I didn't enjoy last weekend at all. It was kind of a matter of what was going to go wrong next. All things considered, pretty much everything has been fixed, but up until yesterday, crawling in a hole sounded like a good option.
Thanks to lots of rain over the weekend, my roof sprung a bit of a leak. Thankfully it wasn't the dripping into a bucket kind of leak, more the "Look, my wall has a boil on it" sort of leak where there was water sitting under the paint, and when I touched the paint, the water decided to come out. Well, all things considered, better the water was on my kitchen floor where it could be soaked up than in my wall getting absorbed into the drywall. The "boil" as it were, was approximately 40cm long. There was a small crack above that which was approximately 5cm long. Today they came and found where it was leaking on my roof, so if it keeps raining, it shouldn't be a problem.
Then, on Sunday I was cooking a lasagna, well, trying to cook it at least. I made everything, put it together, and put it in the oven. I thought it seemed to be taking a tad long to preheat, but my flat was pretty cold, so I just put in the food and set the timer. I come back to the oven 35 minutes later, go to pull out the lasagna, and find that not only has the cheese not melted, but the food was actually colder than when I put it in, because although the fan on my oven was running, the heating coil had died. Well, at least that's what the repair people told me today. So, that's also been fixed, so now I can eat food that's not prepared in the microwave or on the stove again :-)
And to top the entire weekend off, I caught a cold. Thankfully I'm feeling better now, but it just topped off what was an otherwise totally crappy weekend.
Here's to next weekend being better... I'd say it couldn't get any worse, but that'd just be asking for trouble :-p
Basically, what the workflow does is:
1. Downloads the photos
2. Creates a new folder
3. Renames the folder based on the date
4. Separates the jpgs out into a separate folder within that folder (get the action at Complete Digital Photography)
5. Ejects the disk (Now working thanks to an additional step)
So, my goal is to have this run automatically when I plug my camera in, then once it's done everything, eject the camera. I've saved it as a folder action, but it hasn't quite worked yet.
Still, this is the furthest I've gotten with getting a workflow to work correctly, so it's definitely made me happy :)
Edit: My workflow now actually works! When I plug in the camera it downloads the pictures, puts them into the right folder, separates the jpgs and raw files, then ejects the disk. I was just missing a step between separating the jpgs and ejecting the disk where I specified the volume that I wanted to eject.
Yup, I think I've got photographer's block. My Flickr account isn't updated as often as it should be. I know that I've been busy (note my last entry about writing 30,000 words in under a month for assignments), but I also think it's sucked my creativity.
So, Utata has a big project coming up and I really want to participate. They've got 6 categories:
- Stock photography
- Portraiture
- Landscapes
- Portfolio
- Projects
- Photojournalism
After doing this photo (left) I thought that it might be interesting to put together some sort of noir type story, because that would stretch my photography skills, my photoshop skills, and my writing skills. But then, my photoshop skills are kinda subpar, and hell, that sort of writing is definitely not my forte.
I could do a project or portfolio based on night photography (right). I did a photowalk a few weeks ago with some other photographers that was really enjoyable, and I felt that I got a lot of good shots, but at the same time, it wasn't necessarily a challenge. So, it was fun, but I'm not sure I want to make it my project for this.
The fact that it's winter in Wellington makes it difficult because there are no events going on where I could take a group of photos centred around a theme. And while I love taking fun pictures with my devil duckies, they're not going to be my project.
So, that's where I am. I'm stuck with a photographic block, and the desire to come up with something good. Talk about frustrating. I'm hoping that after a bit of relaxation once I turn in my last assignment my mind will decide that it likes to be creative again. Until then, I'm stuck.
Here's my "To do" list between about 18 May 2007 and 13 June 2007:
- ICT Use in New Zealand (3000 words).........................done
- Business Plan (7000 words).......................................done
- Literature Review (5000 words)...................................done
- 24 hour test (4500 words)...........................................done
- Virtual consulting (3000 words)...................................to do
- Final Research Proposal (6000 words).........................to do
I'm running out of things to say :-p
What kind of camera(s) do you own?
My most used camera: A Nikon d50
My point and shoot: A Canon Elph s230
My film SLR: A Canon Rebel 2000
And yet, would you believe I don't have a picture of any of my cameras? :p
