Holly and Old Car

Holly, a photo by oamphotography on Flickr.

Many other photos in the set on my flickr!

Holly - Summer '11 Photoshoot revisitted

Holly, a photo by oamphotography on Flickr.

"For the love of chips"

"For the love of chips", a photo by oamphotography on Flickr.

Who knew Tesco shopping trolleys had this written on them...

Dell, Winter mornings, a Sunset, and a Train station

Brrr, winter is here. I hate the cold, the short dark days, and the illness that often comes with it. That said, I actually enjoyed taking the dogs for a walk at 7:30am this morning, crunching frosty grass under my feet and breaking thin ice on puddles gave me more pleasure than it perhaps should have done!.. You have to take pleasure in the little things though - as the film Amelie (well worth a watch if you haven't seen it) orchestrates.

Yesterday I opened up my brand spanking new Dell 15 R Special Edition laptop, YAY-NO, it had a 'hot pixel', a bright white patch on the screen; after a total of about 4hrs on the phone to Dell the problem is hopefully sorted. If you're looking to buy a new computer soon I would advise you to go to anywhere but Dell. Their minimum policy on returns for screens is, one customer service adviser stated, 125 dead pixels (the "industry standard") in order to get a free return or to qualify for a replacement. 125 dead pixels; if that were the case there would be about an inch patch of nothingness on the 1080p screen. Diabolical. Looking on their website, hidden in the depths, they state that 6 or more dead/hot pixels qualify for a free return/replacement... That was posted in 2009 though... How they can legally set such arbitrary limits is beyond me.

                                                                    My 50mm F/1.4 lens gives some nice 'Bokeh'.

Naturally I argued against this 125 dead pixel policy, and eventually he agreed he would put in a 'request' for a free collection (for a refund, I wanted a replacement) against their standard £20 fee. They send out faulty products, then charge you to return them - makes sense?! In my final attempt I ended up talking to a 4th adviser, and now I hopefully have someone coming on Monday to replace the screen. Fingers crossed.

Because the Laptop was being delivered to a different house then where I usually reside, I had to catch the bus and train to get there - the sunset was taken through the bus window.

Oh and, **** you Dell.

Snake - Pastel Royal Python

Snake - Pastel Royal Python, a photo by oamphotography on Flickr.

So as a hobby I keep quite a few reptiles. Here's one of the baby snakes I have for sale!

"Throw the ball already!" 

Midnight Pancake cravings overcame me... Has to be lemon and sugar! Here's an unnecessary montage:

Border Collie Tilly

Border Collie Tilly, a photo by oamphotography on Flickr.

Don't you just love to have a shake after getting out of the sea?

Well, today has been a very, very lazy day where I have done  little else apart from watch my stubble grow...  So have a lazy picture...I really need a haircut too.

I don't really classify yorkshire terriers as dogs, but they're kinda cute.

JUMP!

JUMP!, a photo by oamphotography on Flickr.

I'm revisiting some photos from a holiday in Gt Yarmouth at the moment, the unfortunate grave site of my Tamron 70-300mm Telephoto lens (turns out lenses don't work well with sand in them).

This is probably around the 3rd time he jumped off the ledge, after receiving encouragement from me to jump as high as possible!

I'm sorry to subject you to this...But here's a cliche photo of a sunset. Prettty

Having to rely on public transport is the bane of my life...But as with all bad things there is always an upside; instead of sitting in the bus shelter and freezing my nuts off for 1 1/2 hrs I decided to take some pictures, albeit in the rain, it was still more enjoyable. There aren't many photographic objects outside of  Tescos, but I'm pretty pleased with this photo of a passing BMW.

More from the set can be seen on my Flickr.

Carpe diem