It is Christy's birthday today down here, so today is a fun day. And given the wonders of the International Date Line, it could work out that she will be still be receiving congratulations through tomorrow from her friends in the States. That's a little disconcerting, but no more than the fact that it is a beautiful spring day here. Summer is just around the corner, which is odd to me but exciting as well. I kinda put that season on delay when I moved down here. Even if my second winter was mild, I'm still excited to get me some of those long days coming up.

There will be a birthday gathering tonight at the studio if any of you are in the area. I'm excited to test out my gift, a Lomo color flash. (Yes, the presents I buy are usually things that I want, and if you ever need an idea of what to get me, you'd be spot on if you just regift something from me). One the great things about gift-giving to loved ones is that you can often just borrow said cool doohicky whenever you wanna. What a better way to spice up party pictures than by a splash of color?

I am a sucker for anything that the Lomo people come up with. Unfortunately, their price point exists slightly past my line of justification. I never can talk myself into purchasing it for myself—that would be excessive—but when time comes for me to find something cool, the Lomo family usually has something for me to splurge on. The only time I got a Lomo for myself was when I won my own white elephant gift. Good times, good times.

Below is a test of some of the lenses so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about. I think that there is some interesting potential in mixing this flash with the modern pinhole camera. Hmm...