This house in Emu Plains goes nuts with the christmas lights throughout December. I would have liked to photograph some more houses but felt a bit weird pulling out the big camera in peoples frontyards if there wasn’t a crowd around. Getting some decent shots without a tripod was a little tricky but I was surprised at how well the ISO1600 images turned out from the Pentax KX.
At the start of December we decorate the house and put up our christmas tree. We always take a photo of the family putting the star on the tree 
For a simple shot there’s a bit that goes into it. Setting up the tripod, framing to fit everyone, setting the white balance and I’m triggering the camera with an infra red remote with a timer delay on the camera. Sneaky.
Impulse buy of the year. David and I were at Hayden Pies in Ulladulla and the idea of getting a catamaran popped into our heads again. Using the 4 bars of HSPA and our trusty Android phones, it wasn’t long till we had the eBay app loaded and sourced a boat that went off in about 4hrs. The conversation went something like “should we bid?” … “hmm it looks good” … “should we do it?” …. “hmmm I dunno…” … “YES, do it!” “go for it!?!?:” hahahahhahaa. So yeah, we ended up with a catamaran. I chose this picture not for it’s photographic value but more or less a reminder to how amateur we are at sailing… in the backyard. It took us many times to figure out how to actually rig it up and this was a victory moment. Our maiden voyage was another story in itself but we basically overloaded it, mildly sunk it and had to get rescued.