yankinoz

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-96354182009-10-05T18:42:13.595+11:00yankinozAn American Expat who's been living in Sydney Australia since 1997.yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1119351861985604422005-06-21T20:59:00.000+10:002005-06-21T21:41:01.870+10:00Moving Day

Well it's the shortest day of the year (at least down under it is) and I'm moving my blog to it's new home at http://yankinoz.robnamy.net - come on over and have a look around. It's a Movable Type blog - so I'll have a bit more control than I could get here. Update your links and bookmarks!

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1118147687931328872005-06-07T22:34:00.000+10:002005-06-09T09:57:30.180+10:00distractions

shoe and bineer Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Distractions, yes there have been a few things keeping me from shooting and/or posting in the past few weeks. These distractions include the above rock climbing shoes. Some regual sessions at the local climing gym to get back in shape. My mind remembers how to do things, it's just not as easy to get my body to do it any more...Then there is the

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1116929709591758312005-05-24T20:15:00.000+10:002005-05-25T15:54:51.340+10:00road test in progress

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1114511534167754442005-04-26T20:32:00.000+10:002005-04-26T20:32:14.166+10:00water and rock

water and rock Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1113908614041652942005-04-19T21:03:00.000+10:002005-04-19T21:03:34.040+10:00office chair at gun shop

office chair at gun shop Originally uploaded by yankinoz.Found this at the gun shop in Gosford. Long story as to exactly what I was doing in the gun shop in Gosford... but it was the most American place I've visited in Australia. Well, other than Chili's anyway.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1112390883491692342005-04-02T07:28:00.000+10:002005-04-02T07:28:03.490+10:00sparky and mat

sparky and mat Originally uploaded by yankinoz.There's a new group of Turkish Cat photos. Mostly looks like pictures of Sparky (from Amy and me) but we aren't alone in our love of the Turkish Van.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1112002059888904592005-03-28T19:27:00.000+10:002005-03-28T19:27:39.886+10:00blue stairs

blue stairs Originally uploaded by yankinoz.Easter long weekend is almost over

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1111407713729982942005-03-21T23:21:00.000+11:002005-03-21T23:32:17.543+11:00a day in the life of...

dilomar05_0002 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Flickr does a day in the life of shoot every once in a while. Today was the first one since I found Flickr so I toated my camera around with me. Since the bulk of my day was spent at work, there isn't really too much to see... Monday is usually just me being at work. dilomar05_0005 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. So I didn't expect much, but

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1111094219305808082005-03-18T08:12:00.000+11:002005-03-18T21:56:28.290+11:00Whitewater Rafting

We had a corporate outing yesterday to the Penrith Whitewater Stadium (built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics.) I don't have an underwater housing, so I left the camera at home - there were a handful of cameras there and one of my colleagues grabbed this photo of me NOT white water rafting. See the raft to the left; the one that's upside down? That would be ours. See the guy in the water; getting

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1110609201284355482005-03-12T17:33:00.000+11:002005-03-12T17:35:58.506+11:00amy at doyles

amy at doyles Originally uploaded by yankinoz. More catching up from Lynn's visit. These photos are from our trip to Doyles. Great seafood, great views... sydney from doyles Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1110189641769399682005-03-07T21:00:00.000+11:002005-03-07T21:09:33.893+11:00sydney stitch n bitch

web-goddess knits Originally uploaded by yankinoz. I'm getting caught up on photos taken while Amy's mom was down under. These photos are from the Sydney Stitch N Bitch - I tagged along to drop off a CD full of reception photos for web-godess. That's her knitting on the pub floor with my mother-in-law's feet in the background. Hmm, sitting on a pub floor, it just occured to me how brave kris

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1109887902930235112005-03-04T09:11:00.000+11:002005-03-04T09:14:18.736+11:00minnamurra rainforest

minnamurra rainforest Originally uploaded by yankinoz. From our day trip to the Illawara region of New South Wales. I love the fact that rainforest and wilderness is so close to Sydney. black and white 4 Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1109634622022877722005-03-01T10:50:00.000+11:002005-03-01T15:57:10.410+11:00beer, croquembouche and elvis glasses

beer and croquembouche Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Friday night was the wedding reception for web-godess and Rodd. They were married in Las Vegas (were all the best weddings are held) back in November. The Aussie reception was held on Sunday and they asked me to shoot some photos. elvis glasses 6 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Since this was a Vegas wedding, many posed with Elvis style

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1109415043809364512005-02-26T21:50:00.000+11:002005-02-26T22:35:35.416+11:00tourists at opera house

tourists at opera house Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Amy's mom is visiting, so we've been doing the tour guide thing. While at the Opera House I found the people taking photos to be rather interesting - there were so many, so I shot them. There's more on flikr

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1108288518456435172005-02-13T20:55:00.000+11:002005-02-14T07:13:48.590+11:00canon 10d, to date...and beer

black and white 1 Originally uploaded by yankinoz. Spent some time this evening going over the 750 or so images I've taken with the 10d so far. I did some conversions to black and white on a few that I thought would look nice. Ironically the images I chose started out a fairly monochromatic - but look nicer in black and white. I also found a couple more from Australia Day that I hadn't posted

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1108107109220643532005-02-11T18:31:00.000+11:002005-02-11T18:31:49.220+11:00Message brought to you by Telstra MMS

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1107644045737359892005-02-06T09:54:00.000+11:002005-02-06T09:54:05.736+11:00watch fairy

watch fairy Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1107644033874906572005-02-06T09:53:00.000+11:002005-02-06T09:53:53.873+11:00spam beer and me

spam beer and me Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1107085816034095452005-01-30T22:50:00.000+11:002005-01-30T22:50:16.033+11:00Jackson Thomas Rose

Jackson Thomas Rose Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1107085047839780452005-01-30T22:37:00.000+11:002005-01-30T22:58:08.176+11:00friday lunch

friday lunch Originally uploaded by yankinoz. A well known multi-national corporation has a rather large campus across the street from where I work. I (and a large number of others) rather routinely cut through this campus to get to the only decent restaurants in the area for lunch. It is so common a short cut most of us think of it as a public park rather than private property. Friday

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1106820367269467632005-01-27T21:06:00.000+11:002005-01-27T21:06:07.270+11:00mr whippy queue

mr whippy queue Originally uploaded by yankinoz.

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1106818957861694902005-01-27T20:42:00.000+11:002005-01-28T07:25:59.376+11:00A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR

MacDevCenter.com: A Photographer's Review of the Canon EOS 10D Digital SLR: "Nothing matches the sensation of peering through a Single Lens Reflex (SLR) viewfinder and squeezing off a series of frames. Once you become immersed in the viewfinder, the entire noisy, distracting (and often ugly) world is eliminated from your perfectly-composed image viewed directly through the zoom lens." True, so

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1106818195696875052005-01-27T20:20:00.000+11:002005-01-27T20:30:39.690+11:00Happiness is a clean sensor

Thank you Canon Australia. Actually this is the second time I've had to visit the North Ryde Service Office and both have been positive experiences. The first time was when the viewfinder LCD on my EOS 1 died. Now that they have my 28-105 (sticky zoom.) Hopefully my next visit will be positive as well...

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1106728028100853262005-01-26T19:27:00.001+11:002005-01-27T21:08:40.363+11:00australia day photos on flickr

bbq on the harbour Originally uploaded by yankinoz. What could be more Australian than a Sausage Sizzle with a view of the Sydney Opera House? I even included the sun that was baking down on us all day (causing minor sunburn.) This was the first real workout for the 10D. A few more photos from the day are at Flickr. We started the day at Milson's Point and watched the finish of the Ferry

yankinozhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18236393347288767246noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9635418.post-1106557894350421202005-01-24T19:35:00.000+11:002005-01-25T20:26:34.696+11:00how 'bout that?

Seems my earlier estimate of four or five visitors to this site should be increased to six or seven. I posted a reply to Scott, but as I write this, the reply hasn't shown up on his blog. Yes, my blog did briefly have the description "A Yank in Oz" that was changed to the current description shortly thereafter. I'm not even the only Rob Barker at blogspot.

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