You mean I'm old ?

OY !!
Watch those pills of yours - I suspect they shouldn't be taken after a hot bath and with the booze you may well have with your dinner

Too late for what ??

This thread will continue to unravel

streets ahead of the Safari adblockers

Ah now - come on I sympathised !

Didn't vote though - didn't want to be unkind

Oh man

that was really a bit of bad luck

That's great

Looking back on the whole term I do have mixed feelings about it .

I went in from a P&S - because I was told that the beginners course was really how to switch on the camera , how to point it and press the button and how to download your pics . I was not told that they were also supposed to spend time on things like Aperture , ISO etc etc . As a result I frequently found I didn't understand what was being said - and we had no hand outs on the course. A lot of time was spent on PP - but this only works again if you have some understanding of it - and I still don't

Homework was challenging - but with your help [ and the Photomonk's ] I did manage to do that each week and satisfy his criteria , and doing it taught me a lot too.

My main criticism of the course - I think the lack of practical work in the College - but that's not Jim's fault - it was dark most nights by the time we got there - so we couldn't get out . Maybe as well as there are too many participants for practical work. The last night with only 4 out of the 15 that started was good as Jim could work with us individually - and both George [ a 'graduate' from the earlier class ] and I commented how much this gave us confidence in our first attempts at Manual .

I've gained in confidence - hugely. At the beginning [ 19 Jan ] I was using the K-x on auto ALL the time - I was very scared going to AV and when the homework was done I went back to Auto . Now I can honestly say I don't know when I last used Auto I ~think~ on my wander in Glasgow recently, for a couple of shots and then it was back on Av.

There were occasions I was ready to throw my beloved K-x out of the window because of frustration , there was the night I so very nearly walked out of the class , but I've got there and I've learned a lot and I realise how little I do know .

My next aim is to be comfortable in Manual , and really learn how to use my Metz flash [ and I do NOT learn well from books] and come the summer I hope to return from Europe with lots and lots of wonderful pictures OH and of course I have to get to grips with Elements - I'm happy tweaking in iPhoto - BUT if I start using RAW then I need to use Elements rather than iPhoto.

A wise move on his part

Welcome

What's a Jinty ? I'm not into trains - more of a sort of bus person [ by osmosis ]

It's just that I do remember using steam on the Southend- Fenchurch Street line many many moons ago .

I hadn't even noticed the level crossing sign