Photo updates, January 2010
I managed to catch up with posting my photos during December but my New Year’s Resolutions Goals (and a lot of interviews!) have meant it’s taken me even longer than usual to post my pictures this month. I’ve also been building the Toronto Photo Walks group – we’ve now got over 150 members and we’re getting into the rhythm of going out every three weeks.
So, excuses over, here are some thumbnails from January’s sets:
- An evening out with friends at Duggan’s Brewery
- Toronto Photo Walks: Spadina Ave
- Snowball Workshop: Getting to Know Your Camera + Urban Photo Hunt
- Morris Auction Sales
- Flickr meetup, January 2010
(not posted yet) - Tourist wander
(not posted yet) - Toronto Photo Walks: The Beach(es)
Don’t forget to check out my most viewed photos (which Flickr calls the “most interesting” set) and the other albums @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pah57/sets/, as well as my monthly round up posts (look for the “photos” tag).
If you’ve only got time to look at one or two photos, check out my “best of” photoblog @ http://paulsphotos.org/ – I only post one picture per week (sometimes less!), so I try to pick a recent shot that I really like.
Photography showcase
My “best of” photo blog is at http://paulsphotos.org/ and actually includes more than one picture 
Catching up on F1 news
Last few Formula One new items from 2009:
- Lotus F1 have confirmed Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen as their drivers for the 2010 Formula 1 season. [source: BBC]
- Renault has confirmed its F1 team will remain in the sport in 2010. It will also continue to supply engines to Red Bull. [f1fanatic]
- Updated 2010 F1 rules include new testing, engine and safety car regulations [f1fanatic]
There are quite a few rule changes (as happens most years) – the notable ones for 2010 are the ban on refuelling and the new 10-place points system (see next news item) - Think the new F1 points system is weird? We’ve seen much stranger than that… [f1fanatic]
The article list some of the weird and wonderful points systems used in the past; I remember some of the seasons when only the best N results counted, where N changed each year. I’m not entirely sure why they’re changing it (Jenson would still have won last season using this new scoring system) but it beats Bernie’s idea of awarding gold, silver and bronze medals. - Michael Schumacher signs up for F1 return with Mercedes [BBC]
It’s three years since he retired but I’m sure he’ll still be competitive, especially as he’ll be working with Ross Brawn again. - New Year honours: Ross Brawn, OBE and Jenson Button, MBE [BBC]
No great surprise there.
Did I miss anything?
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, but I do tend to set myself some goals; unfortunately I didn’t achieve my main goal for 2009 (”find a job”) so it’s clearly still top of my list for 2010. Other than that, I want to continue improving my photography skills.
So what am I doing in order to meet those goals? Read more »
Happy New Year!
Goodbye (and good riddance) to 2009; I hope everyone has a great 2010.
