The second act was something I wasn’t prepared for. I’ll admit I have not been to many local music sessions so the soft Lisa Thuenissen was something I was expecting. When The Swamis came out they were loud, fast, powerful and made me stop and go “YEEEEEAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!”
Absolutely commited rock. As well as the sound I was very impressed with their pressence and performance; for such a small venue they really rocked it out; the crowd was immediately behind them. Now remember Aylesbury is just know for it’s Ducks so three …

It was the weekender at a local pub, I couldn’t attend on Saturday beacause of conflicting photo assignments, but I am so glad I went last night. I saw 3 acts, Lisa was the first one I caught. She played a great set and was always natural infront of the camera. That’s the wonderful thing about bands, they’re always prepared to be photographed and don’t mind you taking shots.
Lisa and the band played to a receptive crowd, there was quite a buzz with many people enjoying the music.
From a photography …

No sooner had we all swooned and ahhh’ed over the D3 and the D300, then Nikon does the unthinkable… releases a camera that fits in between. I did a shoot last night at a local venue, but the lighting conditions went from very poor to just dark! It was then I felt I missed the amazing sensitivity of the D3. We’ll wait to see how well this D700 performs.

I play badminton regularly, so I wanted to try out my new Nikon Fisheye 10mm to see how it would before shooting fast action, contrasting lighting conditions and see what opportunities it opens to my photography.

I’m helping a friend decorate his house, there’s a Polish plasterer here. With his broken ‘Engleesh’ and his political views he’s certainly a dynamic character. However, there was a moment where the low sun was lighting up the room he was plastering. He was covered in dirt, paint, glue and all sorts and there was a moment he was really concentrating on his face, there was dust kicking up by his feet as he was shuffling along the wall he was plastering and it would have made a BRILLIANT photo… …