No Formal Training

Well like any aspiring photographer and youtuber wannabe, there comes a time when you decide to upgrade your existing kit a bit, and given what kind of videos I normally do, lighting can be a big factor in how the visuals come out. So I went and bought me a nice Neewer Ring Flash Light Kit. I'll tell you now, no flashing was involved. That was a disappointment.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the home workout routines. Here I am trying my hand at the good old bullworker, making my muscles work against each other in a bid for physical fitness. Has a bit of time and effort using this thing changed my mind on it's pros and cons and the results it can deliver?

You know me by now, I'm in love with the camera, but am I any good at taking pictures with it?

Well, it had to happen sooner or later, I take a good long second look at some chest expanders I got myself a little while back. One is the good old fashioned spring based version,  design classic you might say, while the other is those lovely new fangled rubber resistance bands things which are a bit of the rage these days. So what do I think of them after having put them through their paces for a while now?

Ahhh, the things you find online, from people offering friendship based on mutual likes or dislikes to...... other things that aren't really family friendly. And of course that means sooner or later you will see MEMES being posted, shared and commented  upon. And some can be funny, others bewildering, and some, perhaps best left to be forgotten about. This is one I've decided to take a bit further. Hence the taste test. So what could possible have made think this was a good combination? Better question, what was the person who made this meme in the first place thinking of at the time? My first thought came to Doctor Who. More specifically Matt Smiths Doctors food choice after he had regenerated, the rather unusual combo of fish fingers and custard. And some people have tried it. Or at least have said they've tried it, and say it taste great. Or so they say. Other have filmed themselves eating it and put it online! So who am I to not try the same?  ...

The Temple of Terror is another classic adventure game book from the makers of Fighting Fantasy, who are indeed in the middle of publishing new adventure game books in the series as well as reissuing older works like this classic gem. Pack your six sided dice, roll up some stats, stock up some provisions and sharpen your sword as you get ready to do some old school page turning, dungeon crawling!

And we return to turning the pages of the good old adventure game book series that is Fighting Fantasy! This time a return look to one of the works of one the creators of the series, Mr Ian Livingstone, as we journey to the Island of the Lizard King.

Want to really vary your workout? Want to take up some form of physical exercise? Wondering just the hell that thing is in the thumbnail? Well, if the answer to that second question is something along the lines of yes, you might want to skip this one, but feel free to watch the video to get some idea of what this is all about. This is one of two exercise based videos I shot back to back, this was the second I shot, but I'm putting it up now as the other one is still being edited as it's proving to be... a bit of a pain. Should be up next week.

Ahhh, Lego, where have you been in my life recently? Not in it enough I'm afraid. Anyhow, here's a look over one of their 3 in 1 sets, of a tree house, or rather Three sets of tree houses. Maybe it should be called a ThreeHouse?

So let's take another look at one my most used pieces of equipment, something I use in almost every youtube video I've made since I got it. Yeaup, this weeks deja review we fix my camera to my OTHER tripod and look at my regular tripod, the Veolbon DF-41.