Note: The following posts were imported from my previous blogs.

Final proof  #
Thursday, 21 Oct 2004 07:32PM
Remember cute little Nathan Cavaleri playing guitar on Hey Hey It's Saturday? The little Nathan that was teaming up with our countries greatest guitar players for jams?

In some final proof that playing ability has nothing to do with song writing ability, here is Nathan's new project, the Dirty Skanks.

Their new single is called MILF. Need I say more?

The best comment I've heard so far is something along the lines of "he looks like one of those kids from the northern beaches who think gangbangs are normal."


Digital cameras  #
Thursday, 21 Oct 2004 04:10PM
We may well have spent over $300 on photography on our trip in Queensland.

And sure, that plus a few hundred bucks almost pays for an ok digital camera.

But I can't tell you how many times I saw a digital camera user point their camera at something interesting that was happening (say, a polar bear jumping into water), click to take the photo, and not have the camera go off until the polar bear had practically finished reading War and Peace.

Meanwhile I had taken three photos of the jump with my analog.

I am seeing more and more the benefits of digital, and the desire is there. But ultimately the point of me having a camera is to take photos, and if I miss half the photos what is the point?

Not to mention the extra bateries that digitals chew up. And spending enough money on memory cards for 600+ photos (yes, I could filter but I wouldn't want to do that until I got home).

And yes, you can get digital cameras that take photos as instantly as an analog, but they're in the $1000+ range. Too expensive.

All of that said, if I'd had a video camera I'd have taken much fewer photos. Many of the photos I took were of action, action I could have otherwise just filmed.

But the hunt... attempting to get that fantastic photo of action is most of the fun.

Side note. What do I take photos of?:

  • Animals
  • Bands
  • Buildings and skylines
  • Friends

Most of these are either quickly moving or/and in low light. I'm yet to see a digital camera that does either very well.