Here's some holiday snaps;
Well, most people would know what this is, and where it is!
Mountain town of Chefchaouen, Morocco
Plus some time in Hong Kong on the way home. People keep asking me what camera I used for these photos... seems like I buy a new digital camera every year and this year was no exception. Was going to travel with my old Canon 450D and some lenses, but I get so weary of carrying around a kilo of massive camera gear. Picked up an Olympus E-PM1, which is one of the new "Micro Four Thirds" range - much smaller than an SLR, but with a sensor almost as large. Result is a tiny camera, almost the size of a point&shoot compact, with incredible performance - I don't use my SLR as much anymore! I did use a couple of in-built filters in the Olympus for these photos, otherwise no retouching or adjustments used. You can also get the usual range of lenses for Micro Four Thirds, from fisheye, wide angle to tele and macro.
Today we're going out shopping to replace our kitchen tap. We "upgraded" our standard tap to some Dorf pullout kitchen mixer/spray for a couple of hundred bucks, and that turned out to be a piece of crap, with all the braided lines coming apart with less than a year's worth of use. Of course, our standard advice to anyone building a house now is - "Whatever you can upgrade yourself later, don't upgrade through the builder". Something like a tap is easy to DIY upgrade yourself later, and you can pick from a huge range of products, at a better price. Anyway, once we find a nice commercial style kitchen tap, I'll write up a DIY to change it over.
T&T
Hey your photos are fantastic! It certainly look like you had a great holiday! I have a question after reading your comment regarding upgrades. What is your opinion if we don't like the selection of entry doors. Do you think it's worth it to get a double door that's the same size as the doors we have in mind? We were advised that it's a minefield if the doors aren't the exact fit, what do you think? Thanks in advance.
ReplyDeleteHi anonymous; are you thinking of getting a regular entry door and then changing it to a double door after you move in? Would be easier to get it right the first time, ask your builder to source some double doors that you like. Double doors can be nice, look good and make it very easy to move I furniture in and out
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