AHA !!

Ken - thanks - will be committed to memory [ and paper ] and used [ though of course is the weather is like this it will be a no go session] .

Will def. tuck that idea in the brain [ what there is of it ] for future use .

Once this is over I'll consider going to RAW - but I'll let the course finish first .

I now have Aperture on so pp will become easier for me - no longer struggling with just iPhoto .

OK - the 'Squinty Bridge'

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Basically I'm not sure what the tutor is wanting - and as I said his attention will be elsewhere I'm sure. We are , I suspect, out for his benefit rather than ours .

I'm more or less happy to try and shoot manually - but I'm normally using either AV or TV and I seem to be very comfortable there - usually getting what I'm after.

I love the 40mm - I really wasn't sure of it for this . The Tamron will certainly give me plenty of 'reach'.

My poor Kx has hardly been out of it's case since the end of August since I've really been tied to the house , and of course now we have adverse weather, and being a K-x, it's not weather sealed .

I'm hoping to get some buildings with interesting light on them ,some reflections in the Clyde, maybe the illuminated 'squinty bridge' and possibly even a few good light trails . It all of course depends on the weather

Ummm - just a thought .

If you are doing the actual Christening Ceremony in the Church have you checked with the officiating Clergy that you are allowed to use all your lighting stuff ? I would have thought that 2 tripods and a brolly or two might be a bit more than he would be happy with .

The best alarm I have is an elderly Nokia Phone 3100 - the one with a luminous band round the control panel

This has a keypad that lights up on any activation and at night, before the alarm actually sounds - the keypad flashes for a few times and then you hear the alarm sounding. Normally just the keypad flashing wakes me

Love the little deer

Don't appreciate the subject but I do appreciate the skill

OK been doing the College Course again since the beginning of September - very different this time and we will draw a veil over my thoughts [ and they do match another student's thoughts too ]

We have had 2 good classes - on composition - and they were mainly discussions about shots we had done .

Next week he's determined to take us out again - can't really do landscape thanks to the light at 7pm or later , so we are meeting at a hotel down near the SECC , parking cars there, having coffee and then starting to take shots [ Tripods will be taken ] round about the 'Squinty Bridge area'

OK this is right outside my comfort zone and I'm only going because I will be in a group .

Question - since I'm not comfortable in Manual yet, but will have to use it I suspect , which of my lenses will actually be best for this ? I can really only take a small bag with me , don't want to try switching lenses quickly [ with my hands this can be problematical ] in the dark. Reflections of the 'Squinty Bridge' in the Clyde at night can be pretty spectacular , and I'd like to try and get some reasonable pictures .

We will be a small group [ on Wednesday 9 out of the 14 starters were there ] but I know where our tutor's attention will be focused - and it's not on me , so I'm really on my own for this.

My bedside one is , so is the kitchen clock and also one in the newly done upstairs sitting room - BUT it still needs me to manually change things like 4 Time switches [ they are fiddly ] and then the other manual clocks [ the chiming one has to be stopped for an hour ]

I trust my watch will change itself , the computers will but I have a feeling that my mobile has to be done manually .

Sadly them I'll have to re-set them all again when we change the clocks again for summer time .

Must remember to do them all BEFORE I have a drink

It's not just the fact that the clocks alter - it's the going round the house changing them all - the Microwave , the new cooker - the chiming clock ALL the time switches

ARGH - it drives me crazy

I understand that if you wear a Hi-Vi this does also help - it keeps members of the public aware of your presence so they are not very likely to intrude on ' your space'