Equation to a really rough time

I think I’ve hit the jackpot today.

43 degrees celcius heat + fever + looming deadline + insomnia – air conditioned bedroom = something that feels really fucked up

The freaking weather isn’t forecasted to ease up for another 4 days… I really wish I was somewhere else right now.

Life is hectic

Life has been crazy the last few months. Work life especially. I hate the fact that it has affected all my other lives as well. Social life is down in the dumps, climbing life is wallowing in the shits. Oh and did I mention that I didn’t get time off from the office during the two week break over Christmas and New Year? I think I am definitely a very different person right now. I feel like I’m endlessly shovelling an enormous pile of shit which never seems to end. It certainly feels very frustrating to meet one crazy deadline and stare down the face of another impossible one straight after.

Living life with crazy amounts of information in my head is definitely not a nice thing. It’s like noise. Static noise, that is. Climbing used to sort that bit out, temporarily at least. Even that’s not working now because the fucking stress is affecting my climbing so much it’s not even funny. Grades have dropped, strength has dropped. Did a climb today and Bob (read previous posts) felt like he was going to break again…

Fuck this shit. I’m going to bed early tonight and starting early tomorrow when my head is a little more clear.

Digital darkroom goodness

Aahh… I’m having so much fun with my new toy it’s not even funny. Having signed up to the australian photography forum and having feedback from other like minded souls is just my cup of tea. Here’s a cool one I whipped out tonight in a digital darkroom frenzy. Inspired by the old Diana camera which cost 1 dollar in the 1960s.

Snap Happy

More HDRI fun with my new toy. Learn something new every fucking day I always say…

Melbourne Exhibition Building

Melbourne Cup day

Ho Hum… Another Melbourne Cup day. At least it’s a day off. Stupid body clock just didn’t get it and decided to wake up at 630 am. My brain was having none of that and went back to sleep until 930am. Had brunch at the Mule and decided to take a walk around the city with my new baby. Oh, if you’ve read my previous post, you would have known that I was shopping around for a DSLR camera and I thought I would get the Nikon D60. However, after going through the specs in detail, I realised that it didn’t have some of the functions that I wanted and so decided to get a mid-range one and voila! This is my new baby!

Absolute beuty!

Lots more buttons, lots more features, more useful kit lens. God knows how I’ve survived this long with a stupid point  & shoot. This baby here has got the intelligence to automatically make your images look good for when you’re on the run OR the flexibility to let you run the show for when creativity is needed. Mind you, I’m still finding stuff out with this camera so don’t quote me. I’ve also been reading up and dabbling with some HDRI stuff and this is what I’ve got today in the city.

GPO building interior

GPO building exterior