time for summer
Today is the official start of my summer holidays. The next six weeks are packed full of many fun trips and I shall be taking my trusty pentax along for the ride. I can't wait for time to rest, explore and spend with the people I love.
a cow's life
I met these guys on a retreat to the country earlier this year and couldn't get enough!
las vegas botanical gardens (ii) .. desert colours
I love the variety of shapes and colours that grow even in desert conditions. The red and yellow flowers reminded me of a similar plant from my childhood in Tanzania. I'm very thankful to my other half for sticking out the extreme heat with me to explore these fun gardens.
las vegas botanical gardens (i) .. cactus, cactuses, cacti
I love a good cactus. Last summer I got to explore the botanical gardens in Vegas which, naturally, are full of exciting desert plants. How amazing are the cactus skeletons? I had never come across them before. It was great to see all the different types of plants. Now I just need to get out there on a road trip and see them in the desert. Joshua Tree and Monument Valley..you're top of the list!
camera dreams
When making my commitment to shooting only film last year, I motivated myself with the promise of a new camera. I had long coveted a pentax k1000 but decided I needed to be using film more regularly if I was going to get yet another camera! So after the best part of a year without my digital slr I received a pentax for my birthday. At first I was so unsure about using it. The k1000 is fully manual and I had put off getting my head around all the seemingly daunting specifics of aperture, shutter speed, f-stops, fractions, exposure in my photography thus far, mainly because shooting in automatic is so simple. This camera meant taking my loyalty to analogue photography up a level. After lots of research it turns out the best way to learn is to practice. I threw myself in the deep end and shot two rolls before getting any prints (granted this did take me several months). Going to pick the prints up from being developed I had no idea whether the photos would resemble anything like the images I had intended. Amazingly, I was thrilled with the results. It felt like some kind of magic, looking at the way the light had been captured by the camera. Super cheesy but there you have it. And so, after a nervous start, I am head over heels for my lovely pentax. Here are a few of the first photos I took..with the promise of many more to come.
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