Guilt

This was a Christmas present.

I broke it on New Year's Day, having a party by myself.

I have driven and walked many miles trying to replace it but failed, and the person who gave it to me is coming to the house tomorrow. I have a genius temporary cover story (thanks Will!) and I've ordered a new one on e-bay but I still feel terrible about it.

I'm trying to atone by using it for some flash practice. From techniques observed on other journals, I balanced a glass choppng board on some tins of tomatoes, put a torch underneath and turned out all the lights. It really didn't take long to get good results with my new flash gun.

I still don't feel any better though.