Audio, photography, books and miscellany

I started this off to write a bit about my audio gear but junked the idea as the whole kit is undergoing a rethink but more on that later. So here is some of my favourite music, in no particular order. I may add to this later or do separate posts for different genres. AC/DC  You shook me all night long Jailbreak Thunderstruck Highway to Hell Whole Lotta Rosie Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Led Zeppelin Stairway to Heaven Going to California Kashmir When the levee breaks The Eagles Hotel California I can't tell you why Tequila Sunrise Life in the fast lane Queen Bohemian Rhapsody We will rock you The Who Baba O'Riley Pinball Wizard Aerosmith Crazy Sweet Emotion Dude looks like a lady Dream On Guns N Roses Patience Paradise City November Rain Sweet Child O Mine Metallica King Nothing Enter Sandman Wherever I may roam Fade to Black Unforgiven II Creed My Sacrifice Higher Credence Clearwater Revival Suzie Q Jo...

I started playing with photography in the way back when. There were no DSLRs or point and shoots back then, only a Minolta SLR that I had the great good fortune of playing around with. It had a fungal growth on the lens and many mysterious buttons and knobs... spent many an happy hour noodling around with it till somebody took it away. Fast forward to 2005 or thereabouts when I bought myself a point and shoot for about a 150 Euros. That camera was an impenetrable puzzle to me but I did manage to take a few ok pictures with it. There was a hiatus after that when it was mostly cell phone cameras with mind bendingly noisy pictures. Jump again to 2010 when I finally decided that I would pursue photography as a hobby and by a happy confluence of events, also had the money to do it. So I became a Canon guy with a 550D and the 18-55 kit lens. I had no idea of all the bells and whistles it had and had even less of an idea about what to do with the pictures after I had taken them. I think ...