UNCONVERT6D

 There are those shots where you can play with the composition, experiment with shutter speed, get it right! Then there are those times when it happens in front of you. no planning and you barely have time to get the shot. That was today! I was on my way to a meeting, when I heard the sound of crunching concrete, of falling debris, of a powerful diesel engine. I looked at my watch, I had maybe 5 minutes to find a composition (not easy in this overgrown area) and capture the image. The exposure was 3 and a half minutes.... so I just had to get on with it. I like the image, and it is in some ways its an historic image at least for me. This building has been part of the Massey landscape for many decades. It is going to be missed.   

 There are somethings which people have difficulty understanding. Things that go against the social norms that seemed ingrained in our cultural fabric. I am not talking about the big things like hate speech, or shaming. I mean those personal likes and dislikes. Those choices which most people assume "everybody" likes. A great example is that my mum doesn't like chocolate.  Another example is one of my daughters doesn't like cheese. I myself don't like coffee. I mean, how can you not like coffee! I have heard that one many times. These are the choices which in some ways make us us. Why do we like that but not like this. Was it built into our DNA, or was it the result of a bad experience? Does it really matter? Will it change one day, who knows? Matters of loves and likes, of pet peeves and obsessions, who knows where they begin. Whatever their origin, there is no getting around it we like what we like. Recently I found another one of those social norms, at least am...