Author: Terry Baldwin

8th September 2018

Picture No 8

I’ve popped down to see my Dad for the weekend.

Hopefully a picture of the sea tomorrow.

7th September 2018

Picture No7

Today’s picture about another hobby or interest, it’s photography. I started taking pictures with a Olympus OM 10 in the early 80’s. I took lots of pictures when the kids were little with a Minolta 9000 camera. I then lost interest when the early digital camera’s started to appear. I’m not sure what re-awakened my interest in photography, but I took the plunge and embraced digital photography and brought a Nikon D80 sometime in 2008.

Things have come full circle as although primarily I still use a digital camera, I started using a film camera once again. What’s missing from today’s picture ?.

6th September 2018

Picture No 6

Today’s picture features another hobby of mine which is shooting. I have been shooting small-bore rifle competitively since the early ’90’s. I learnt how to shoot small-bore rifle at the Kodak rifle club, now I currently shoot at the Cheshunt rifle and pistol club.

The targets in the picture were shot using an Anschutz .22 rim-fire rifle at 25yds. I have only ever shot paper targets, I have no interest whatsoever in shooting animals.

5th September 2018

Photo No 5

Today’s picture features a hobby that I have been interested in for about 32 years, which is Amateur radio.

Over the coming weeks I will explain more about the hobby, but for now it basically communicating to other radio amateur’s all over the world using radio waves. I have taken a picture of a Yaesu FT-225RD, which was a current radio in the 1980’s and is still very highly regarded today.

4th September 2018

Picture No 4

The pictures over the next couple of days will show some of my interests and hobbies. I am trying to use digital camera rather than rely on my iPhone. My aim is to take a new picture every day rather than rely on pictures that I have taken in the past. Taking a fresh picture every day also put’s me under abit of pressure to come up with idea’s and pictures.

I took today’s picture using my Olympus OM-D E-M5 using one of the ART menu’s which replicates a pin hole camera. So the hobby or interest I have featured is motorcycles, I have both new and classic motorcyles.

3rd Sept 2018

Picture No 3

Today’s picture is a piture of a book that I hope is going to help me improve the look of my website and blog. Ordered yesterday (Sunday) and arrived today (Monday) what would we do with out the internet.

2nd September 2018

Picture No 2 

Today we got up at 05:30 to go wild mushroom picking at Heartwood Forest which is located between Sandridge and Wheathampstead.

https://heartwood.woodlandtrust.org.uk/

A bonus picture, one of the fruits of our labour or a mushroom of our labour.

I am going to try a post a new picture everyday for a year. The reason behind this is to learn how to use WordPress, use my camera or camera’s more and just see if I can keep the whole thing going for a year. During the year I hope that you will find out a little bit more about me and enjoy my pictures. I will be interested in any comments.

August 1st 2018

Picture No1

Just to get the ball rolling I snapped a quick picture of some flowers in the garden.