Just downloaded my pics from THE wedding - all 132 of them Some will be deleted I suspect , some need a little help from Aperture but there are a goodly number of keepers among them . I've taken what could really be called 'candids'. I'm actually quite chuffed with the results - never done anything like this before - particularly the shots from the evening disco.

Was chatting to the Pro [ I'd told him up in the bride's room that I would NOT be getting in his way] . He's seen some of my stuff in camera , and I've seen some of his , I was able to give him a shot he didn't think of [ the seating plan which of course had the Bride with her new surname ] He was very surprised to see I was shooting RAW.

Weather was kind to us - there was still some snow on the ground - but it was dry and very cold .

OH and on the drive up to the Hotel there was a sign I've never seen before [ and I'll try and take a pic of it tomorrow ]

And what's the car I decided not to drive down to the depths of Kent in ??

A lovely Freelander 2 auto Diesel with all the bells and whistles

Hopefully there's be some half decent pics from me of this occasion

we'll see

I'm heading South tomorrow by train - will make sure I get there safely .

Can't have the Mother of the Bride battered and damaged for the Wedding of the Year

Looking forward to this , but it's not going to be easy - I'll be glad when it's over

Tony - I'll do it on Saturday when I get there - once I've seen the Registrar

[rant]

Blasted Registrar - the Bride has just phoned me to say " Mother you will have to talk to the Registrar on Saturday - we are having a fight about my name !! "

either the woman can't pronounce her first name - Catriona - despite coaching from Madam or she can't cope with her third name - which is Portugese [ de Proança ] but not hard

I'm beginning to look slightly apprehensively at this Wedding [/rant]

Mother of the Bride is getting stressed

Hehe Barrie - re your socks

Isobel was instructed that the District Nurse would put hers on for her for the first week as they had to be worn 24hrs/day

DN called on the Monday , said she'd be back the next day and hasn't been seen since Monday

Isobel has given up on hers too OH and she's gone back to work for a few hours each day !!

OOPS - hope it thaws out soon Gwyn.

I'm travelling down to London on Wednesday for daughter #2's wedding which is in a Country House Hotel [ Rowhill Grange ] in Kent . Weather forecast is a little 'iffy'.

What with nasty weather , and the derailment on the West Coast Line this week [ and it's not back to normal yet ] I'm getting a wee bittie concerned as to what can now go adrift .

I'll double check I have enough Cards for the camera , spare set of batteries for it and another set for the Flash .

Argh - panic panic

Barrie - if it's cold and nasty - do NOT go out for your wee walk - you can get your excercise walking round the house - just think how many trips to the kitchen it can take to make a cup of coffee - and the walking round the kitchen - finding the beakers , putting them beside the kettle , realising the kettle needs water , filling it . Don't think about saving yourself effort by doing time and motion study - just do each step one at a time

Get out if it's nice and relatively warm [ and hopefully dry ]

Hope you are wearing your snazzy white socks

OK - Printer is now here and more or less set up.

Printing wirelessly is easy from across the room - definitely the lazy way to do it. I've even managed to do back to back printing without a problem - tick a box and watch it do it itself - very nice.

Copying - superb.

Insertion of the 4 ink cartridges is the easiest I have ever done - truly !

Preparation of the cartridges - that's a different story - tearing off the cellophane cover - no problem , taking off the orange lever type thing that covers the nozzle - that was NOT easy , it left grooves on the ends of my fingers - not for folk with difficulty with their hands.

Scanning - not yet got that cracked - will carry on working on that .

Have ordered up a set of new XL cartridges from 7day shop - seems to be the cheapest around - I'm sticking to genuine HP carts at present - really can't afford for anything to go wrong while it's still under warranty if I'm not using their products. After this I'll probably be using XL Black and ordinary Colour carts - I don't do a lot of colour printing , but I know I've got a fair amount coming up.


Only real grumble so far - lack of a manual - not even on the install disk !! There are times when a real life printed manual in your paws is easier than looking for the answer in an online manual.