It’s a wet and miserable Saturday here in Canterbury, so not many exciting photos to share today. We spent most of the morning in bed, trying to avoid the wet weather as long as we could, then went out for a bite of lunch at a new tapas restaurant in town started by one of Aude’s former colleagues who took voluntary redundancy a few months ago and ploughed all the money into her own business.

Since it was a day for indoor activities, I thought I’d try to figure out why my flash wasn’t giving me good pictures. As suspected, it was user error – I’ve figured out the correct settings now, thanks to Daisy being my very patient model all afternoon. She actually doesn’t look like she’s too interested.

Like most photographers, I’ve had it with size zero models. These days, I prefer to shoot women with a few curves on them — like Daisy!

Marjory is here for the weekend, so we’ve got an exciting evening planned at the new Cuban restaurant in town. Maybe a few mojitos will take my mind off the weather?

Big shout out to Dara on her birthday. Happy birthday, Dara!

One of the reasons I wanted the new 35mm lens is that it captures the world very much as the human eye sees it, making it a great “walk-around” lens. To that end, I thought I’d include pictures of “us as we are.”

Jerome, surgically attached to his Blackberry

Matthew, pulling faces as usual

Aude, on the telephone

Daisy, cleaning her arse