Last night I went to a camera club.
Most of the evening was spent listening to a poor quality cassette recording of a woman telling us what to look for when judging photographs entered in competitions. The quality of the recording was matched by the equally poor slideshow - using slides - that displayed the photos [...]
A camera? At a camera club?
January 6 09
What happened after the dinosaurs?
January 6 09
I was informed today by an 8 year-old child that after the dinosaurs came the Tudors, and after the Tudors came us.
His understanding of history is not much more advanced than mine.
Jobs and rumours of jobs
January 5 09
It’s my first day back in the primary school I was in before Christmas… the school is freezing. I’ve just been playing the piano in assembly and was shivering as I was playing.
I miss the Christmas holidays (apart from having a blocked toilet (now fixed)). I miss having time to read, photograph and geek out, [...]
Template messing
January 3 09
Okay, as you can see, I’m messing with my template a lot. It’s not quite there yet, obviously. I need the second post to be below the first post. I’m getting there. But I’m not there. It’s not clear to me how I shift the second post down. Not clear at all.
But I can’t carry [...]
Wordpress exceeds all
January 3 09
I’m still theme hunting/tweaking, but this is it. Again. The inevitable return to Wordpress has been made, and I have to say, it feels good. Tumblr was working beautifully, but Wordpress exceeds all.
The Welcome Wagon (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
January 2 09
The Welcome Wagon (Asthmatic Kitty Records)
This band (husband and wife) is fantastic. I recommend.
Tomatoes
January 2 09
The latest offering to appear on daviddave.com, my new photosite.
Tomatoes (via daviddave)
You scoff, I shoot.
January 1 09
Don’t you love it when people laugh and scoff at you for pointing your camera at buildings? I love it. Personally, I think this shot came out nicely. I want to revisit this building with a couple of willing models and see what else I can come up with.
Opposite (via da√idda√e)
The first lesson of marriage.
January 1 09
For ourselves, we both had to make adjustments in the light of what married life revealed: irritating habits, unexpected behaviour, values which differed from our own.
The first lesson of marriage is to accept our husband or wife as they are, rather than trying to make them into the person we had hoped they would be. [...]
Inside and outside
January 1 09
I’ve just started reading through Numbers, in the Bible. Whilst there are a lot of numbers, there is much more going on. The first ten chapters are about God preparing the Israelites to enter the Promised Land. There are lots of laws, guidelines, dos and do-nots. Obviously, the dos fit in with God’s will. The [...]
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January 1 09
I didn’t go to bed until 3am. Today sees us tidying the kitchen, again, and having some quality daveandbeth time.
Here starts 2009. The year of blogging&journaling&photographing.
Everything Is Illuminated
December 31 08
I once saw this film on an aeroplane (airplane, for all my (hundreds of) readers from the US), and have been desperately been trying to remember the title of it so I could either watch it again or read the book. It was a fantastic film. And here it is. I’ve found it.
52books:
#53: Everything is [...]
I love Jesus Christ
December 31 08
I admire Jesus Christ more than any other human or angelic being.
I enjoy his ways and his words more than I enjoy the ways and words of anyone else.
I want his approval more than I want the approval of anyone else.
I want to be with him more than I want to be with anyone else.
I [...]
Top 3 of 2008
December 31 08
With time short and the washing up calling my name, here’s the top three events (in chronological order) that have happened in my life this year. 2008 will undoubtedly be a landmark year in the life of David Sharpe.
- completing my PGCE (teacher training)
- moving into my own (rented) house
- getting married
I have so much [...]
Proper
December 31 08
The end of 2008. Last night I thought of lots of things I want to do today, let alone in 2009. But so far other “life jobs” and little distractions have got in the way.
I need a strategy to be able to get done these things that I want to get done. The main one, [...]
New photosite up and running - daviddave.com.
December 29 08
New photosite up and running - daviddave.com.
All I want for Christmas is an unblocked toilet
December 24 08
I have set up a new photosite at daviddave.com. One photo per day is my aim, although I shall fail from tomorrow as it’s Christmas day. And I shall probably fail until at least the 27th or 28th. But from then on, watch me fly! And buy my photos!
Life is crazy at the [...]