Ferry Crossing Lake Champlain

Lake Champlain

New Lens Day

My first Z mount lens. 40mm:

My shiny new 28mm lens:

Also, 28mm Robin:

Two Photography Notes

Two quick photography notes to share.

First… is today a NLD? What is NLD? New Lens Day! I ordered a 28mm f2.8 Nikon Z mount lens from Best Buy. Will I get it today or will I have to wait another day? I don’t know yet. I’ll find out when I find out.

Second… All of those lame iPhone photos I’ve been sharing over the last few weeks, the ones with all the heavy filters, were taken with an app called Hipstamatic which was super popular in the early days of the iPhone but was sort of blown out of the water by Instagram. I still like it, mostly because it’s so over the top, but also because I’ve spent a small fortune on in-app purchases (filters, which it releases as film and lenses) so every so often I feel the need to use it to justify the expenditure. Anyway, Hipstamatic has tried to reinvent itself a few times. Currently there is Hipstamatic Classic, which is the one I use, and Hipstamatic X.

I messed around with Hipstamatic X a bit today. It doesn’t have the random lens/film setting (which Classic calls Shake to Shuffle and I use all the time) so really, what’s the point? I did setup some combos though and maybe I’ll use it once in a while, but I think I will stick to the Classic version.

These were taken with Hipstamatic X:

So were these:

Lily and the Doctor

Lily isn’t really interested in Doctor Who. She’s interested in being lazy. I see the appeal.

The Ladies

Get the Band Back Together

We’re trying again. We’re trying to get the band back together for a rehearsal. We’re trying to make it a regular thing again and to set goals for gigs in the coming year. Will Thursday October 12th be the first time all four of us play together since pre-Covid? My fingers are emphatically crossed.

After Work

I am so happy to have been able to punch out of work today. We got a lot of good stuff done today, but it was a long day. When I punched out and came upstairs I had these two monsters waiting for me.

I made a simple dinner for me and Jen. She said it was good. There was a second there when I was pretty sure I was going to have a full blown floamies incident but after a few seconds the mashed potatoes decided to play nicely and I was okay. Now I’m watching an episode of Severance and hoping that I don’t fall asleep until I’m ready for bed, which could be in about five minutes or so. It’s 7:40. Yeah, I am bushed.