The Bank and the Aquarium

Well we went to the bank during Wills lunch hour and were told we would be able to open an account with the documents I had brought along. Tthe bank was had just one person who was available for account opening and they were busy, unfortunately they were still busy after 40 minutes of us waiting, so we had to leave, so I still don't have a bank account!

Today I went to the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Center, you will be able to see my review for that soon. I took a few pictures at the aquarium, but its so hard when taking pictures through dark glass, it was trial and error working out how to get the best shots.

I started by using my lens hood on my camera and pressing it right up against the class to minimise reflections, this worked to some extent, the flash seemed to bright or to dark, it seemed impossible to get good lighting, eventually I decided to slow my shutter speed so i could let lots of light into the picture without using the flash, the problem with this is movement becomes very blurred, so the camera must be held very still and your subject mustn move, of course fish don't understand that they are being photographed so to counteract there movement I moved the camera with the fish. Panning seemed to work, it was hard getting the exact speed right, but I managed to get a couple of good photos.

After the aquarium we went briefly to the beach front, although it was a beautiful hot sunny day it was extremely windy, so the trip to the beach was very short, I just took a few pictures and left.

Once back home I realised I had a headache-probably because I didn't drink enough while out and about, so I had a little nap. Will came home and we had dinner, my headache worsened and I felt sick too, so I went to lay down again, it was early in the evening and I didn't want to sleep, but of course I fell asleep, and at 10.30 I woke up, which is why I am here writing a blog at 2.25 in the morning.

I think I shall head to bed now otherwise I wont be able to get up in the morning, and I need to because I need to write a few articles.