About Me

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am an amateur photographer from Newcastle upon Tyne. I live with my husband, Graeme, alongside our 7 dogs, 3 cats and 2 ferrets. We are both interested in dog agility and I have recently started some gundog training. As well as our own dogs, I run a dog walking and pet care service. I am also studying canine behaviour and training, so always have a dog or two as a good photographic subject. I have completed two basic photography courses as well as a night photography course, to try to improve my existing skills, as well as develop new skills and find some new subjects for my photography. I shoot most of my photos with a Nikon D3000. I have two lenses - the 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6 and the 55-300mm 1:4.5-5.6. I mainly use the 55-300 lens, as it covers most bases for the type of photography I enjoy. I also have a Nissin Di622 Mark II flashgun and have recently been gifted a Manfrotto tripod.

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Sand vs zoom lens!

A few weeks ago I had a slight accident with a collision between a wet, slobbering, sand-covered spaniel and my 55-300mm zoom lens. I thought at the time I had gotten away with it, but how wrong was I. A couple of weekends ago I took my camera along to agility training to get some more shots of Xander pup and the other dogs I had with me. When I got around to editing, I realised my poor lens has grains of sand inside and are now sitting on the glass.


This photo reveals the problem with having grains of sand all over the glass in your lens. I managed to do some editing and save a few photos, but this looked like the death of my faithful and treasured zoom lens.


Jaff, a little warm after a good training session.


Murphy posing


The many poses of Mist


The 3 merles, posing together


Xander pup, getting bigger by the minute

After speaking to someone about getting my lens cleaned, I now have a dilemma. Do I spend a small fortune getting it cleaned or spend slightly more and just replace it and learn my lesson? Decision pending, as not entirely sure what I am going to do.
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