entries
The Frog Prince and I are now in our new pad!
The move went really smoothly in the end… the weather held, the boxes were all packed by the time the removal company arrived, and the concerns we had about all our stuff actually fitting have turned out to be (mostly) unfounded.
We’re pretty much unpacked and settled with most of what we need day-to-day in some sort of semi-permanent home… and anything that we can’t find a home for (or haven’t used for all the time we were in Birmingham *cough*Lou’s stuff*cough*) will be sold/freecycled/charity shopped. All our stuff is now...
My (belated) birthday present to myself was another “studio” session with a new macro lens from the Frog Prince.
This follows on from an earlier set, the Blue series, which turned out really well with no post-processing and using relatively slow shutter speeds and handheld.
I’d been meaning to follow it with this one for a while.
So, ladies, gentlemen and assorted pondlife, I give you: the Purple series. Enjoy!
Phew! It’s been a busy few weeks. I’ve been settling in to my new job and helping on several Head First books, including Head First Object Oriented Analysis and Design, which is due to hit the shops soon. Just in time for Christmas! ;)
I’ve also been getting my teeth into training materials and templates for new authors. I can honestly say that I’m loving it, and best of all, I haven’t had to give up Frog Box Design which was a bit of a concern when I took the job. I’m not...