As part of my remuneration package, I get a professional development bonus to use for continuing education expenses. If you don’t use it by the end of two years, they pay it out minus the tax of course. Of course, I could use it for a conference or perhaps for continuing education since they’ve paid it out but I figured if there was something I was interested in doing, I would have spent it on that already. Besides which, the only course I would be even remotely thinking about doing would cost far more than that.

I’ve been thinking about getting an external flash and another lens for my DSLR for a while now and because the funds are there, it’s very hard to resist the temptation. But then comes the big decision….which one to choose? Do I get another zoom lens? Or a macro lens? Telephoto? There really is a lot to choose from and it is really easy to justify a use for all of them. I finally made up my mind and decided to go with a Canon Compact Macro lens. I still wouldn’t mind another zoom lens….but maybe that can wait until I get my next personal professional development bonus.

January 17th, 2009 | Category: Photography |  Print This Post |  Email This Post | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL