PAW 2011 - Week 4. Jan 22nd 2011 - Jan 28th 2011

Hello,

Well we are now officially the owners of Water Witch, 60 foot (and 1 inch) of floating money pit boating joy. I'm celebrating with another really bad cold and oodles and oodles of back pain.
In about 5 weeks WW will be over here in London completing the last leg of her trip to her new home. At times like these, having finally weathered the storm of purchasing a big lump of floating metal, one likes to get away from everything and just relax...a chair and a view of the canal is all that is needed...



Taken on the Regent's Canal near St Pancras Way. Canon 20d, Canon 50/1.4 lens.

PAW 2011 - Week 2. Jan 8th 2011 - Jan 14th 2011

More walking along the canal last weekend. On Staurday from Hackney Wick to Tottenham Hale along the Lee Navigation, with a short refreshment stop at the Anchor and Hope. Last Sunday was my birthday, so we took a stroll from Roydon up to Burnt Mill on the Stort to make sure our bit of water was still there - it was! Then to the Plume of Feathers in Gilston for a very good lunch washed down with an amount of well kept ale. Anyway, here is this week's PAW:



Taken on the Hackney Cut of the Lee Navigation. Bronica RF645 camera with Zenzanon 65mm f/4 lens on Ilford HP5 film stock; processed in Kodak HC110 developer.

Exciting update on the WW front tomorrow!

PAW 2011 - Week 1. Jan 1st 2011 - Jan 7th 2011

The last couple of days I've been pounding the Regent's canal with a camera taking pictures. Yesterday I went from City Rd Lock out to the Hertford Union. On Saturday from Battlebridge Basin to Lisson Grove (and back). Guess it's an antidote to the waiting for things to be sorted with Water Witch. In a previous life I was in the photography game, but now it's more of a serious hobby (although that word has some negative connotations for me), which I can come back to when the feeling takes me. So while I'm feeling enthusiastic about taking pictures, I've decided to do a PAW - Photograph a Week - to keep the creative juices flowing. Every week I'll be posting a picture I've taken in the previous 7 days, with a generally boaty/waterway theme. This is week 1:



Taken with a Canon 20d. The lens is a Zenit Helios 44M, 58mm/f2, which cost me about a tenner on e-bay. The location is the Regent's Canal adjacent to the Hackney Road gasometer.

I've posted this one a bit early, but I'm going back to work tomorrow, so things may overtake me! My next PAW will be posted on Saturday 15th January.

For my flickr photostream go >HERE<