A Day's Grace - Now Rush In...

You've just had a day at home - or wherever you have shifted home to - without being able to come in and buy cameras and lenses and tripods. The pressure to spend has been building up for 24 hours...

Here is your opportunity - between 10:00 and 1:00 - to satisfy that urge. We know you are in a hurry to get down south or up north or just away from your relations, so we will have an express service.

You drive by the shop front on Stirling Street at 60 km an hour and throw a thick wad of $ 100 bills at the front door. Then circle the block twice and drive by again. We will throw something at the side window of your car. It may not be what you were thinking about but it will be good value nevertheless. You can accelerate down the street, turn left at the roundabout, and be onto the Graham Farmer freeway with hardly any interruption.

Easter efficiency. That's what it's all about!

The Triumph Of The Will I Or Won't I...?

The Temptation was always there. Whenever it threatened to go away, I made sure it stayed, and provided new reasons to give in to It...

You know how it goes. I found a spare $ 1000 sitting in the back pocket of my jeans when I went to put them in the wash, along with the Coles voucher that saves 4¢ on petrol. Rather than wasting it on housing, groceries, or medicine, I decided to buy a new piece of photographic equipment. The only difficulty was deciding what to get.

Should it be a new camera or lens? A new tripod? A new monitor? A new printer? Or 250 monogrammed lens cloths? Oh the decisions, the decisions...

Would it be a good idea to put a down payment on something really, really expensive and then put the jeans back in the closet with a $ 50 bill in the back pocket as seed? Maybe more will grow.

      How about an overseas holiday to take award-winning iconic images of Kuta Beach.
Or a domestic trip to Margaret River to take award-winning iconic images of the underside of a table in a winery. Well, I was really torn now...

Then it came to me - I knew. I knew. Perfect. An action camera, a long bamboo pole from Bunnings, and a trip to the dunes out the back of Swanbourne Beach. The images might not be award-winning but By Golly they were iconic.

Uncle Dick