Archive for October, 2009
Acoustic Heroes
Everything starts somewhere.
Usually it starts small. An idea. A conversation. A meeting. A gathering of several people with all the Guitar Hero equipment (except for a PS3, TV, amplifiers or anything which produces sounds other than their vocal chords) performing in the middle of the street.
It sounded like it could be a really cool thing to see, or daft as hell. So last Friday we went down to Rothschild avenue to see to the first Acoustic Heroes show, so we can judge for ourselves.
Acoustic Heroes Concert
It seemed like a nice chance to let my camera out for some fresh air (as well as also holding a Nikon in my hand for the first time in my life). But as it turned out, we (that means Efrat and Danna) did a little more than just judge. Having to make up for no sound guitars and hardly heard drums, the singers had to work harder. And with no playlist, there were several “so what shall we sing now?” pauses (with occasional suggestions from the viewers).
Acoustic Heroes - Making money
As you can see, entertaining the public can help you raise money. I think enough was made to cover the parking costs.
For more info on this experience (plus a video!), visit Ironia and Ehudk.com.
Acoustic Heroine
All in all, I had fun. And I can’t wait for the next show.
Back to basics…
We finished the photo course. One of the graduates is also a skipper in his spare time, and he invited us all to a yacht sail out to sea last Saturday. Cool!
Yacht 1
Now I know I have the oldest and least capable camera compared to the others. Sure, I love my Lucille, but holding a better camera in my hands makes me want more. I also knew that everybody will bring their camera to the sail. Now was my chance to be special once more. I decided to leave Lucille at home and take my old Olympus camera with it’s underwater casing. The casing that cost me as much as the old camera did, and is the reason why I don’t throw the 3MP camera away. I wanted to take photos from the watery side of the yacht. Because I can 
Yacht 2
First thing I noticed is that the camera operated slow. Real slow. Slower than it did several years ago? Probably not. But I got used to something better, and going back is hard (which again supported my “don’t touch a new camera unless you’re buying it or you’ll regret it!”). Second thing I noticed is that just like riding a bike, I remembered all the buttons, locations, and little things about the camera (which tells me that I still don’t know Lucille as good as I should).
Yacht 3
The sail was great. Good people, good food and good alcohol make a winning combination. And the course? Really glad I took it. Now I need to see how I take this up to a higher level. My guess is I should mainly practice, practice, practice. But by judging how many photos I took recently (I can see by the time passed since my last post) I should start listening to myself and just go out with a camera in my hand, and see what comes out.
Kids in marina