Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Normal Program
Exposure Time
1/8
F Number
5
ISO
400
Focal Length
35mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
Yesterday we had worked for 14 days in a row, needless to say that we have been extremely tired most of the time, especially since we also work almost ten hours a day. Fruit picking is a tough and demanding job but we sure enjoy it. Where else do you have your office outdoors in the sunshine and rain?
After work we went straight to the hostel to shower and then we drove a few minutes to Warren District Agricultural Show here in Manjimup. It is quite a big festival down here in the South West. They had a horse riding competition, a cute carnival, live music, motocross shows and one big exhibit hall.
This is a yearly event and it keeps quite a few people occupied, because they work hard in order to prepare something good and out of the ordinary for the exhibit hall. What you can show is your locally grown fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers. You can also show your skills at cooking, painting, sewing, photographing. All of the above are also judged which encourage people to get better and better at what they are doing.
Our friend Shirley at the local video store told me about this show a couple of weeks ago and encouraged me to enter a selection of my photographs. The night before the photos had to be delivered, me and my lovely Jenny were sitting up late working on them. I had gotten them printed the day before but we had to fix some sort of frame around all of them, which ended up being very amusing. I’ll upload pictures of me on Facebook, sitting on the cement floor with a piece of wood and a sharp knife, trying to get the correct size for the frames.
When we came to the exhibit hall I was a bit nervous but we stayed occupied looking at all these beautiful pictures. Imagine the surprised look on my face when I found out that two of my photographs had received second prize in Landscape / Seascape and Monochrome – my two favourite classes!
I’m feeling so proud. Not only because of the prizes but also because I saw people point on my photos to both discuss and compliment them.
Later on when I collected them, the lady working told me about the Monochrome class. There were only two judges and they loved one picture each. They came absolutely nowhere in their discussions so in the end they decided to just flip a coin. Just thought I would let you know about what’s been going on. Now however, it is definitely time to sleep.
Have fun and stay happy!
Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Exposure Time
1/50
F Number
8
ISO
200
Focal Length
85mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Manual
Exposure Time
1/15
F Number
10
ISO
200
Focal Length
17mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
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I can’t understand that it is already February. Where have this last year gone? Last time we saw Sweden was when the flowers blossomed, the birds began to sing and the first warm days arrived. I remember everything so well. The Excitement – the Chaos – and then the Freedom. What always makes me sad is when you leave people behind that you love dearly and the last time you see them, is not the last time, though you won’t see them again for a long time. Also – you cannot be completely sure they’ll recognise you when you get back. Or that others change and grow up until you meet them the next time. At least, that’s the way I sometimes think.
In my opinion I haven’t changed that much. I am still childish sometimes and at other times too mature for my own age. Always been, but I have began wondering if my age and myself will catch up in a few years time. Maybe you don’t really understand what I mean, neither do I occasionally, but I’ve always been too mature. A little bit too serious in everything I have done and soon I won’t be too mature for my age. Then I will be in phase.
What will probably happen then is that I’ll become more childish from the passing years. I don’t mind. I kinda like being… just me. What about you?
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Manual
Exposure Time
1/20
F Number
11
ISO
200
Focal Length
26mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 5:20pm Posted in architecture
Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Manual
Exposure Time
2/5
F Number
4.5
ISO
400
Focal Length
17mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Exposure Time
1/250
F Number
11
ISO
200
Focal Length
17mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
Slow down and breath. Enjoy the beautiful silence the night and darkness brings. You can do it although you are surrounded by people. You do have the control of blocking out everything.
For instance, all around me there are people talking and drinking beer like old and new friends are supposed to do. They are fooling around and screaming in different languages to one another, but still, here I am in a chair next to our Volkswagen, closing my eyes and listening to a meaningful song by Staind called “Tangled up in you”.
I’m dreaming of my wonderful friends, both old and new ones and others I do not yet know. How I wish to meet all of you and just laugh. You great people are from all around the world. Germany, USA, Canada, England, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, France, Italy, Korea, China, Japan, Vietnam, New Zealand and of course Australia.
The biggest dream I’ve ever had is to meet all of you at the same time. To just see all of you from every different age group there is, interact and get to know one another. Wouldn’t that be bloody brilliant?
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Exposure Time
1/1250
F Number
5.6
ISO
200
Focal Length
61mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
On rare occasions I have dreams that I actually remember. Most often they involve my past, what I’ve been through and they try to teach me things. At some instances when I’ve had problems or questions I’ve been pondering, they have been resolved not by me directly. They have been resolved by dreams. Sometimes when dreaming it is just like I’m an actor, playing a roll I can’t really change and experience things all over again, sometimes for years until they make sense. Do you recognize that sort of dreams?
On a different subject. Every day I think of you, my family and friends, wishing you were here to experience all these exciting things alongside me. It is a unique type of life I have experienced these last two years. Sometimes I get amazed myself when thinking about how far I’ve come and in that sense not only in distance. Personal development. Something all of us crave for every once in a while, to feel that we are getting somewhere. Not wasting the years, so that in the end you cannot remember which year you did what since they were all the same.
What I wanted to say is that I think of my family and friends every single day. Among those I count persons I’ve only met once that I still keep close to my heart. I promise never to stop striving for a life more suitable for me and wish you to promise the same thing to yourself. And not only promise, you have to mean it as well. Lets develop and expand and experience ourselves in all the ways possible for as long as we live. Come on, I dare you to live a unique life. 
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Manual
Exposure Time
3/10
F Number
4
ISO
400
Focal Length
50mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Exposure Time
1/50
F Number
8
ISO
200
Focal Length
85mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Normal Program
Exposure Time
1/50
F Number
5.6
ISO
1000
Focal Length
30mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
The last two weeks we’ve had such a bad luck regarding our journey to Western Australia and with the preparations. Every day there have been new delays which we begin to find exhausting, mostly because we are not directly responsible for these time-pushers.
Just too many things to count really and some of them are still pushing the time, like a bulldozer moving rocks ahead of it through a very long tunnel.
I am however very happy to have such wonderful friends. The above picture was actually taken more than a year ago in Brisbane when out walking with one of my best friends mARTin, whom I miss dearly and think of daily. Click here to read the blog post from last year.
It will probably take us one more day before we go on our long road trip, because of – you guessed it – unnecessary delays.
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Manufacturer
Canon
Model Name
Canon EOS 40D
Exposure Program
Manual
Exposure Time
1/60
F Number
6.3
ISO
200
Focal Length
53mm
Metering Mode
Pattern
Five months ago, a few days after me and Jenny arrived in Australia, we went on a road trip with our friend Jennifer who lives in a suburb outside of Melbourne. She took us to lots of famous and beautiful places, for instance Geelong and Torquay. We also drove on the Great Ocean Road for a while and made stops at some places. Among these stops was an attraction not even Jen had visited before, which is called “The Split Point Lighthouse.” It was built in 1891 and have helped countless seafarers over the years from where it have been standing.
I have produced this shot in alot of different varities, although non of them even published on the blog… as with so many of my other pictures. Actually most of them! Last time I edited this picture was around three months ago. I looked at it tonight and it did not feel right. Beforehand it was much softer and beautiful, yet in another way. Not rough around the edges, if you get the drift. I tried to find a poem I’ve written that would fit this post and picture, however I did not find it. Probably it is one of my boxes back in Sweden.
Yes, I could have written something new, something refreshing. I’m sure that both you and me would have enjoyed that. Though this whole day I have just felt wrecked because of the evil flu that hit me yesterday. Or rather. it hit the both of us. No complaints here because I’ve not been sick since April.
The time is literally running away right now and I’m tired so I will head off for bed to try and cure myself.
Have fun and stay happy!
Love Ken
ps. For more information regarding The Split Point Lighthouse please click here.
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