I am blogging from the gorgeous Sea Breeze Hotel in Southern Barbados. I know, I can hardly believe it either! This place is truly a little piece of paradise. I can barely believe it also due to the hazardous conditions in which we took off. Snow and ice (you may recall my previous blog detailing the snow, well, the snow came back, with a vengeance) threatening to cancel our flight, without any knowledge on when we may be able to fly. Two days before we left, Gatwick was closed, and even on the day we took off, albeit three and a half hours late, but we took off!, it closed again due to icy conditions. We watched as our plane had its tail and wings de-iced! A strange sight that was, I can tell you. Anyways, enough of the drama.
In mind - what can I say? This beautiful island has "photo opportunity" written all over it. I have to confess, all I needed to do was point the camera, each scene was picture-worthy. I was most captivated by the palm trees, so elegant blowing gently in the wind. They were also the perfect foreground for my out-to-sea shots and my skyline images.
The weather was variable. Some days, well part of the day, was glorious sunshine, then the next minute, a downpour to rival Niagara Falls! Luckily, these did not last for long. Other days were showery and cloudy but always hot. Between 27oC and 29oC on average during the day. This meant a range of shots was possible. From the early morning sun, which captured me at 5.50 in the morning and begged me to get my camera out. To the mid-day full-on shine which sparkled on the water and as a side point was beyond my capability to shoot into the sun, as a photography book had suggested. Be brave it said, shield your lens from glare, it said. Hmm, I said, as I tried and then went back to shooting with the sun behind me
I also had the opportunity to shoot inside some caves which was breathtaking and I enjoyed every minute, even the "cave showers" which continuously dropped on my head were worth the soaking!
03/01/11
Well, I am back in grey, cold Brighton once again, but for to beat the holiday blues, here is a selection of my favourite images from the holiday. Enjoy..
In Camera - sticking to auto and no flash modes. The Canon range is good with the pre-set functions to use in different settings. I experimented a little with changing the aperture to get some in focus and out of focus shots, please see the glass in the foreground and palm trees in the background ones. But still, I was not happy with my stabbing in the dark trial-and-error shooting. Never fear though, as my course starts soon and I am very excited as I have just picked up my NEW CAMERA!! I can finally give back the 30D which I was borrowing from my folks. I am now the proud owner of a Canon EOS 500D which is so much smaller than what I am used to, much less bulky, so much so that it almost feels like a toy camera!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my parents for the loan of the 30D, the 30D itself - we have had some adventures and I will be sad to see you go, and last but certainly not least, all those who have contributed in the way of birthday and Christmas monies to help me save up for the 500D, Mum and Dad, Anne and Steve, Nana and Grandad, Paul's Nanny, and Paul - thank you all so much xx.
Well, time for me and the 500D to get acquainted - watch this space!
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