I decided to join Pinterest last night and finished off my profile today. It’s easy to use and looks visually great, but will it have any benefit? Will it be just another site to sap your time and energy.
I’ve bookmarked loads of great photos on ePHOTOzine. When they’re all brought together it shows what superb talent we have on the site.
Have a look and if you join feel free to follow me 
Today the builders came and fitted my new kitchen worktops. I’ve had them sat around for a few weeks ready to go ahead with the refurb.
The worktops are Omega Ebony Stripwood, and the new sink is a Leisure Uniline Neostone in Granite black. They look quite good together:
The builders are coming back tomorrow to plaster the walls and do a spot of tiling.
Headed off up to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for some photography and it rained!
The weather was dismal – drab grey sky and rain.
First stop was the YSP cafe for home cooked chips and a hummus & olive wrap, followed by scones with cream & jam…yummy!
I used my infrared converted Pentax *ist D and a 28mm f/2.8 lens for today’s photography. No tripod, flash or filters. I was lucky enough to catch the back end of the exhibition by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa. A few of his statues were still on display in the grounds, sadly I missed the indoor exhibition as that closed on the 22nd.
Taken this evening at a gig in Lincoln’s new venue “Tokyo”
Benjamin Francis Leftwich is a great acoustic guitarist, with a wonderfully smooth and mellow voice. Very enjoyable. He was supported by Daughter
Olympus EP2 with the 40-150mm zoom.
Panasonic G1 Press Launch was at Wembley Stadium. They asked Vicki Butler-Henderson (Fifth Gear) to give a presentation. It was great to see Vicki again as we’d been on journalist courses together when we both worked at EMAP.
After lunch we had a tour of Wembley Stadium
Hosts
John Mitchell, Tanya Frost
Press
Peter Bargh, James Mansfield, Mark Goldstein, Gavin Stoker
Pentax W60 Launch Cornwall. Pentax organised a surf lesson and a spot of surfing at Newquay. It was the first time I’d been surfing – I nearly managed to stand up! The W60 held out well, being hit by a surf board and drowned on several occasions.
Hosts
Tyler Kenyon, Andrew Mellor
Press
Peter Bargh, Lars Rehm, Matt Tuffin
They organised a walking tour of Monaco and a photo shoot on the harbour with a model and vintage car and two models on a scooter.
The LX3 performed really well. Sadly I lost some of my best pics taken with it due to a drive / folder error. No idea where they vanished, but they also disappeared from the back up – as if by magic!
Hosts
John Mitchell, Tanya Frost, Ben Holmes, Claire Eaton-Whitfield
Press
Peter Bargh, Phil Hall, Mark Goldstein, Bob Martin, Doug Harman, Cliff Smith
Olympus launch the E-520 Launch in London. We met at the Amber Bar, Baltic Restaurant 74 Blackfriars Road SE1 8HA and then headed over to the Gerkin to eat on the 38th Floor 30 St Mary Axe London
Host
Jermome Demare, Mark Thackara, Greg Connell, Harjit Sohotey
Press
Peter Bargh, Ian Farrell, William Cheung, Rachel D’Cruze, Bob Martin, Terry Hope, Jamie Harrison, James Mansfield
Olympus launched the Olympus E-3 pro spec dslr in Istanbul, Turkey
We stopped in the Marmara Pera Luxury Istanbul Hotel and during our stay we ate at Guney Esnaf Restaurant, Can Restaurant, Lala Restaurant & Pudding Shop, Restaurant 360, Galata Tower . We visited the Spice Bazzar, Grand bazaar, Blue Mosque + Hagia Sphia , Boat Jetty – Bosporus Excursion, Limonlu Bahce (lemon Garden) and Banks of Bosporus
A model was arranged and we had a a few pros on hand who had been using the E-3 and were explaining some of their portrait techniques.
Hosts
Mark Thackara, Harjit Sohotey, Greg Connell
Press
Peter Bargh, Ian Burley, Bob Martin, Nigel Atherton, Darren Hartas, Georgie Shevki, Josie Reavely, Terry Hope